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food as medicine

09

AUG

2021

old botanical drawing of dandelion flower serated leaves and root

Love your liver: prepare for hay fever season

As the trees come into flower, reminding us that hay fever season is just around the corner, it’s a good time to be kind to your liver. What does the liver have to do with hay fever? The immune system reacts to allergens very efficiently by producing histamine. Histamines act...

16

NOV

2016

Home remedies – cough syrups

In the early 1990’s, I ran a series of home healing courses in community centres around Melbourne and Victoria. The recipes I shared in the courses are too good to leave in forgotten in my archives. These are effective home remedies but don’t forget the usual caveats (below...

15

NOV

2012

Superfood myths: Chia seeds

A recent article in The Age explored the top ten superfoods. Over the next couple of weeks I’m examining each of the claims and adding a few of my own. Which ones will live up to the hype? Chia Seeds The claim: “high in Omega 3 fatty acids”. The evidence: According to...