Support for recovery from disordered eating
Our connection with food is both primal and emotional. It’s primal because, like the breath, we depend on food for this embodied life. It’s emotional because of how deeply food is connected with our experience of bonding, connection and belonging. This powerful nexus of love and survival can become connected with experiences of distress. Many […]
Plant-based diet reduces risk of breast cancer
Here’s yet another study that supports the simple, life-giving foundation that is the plant-based, whole-foods diet… Having plenty of fruit and vegetables while young is one of the few ways that women can reduce their risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer, according to a new study from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. […]
Red and processed meat – cancer, health and fertility
Evidence has been building for some time linking consumption of animal protein, and red meat in particular, to negative health outcomes such as increased risk of type 2 diabetes, certain cancers and cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease and stroke. A recent review by the cancer branch of the World Health Organisation (WHO) […]
The Fertility Diet
Here are some tips from an article in Harvard Health Publications – based on an excerpt from the book The Fertility Diet by Chavarro, Willett & Skerrett. The good news? It is sound nutritional advice, in line with basic Chinese medicine recommendations and also in line with other health approaches such as various anti-cancer and […]
