Food
Eurgh, what’s that in your food?!
It’s lunch time here in the UK and we nearly choked on our sandwiches when we read the latest news from The Guardian. Why? The piece reveals 10 gross ‘ingredients’ found in our food. Since the horsemeat scandal, it’s true people here in Britain have been on their guard, but like the newspaper’s online article suggests, …
‘We say tomatoes’….to avoid depression
Good news for fans of the humble tomato! New research from China has revealed that tomatoes – when cooked and eaten two to six times per week – can help ward off depression. The study, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, suggests that possibly as a result of the antioxidant lyopene – which is easily …
Nutrition: Could you go ‘raw’?
It’s quite fitting that this article focusing on raw food diets popped up in the NaturalCures news feed this morning. Why? The team here in the UK is working on a very special upcoming printed newsletter – also available to download from April onwards via this link - which takes a candid look at the food and drink …
Reducing your salt intake: Five top tips
Here in Britain, the food industry’s come under fire on numerous occasions recently. From the horsmeat scandal to the news that processed meat is to blame for one in 30 deaths, it’s certainly been an interesting few months. Ahead of our special food and drink issue of our monthly printed newsletter – which exposes all …
Hope and healing for disordered eating
For me, recovery from a life-threatening eating disorder has not come quickly or easily; eating problems are complex and extremely difficult to overcome. After all of this time in recovery (approximately seventeen years), I no longer believe that one can completely recover from a severe eating disorder. Even after all these years of recovery, I …
Body image: Resisting media hype
Who would have thought that there would come a day when my mother and me would meet as two strong, healthy, and brilliant women; delighting in each other’s company and challenging and supporting each other in the quest to make our individual and collective dreams come true? Certainly not me. There was a time (not …
Candida Diets, part five: The quick fix
Our contributor Dr Jeff McCombs’ mini series on candida diets really has been interesting; and we’ve all been keeping up-to-date with his regular instalments here in the NaturalCures office. By now you’ll hopefully have had chance to catch up with the previous articles (click here to read them: part one, part two, part three, part …
Something smells fishy. Or does it?
Nearly 60 per cent of the tuna Americans consume is not really tuna, as revealed in one of the largest seafood fraud investigations recently. If that’s not enough, most of the fake tuna has been found to be a fish that brings on gastrointestinal problems. Collecting more than 1,200 samples from over 600 retail outlets …
