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Aubergine, Sweet Potato and Chick Pea Curry

Posted on 17th January 2012 | There are 0 comments. Why not be the first?

I've been making chickpea curry with potato for a long time now, but I found a recipe whilst browsing the internet that suggested sweet potato instead. Sweet potato has lots of antioxidants and is really healthy, so it sounded like a good idea! The aubergine helps add to the texture, although tends to break down. I use coconut oil to fry with as again, it's a healthier oil that doesn't saturate easily. It doesn't taste of coconut unless you use the extra virgin variety, so you can use it savoury dishes. My recipe is a little bit vague admittedly, but it's very forgiving so you can throw in extra ingredients or swap in with what you've got to use up. Serves about 6 portions.

• 1 onion, chopped
• 1.5 teaspoons turmeric
• Big lump of ginger (about 5cm), grated or finely chopped
• 2-3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 aubergine, chopped into cubes (the smaller they are, the... read more>>

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  How An IBS Sufferer Eased His Suffering

  Posted on 12th January 2012 | There are 0 comments. Why not be the first?

  This is a guest post from Nigel Thomas giving his view on how he helped his irritable bowel syndrome.

  After being diagnosed as suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), my doctor advised me to change my diet by eating more fruit and fibre.

  Well, if this simple change would ease the severe stomach cramps, bloating and bad indigestion I suffered I was up for it.

  I'd also read that drinking goats milk could help me and those with respiratory problems too. As my daughter suffers from asthma it seemed worth a try. I must say it did help us both although it costs a lot more than cows milk.

  I found the new diet changes weren't to hard to follow, while at home anyway, but at work it was a different matter.

  I ate sandwiches each day and would often be left feeling bloated and suffering from bad indigestion after eating them.

  One day my... read more>>

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  Is Soy Safe to Eat?

  Posted on 7th December 2011 | There are 0 comments. Why not be the first?

  I watched The Food Hospital last night and as quite a lot of people will have seen, they were recommending soy products. However, when you look at the clinical evidence (on websites such as GreenMedInfo.com, which looks at all research published in scientific journals), it seems that we have too much soy and in the wrong form so I believe the Food Hospital got it slightly wrong.

  When you look at Japan and China, and their rates of certain cancers compared with ours, it certainly seems sensible to eat soy and if you look at the supermarket shelves there's many different soy products available. However, aside from such issues such as much of our soy is genetically-modified and we don't know the long-term effects of this, and the massive deforestation that occurs, we need to look at the processing of soy and what it means for our health.

  Eastern... read more>>

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  Artificial meat - no thanks!

  Posted on 24th October 2011 | There are 0 comments. Why not be the first?

  A new article on the BBC website mentioned the idea of growing meat from a meatless source i.e. grown in a laboratory petri dish. It does sound very admirable and proponents say you could help feed the world's starving. However, first of all most of the world's population live a predominantly vegetarian diet, so this isn't necessarily the case.

  More importantly though you've got to think about where your food comes from. The more divorced we become from the source of our food the easier it is to lead a poorer and poorer diet. We have to trust food manufacturers more and more, eating more heavily processed foods, and we're moving away from a natural diet.

  There are already enough children out there who don't know that cows come in colours other than black-and-white, that all apples aren't exactly the same shape and size and that carrots come from... read more>>

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  Things that make you go "burp"

  Posted on 6th September 2011 | There are 0 comments. Why not be the first?

  This was actually a requested blog post after someone mentioned having to sit through business meetings where there was a buffet lunch and lots of tea and coffee. Oh, and the odd burp too!
  
  Burping, or belching is caused by a build up of gas, generally in the stomach. Lower down, too much gas tends to cause bloating and farting. It's a natural thing and can be caused by a number of different foods or habits. Medically, it's called eructation, but I'll just stick to calling it a burp for this article - I'll tell it as it is!
  
  So where do burps come from?
  
  Eating or drinking too fast - eating large mouthfuls, too quickly with no chewing or gulping down large amount of liquids can lead to larger amounts of air being swallowed. It can also lead to indigestion, which can cause over-acidity and burping.read more>>

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