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5 powerful herbs to nurture your gut (and support your hormones too)
Struggling with bloating, sluggish digestion or that constant feeling of being ‘off’? Your gut might be crying out for a bit of extra TLC. A happy gut doesn’t just mean smoother digestion. For midlife women, your gut health is closely linked to how your hormones...
What you need to know about your medication
If you’ve ever left the doctor’s surgery with a prescription and more questions than answers, you’re not alone. This article explores four of the most commonly prescribed medications in midlife - statins, metformin, PPIs and antibiotics - and offers simple, practical...
Empowered Midlife: A Guide to Perimenopause & Menopause
October is Menopause Awareness Month, and in honour of this, we are diving deep into all things hormones, midlife, and menopause. Whether you're approaching perimenopause, in the thick of it, or supporting someone who is, this series is for you. Understanding how our...
Detox Deep Dive
Your body has an amazing ability to cleanse and detoxify. However, our modern world is filled with toxins from the food we eat to the air we breathe. Learn how you can help your body detoxify efficiently, and recognise the signs if it’s not working properly. Toxic...
Jan – recently retired company director

Jan – recently retired company director

Jan had been trying to lose some weight for a few years, her weight yo-yoed because the only way she knew was to eat less if she wanted to weigh more.  Since being retired Jan said she had lost a lot of her energy, she felt tired in the day and lacked motivation to do...

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Easy Noodles

You can use any kind of noodles for this dish, and really any vegetables, I’ve just included what I normally or prefer to use.  If you don’t like something feel free to swap it out for an alternative. The chopping of the vegetables takes longer than the cooking in...

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Bone broth and stock

If you cook meat on the bone, then you really should be making broth and stock.  Bone broth has become the superfood of recent times, but it’s nothing new and it’s so easy to make, especially if you have a slow cooker as you can cook it overnight.   It doesn’t...

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No Shop Bean Stew

When you can’t be bothered to shop or cook this No Shop Bean Stew is so easy, it uses ingredients you will already have in the house, and you can eat it from a bowl on the sofa too!
Suitable for vegetarians and vegans, yet hearty enough for any meat eating carnivore!

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