With my parents visiting and the house getting close to being finished, it was such a hectic June that I never got the opportunity to write anything! So to bring you up to date, I’ve included some photos of what we’ve been doing and how it’s all looking. The main house is complete, paintings are…
Recently a friend of mine was told he had a high cholesterol level and was prescribed Lipitor. Apparently when he asked the doctor if there were any possible side effects, he was told there were none! I find this quite unbelievable… Since reading my blog about statins he has decided to put the prescription for…
I’m still amazed at how the low-fat theory is so deeply ingrained in people’s minds. Recently I’ve heard a number of stories of people who are convinced that if they eat ‘low fat’ all day then it’s okay to eat a whole Mars Bar before going to bed… Or those that won’t eat ‘fat’ but…
With spring on its way we managed to finish planting our 2 new woodland areas and hedging just in time. We had started last November but the snowy cold weather put that on hold until February! So now we’re feeling very ‘green’ having just put in over 2000 new trees and 1km of hedging… It’s…
‘We are what we eat’ is certainly a very old saying and one that has been used by many people to denigrate all sorts of diet theories over the years. Well I think the best one is ‘if you eat rubbish then you’ll be rubbish’. I’ve just watched the BBC 3 documentary which follows Zoe…
After writing about farmed fish in Scotland, it’s amazing how many more articles about fish farming around the world started popping up – all around the question of whether farmed fish is environmentally sustainable. The first article I came across was from The Australian newspaper (18 Dec 2010), and once again the scary comment from…
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