Nourish the body and soul with this bowl full of goodness
The easiest way to make this quick recipe is to buy in season cauliflower & ‘rice’ it immediately, so its ready to go in the morning. Just wash about half a cauliflower, break into florets and pop in the blender for about 10 seconds until it resembles rice. Keep in an airtight container in the fridge &
Its time to think about protecting yourself from the sun. The humble vitamin B3, in the form of niacinamide may also be helpful.
Recently, customers started coming in the shop and asking for Niacinamide, generally because they had been referred by their dermatologist. After asking why, I took a few moments to do some reading & found some really interesting research relating to skin cancer. Niacinamide can help reduce the risk of certain skin cancers.
The leaves are dropping and the mornings are getting chilly. Its time to start talking about immunity boosters for a New Zealand winter.
Winter immunity is a little different in New Zealand than some other countries with warmer climates. In winter we tend to spend more time indoors. This usually means we are closer to other people and susceptible to picking up their bugs.
We have numerous people come into the store seeking iron to help with their tiredness and fatigue. Often, after having in depth discussion, we send them away without iron but with a product that will help in a different way with sleep or energy. Why – because we try very hard to figure out whether a deficiency is iron is the likely issue causing their tiredness and fatigue.
In times of uncertainty, many of us are inclined to get more stressed. We have covid rearing is head in the community & the economic and social consequences of this can be very stressful, especially for those with background health issues or work uncertainty. Quite frankly, most people seem to have fairly stressful lifestyles anyway, juggling work, kids, sometimes parents as well,
If a New Zealand summer brings you out in cold sores with the heat, you might be interested to hear about the role of Lysine, an essential amino acid, that helps to support the skin (including lips). Not only for summer, it may help to reduce cold sores in the colder months too.
Some studies show that using Lysine can reduce the length of time of a cold sore infection and reduce the risk of getting more and the severity.
About a week ago on New Zealand television there was an article that suggested that collagen might not be worth its current trending status. Before I write any more, there are two important things to disclose. Firstly I didn’t see the television programme and secondly, we sell collagen @homestead.health, which means that I am not a neutral party. However, as always, we look to see what studies have been done & I like to share feedback from what our customers are saying.
Beautiful Bouncing Babies – tag a friend on our facebook page and to go in the draw for these amazingly cute reusable nappies.
These veges from the brassica family are great for the liver & especially hormones. A wee trick – reactivate the sulforaphane in cooked broccoli by sprinkling a teaspoon of finely chopped raw broccoli over the cooked veges.