Is it time to make yourself available to science? And I don’t mean donating your dead body (although we’re big supporters of organ donation too) or giving blood (another good thing to do), but taking part in a living, breathing research project. Over the last four years of blogging, we’ve become increasingly aware of the…
WHY CLEAN AIR MATTERS – VEGETABLE & NETTLE SOUP
Mad dogs in Mexico City were the first sign that inhaling polluted air might cause brain damage. Neuroscientist Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, noticed that elderly dogs living in heavily polluted areas often became confused, disoriented and unable to recognize their owners. She examined their brains (after they died, of course) and found greater quantities of amyloid b (the…
NOW IS THE TIME TO EAT NETTLES! SOUP, CURRY & SAUCE
Big apologies for the long silence but Ms’s Kale & Cocoa have been work-swamped. However, we’re coming up for air in time to make the most of my favourite foraging ingredient – the ubiquitous stinging nettle. Award winning health journalist, Susan Clark, describes the common nettle (usually thought of as a weed with a nasty…