At the end of 2018, if you’d have told me that I’d be spending the first 3 Sundays of the New Year voluntarily purging into a bucket, with frog juice in my arm – all in the name of health,…
‘I don’t love science – I want to know what heals people’ – Ted Kaptchuk, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard and Director of the Harvard-wide programme in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter The purely rational…
The month of ‘Stoptober’ – a Public Health campaign that encourages smokers to give up for 28 days of the month, apparently making them five times more likely to quit. However going cold turkey doesn’t always work for everyone. Here…
During London Fashion Week (something I’m not heavily involved in given the state of my highly comfy-looking wardrobe), while most people are lusting over the clothes, I find myself admiring the parade of youthful and dewy complexions on show, along…
Forgotten Spices of the Archipelago ‘Jamu’ is most commonly found on the backs of traditional Kain Kebaya-wearing Javenese women. Transported via bamboo baskets, these young-middle aged women travel from villages to towns throughout Indonesia, shifting supplies of their local medical…
Clothing materials what they mean, where they come from, are they ethical and will they be kind to your skin? Fast fashion, slow fashion – it can be difficult to keep up with the speed at which the fashion industry…
2018 cannot get enough of bacteria. The microscopic trend has seen them added to our drinks, our fermented foods and now even our face creams. Aren’t bacteria bad for you – what are probiotics? The yin and yang of the…
Aside from the sweat-coated underground and ill-prepared levels of air-con, the skies in Britain this year have made it an easy decision to spend the majority of the summer Staycationing. Next to the big smoke, Manchester is one of my…
We all have that enviable friend who’s living in crop tops despite eating like a trash can, whilst we’re slightly soft around the edges even with the consistent effort to live like a rabbit. Often our metabolism takes the credit,…
I recently did a Guest Post on TheFoodEffectDr blog: click here or the image below to view the original article. Dr Michelle of TheFoodEffectDr runs her own weight management clinic and has a new book out this year – how to…
Last week I went to the La Prairie Essence of Caviar Foundation launch event at the Dorchester in London, which was secured via the Influencer’s Diary run by PR Queen Rosalind Shimmen. Seated in the Cristal Suite adorned with clean…
