Month: April 2009

  • Swine Flu

    Tweet     A departure from photos of plants, people and food to look at pigs. These very friendly snuffling piggy-wiggies were saying hello while taking a break from turning over a patch of land on an organic farm near Edinburgh, land farmed by the same family for generations. The land has never been anything other […]

  • Why eat sprouts?

    Tweet     These snow pea sprouts are incredibly good food.     I was brought up understanding that protein came from meat, fish, milk, eggs, nuts, seeds, beans and lentils, which is true. I was also taught that green veggies are good sources of vitamins and minerals, which is also true.     But what I wasn't […]

  • Renate’s Raw Food Kitchen

    Tweet Renate runs Raw and Living food preparation classes in her home, chefs in the Hippoctrates kitchen and found time to share her skills and recipes on the Health Educators training programme at the Hippocrates Health Institute – the brilliant training that I did last year. Click on the photo to enlarge and to see […]

  • The best food in the world?

    Tweet Now you might think I'm talking about the food at the Hippocrates Health Institute where I'm staying at the moment, and here is a photo of part of the buffet we have today. As you can see the food is labelled because the guests who come here are learning about the food. There are […]

  • The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Centre

    Tweet This time last week I was way out in the desert in Arizona at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Centre meeting wonderful friendly people and eating great raw and living food. The centre is known for its work with Diabetics and you might be interested in Gabriel Cousens' book : "There is a Cure […]

  • Travelling arriving travelling arriving…..

    Tweet I'm settled in front of a computer screen for the first time in nearly a week and hopefully from now on I can blog more often! I had a wonderful time at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Centre and have a stash of photos ready to share, and more to tell you about life […]

  • Atlanta Airport Hotel Hinterland.

    Tweet …on Tuesday I was recovering from a day of plane delays which had me having to stay over in a big, smooth, impersonal hotel courtesy of the airline. Breakfast was a plastic pot of cinnamon and apple instant oatmeal and a banana, sort of OK, and watching the news: Americans may soon be able […]