Tag: healthy

• February 29, 2016

  4 Exercises for the Eyes to Avoid Wrinkles

  

  This is a set of 4 exercises to help avoid eye wrinkles. I found these exercises in a book from 1972 called “Secrets of Natural Beauty” by Virginia Castleton Thomas. I think it’s a classic amongst my parents’ generation (my parents would have been 11 when this was published, so maybe a classic amongst people…
• January 7, 2016

  Can a whitening toothpaste really whiten your teeth?

  After being ill for so long, my teeth were in serious need of some whitening. Lack of nutrients coupled with vomiting millions of times a day means I look and feel like a train wreck at the moment (actually I’ve visually improved a lot over the last fortnight but I’m still not my usual self),…
• April 6, 2015

  Meat Free Monday: Kale Spinach And Vegan ‘Cream Cheese’ Canneloni

  Recipe A brief note about measurement:  I believe that people go a bit mad sometimes with measuring things to the very gram, and that it’s more important to get a feel for the amount of each ingredient and how they interact with one another, which is why I work in cups (the American measurement; you can buy…
• March 3, 2015

  Could you be anaemic? Iron Explained

  Could You Be Anaemic? Iron Explained This article outlines the problems with vegetable iron sources – and the solution (and it’s not necessarily meaty). The science bit: Iron is a mineral. It’s also an element, which means it’s on the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. The fact that everything in the universe is made of…
• February 26, 2015

  [wellness] The False Concept of Cooking

  

  I’ve always been a big fan of eating whole, unharassed, clean vegetables. I really love the simplicity of it. I think it’s one of the things I love most about my rabbits – we can pretty much eat the same food. However, I didn’t always know how to eat. My biggest mistake when I first…
• January 14, 2015

  Fad diets for the thoughtful 5: Conclusion and how to spot a deficiency

  [Wellness] Fad Diets for the Thoughtful 5: Series Conclusion New to this series? Start here: Raw Veganism:Part 1 Fruitarianism and Juicearianism: Part 2 Sproutarianism: Part 3 Breatharianism: Part 4 My table of comparisons between the diets discussed in this series, using vegetarianism and macrobiotic as baselines for comparisons, click to enlarge: Conclusion: In this series,…
• January 4, 2015

  Vegan Fad Diets 3: Sproutarianism

  Vegan Fad Diets for the Thoughtful 3: Sproutarianism If you’re looking for information on sproutarianism, you’ve come to the right place! This article answers the question: what is sproutarianism? This article also talks about what the advantages and disadvantages of the sproutarian diet are. New to this series? Start here: Part 1: Introduction and Raw…
• December 21, 2014

  Fad Diets Part 1: Raw Veganism

  [Wellness] Fad Diets for the Thoughtful 1: Introduction and Raw Veganism In this 5 part article series I am going to examine a range of restrictive diets branched downwards from Veganism. I have split it into five parts to make it readable and interesting, since the article is 12 pages long as I finish it…