Too Corny!

ByAndrea Maguire 31 May 201022 Mar 2021

I arrived back in the UK a couple of days ago and happened to have the TV on yesterday. On came an ad for Sainsbury’s featuring Jamie Oliver. His message during the short 30 second advert was how delicious the CORN FED chicken shown in front of him was…

It’s upsetting when these famous people, especially chefs and in particular Jamie Oliver as he’s such an advocate for animal welfare and healthy eating, promote such harmful options as a healthy choice!

See my previous blogs on ‘Can the Corn’ and ‘The Providence of Provenance’ regarding the health problems of high omega-6 levels and the omega 3 imbalance.

And I still fear the day I hear of soy fed chickens being promoted as healthy!!!

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
ByAndrea Maguire 23 Dec 20117 Mar 2021

I’d like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy holiday season as it’s also Chanukah… Amy helped me make Christmas Florentine biscuits on Wed and they’re much better than last year. That’s because when Mum was out here visiting in June, we made some together and worked out that we needed to…

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Pear-fect
ByAndrea Maguire 27 Nov 20117 Mar 2021

We picked the last of our pears today and that is the end of a bumper crop this year! We’ve been eating them, juicing, making cider, giving them away and this weekend I had Amy & Zoe help me dry them too. Here’s a photo of our last lot of apples and pears and our…

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Born to be Wild
ByAndrea Maguire 14 Dec 20107 Mar 2021

I happened to watch the BBC program ‘Country File’ the other day (28 Nov 10) in which they had a segment on salmon farming in Scotland. It was all very interesting, but one small comment really caught my attention… it was just a throw away comment by one of the fisheries representatives which said something…

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Healthy Eating | Personal Growth

Have a Healthy Merry Christmas
ByEllie Culhane 17 Dec 20169 Mar 2021

It’s that time of year again and Christmas is almost here. I’m sure we all say this every year, but how did that happen? December is a beautiful month, full of festivities and cheer, but it can also be a bit of a minefield when it comes to keeping on track and maintaining healthy habits….

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Which juicer is best?
ByAndrea Maguire 25 Jan 20198 Mar 2021

It’s that time of year when we want to be healthy again and our retreat guests always ask about tips for a healthier lifestyle. As such, the question of smoothies versus juicing often arises and I’ve answered that on my blog: Juice or Smoothie – which is best? This then leads to asking: What are…

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Healthy Eating | Other Topics | Personal Growth

Coco Loco – Going Nuts for Coconuts (pt 1)
ByAndrea Maguire 24 Jan 201328 Mar 2021

I had just mentioned to a friend about our concern with Dad’s short term memory becoming ‘short’! Although we have our concerns about Alzheimer’s he has always passed the doctor’s tests. Plus as he’s also off the statins now (see my previous blogs on statins) it can’t be the Lipitor side-effects. Anyway, this friend then…

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