Preparing to hunker down for the cooler months? Feeling gloomy about the end of summer? Stop right there! If Susan’s last post on Vitamin D and dementia didn’t get you up and out, then tune in to this week’s BBC Horizon programme (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04g507y/horizon-20142015-5-allergies-modern-life-and-me) on the explosion of allergies in the developed world. Horizon covered not…
SUNSHINE, VITAMIN D AND A RECIPE FOR COCONUT-CRUSTED SALMON
Not difficult to top up the Vitamin D in the summer, is it? All that endless sunshine, those days by the pool and drinks on the terrace (well, that’s what my Facebook feed looks like anyway – thank you friends). But this summer, I’m stuck inside, working 12 hours days with a long, underground commute…
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR GENES – FARRO, WATERCRESS AND MUSHROOM SALAD
Slaves to our genes? Not any more! A few months’ ago, world-renowned geneticist, Dr Sharon Moalem, published a ground-breaking book. Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives And How Our Lives Change Our Genes reinforces much of what we believe, here at Kale and Cocoa, namely that taking control of your diet can change…
BEER, BARBECUES AND RECIPE FOR BBQ’D FISH TACOS
The smell of barbecues lingers in the air every evening, so we were depressed to read that barbecuing meat can produce chemicals with cancer-causing properties. Arghhh! There are two ways these nasties can ruin your Barbie: 1) Cooking meat at high temperatures (on the BBQ or not ) can create compounds – heterocyclic amines –…
Can you live without a bacon sarnie? And a recipe for stuffed vegetables
“New health fears over processed red meat” is not a headline that any bacon sarnie lover wants to see. But a study published in the American Heart Association journal called (and get this for a chirpy title) ‘Circulation: Heart Failure’ indicates that those eating over 75g of processed meat a day (about 3 rashers of…
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