Daphne Lambert and the Happy Microbiome
By Miranda Innes Make 2019 the year you make your microbiome happy. If your gut is happy, you’ll be happy. Vital, bright-eyed, perky. Daphne Lambert, the energetic nutritionist who founded Greencuisine (website mandatory for anyone interested in remaining feisty) has…
Wholesome Kitchen
By Holly Johnson Hey there HWK Crew! I hope your 2019 is going great so far! I’ve been blending-up a smoothie storm over at HWK HQ and most recently, my delectable and totally nutrilicious smoothie bowls have been hitting all the…
D For Deficiency
Susan McFie was told by GPs that it was too expensive to test blood for vitamin D levels. Yet current health policy aims to increase spending on preventing illness, and vitamin D deficiency has been associated with almost all our…
Simple Sauerkraut
By Abel James A Simple Recipe to Reverse Leaky Gut, Lose Weight, and Boost Your Immune Function Serves: 8Ingredients• 1 organic head of green cabbage (1 to kilos)• 1 to 2 tablespoons of sea salt• 1 large organic carrot, shredded• 1…
Struggling To Adapt
Why some attempts to halt climate change are failing. There’s no doubting the increasing prominence of climate change in the public consciousness, particularly among young people. Our government’s record on the environment rests mainly on unfunded aspirations and passing the…
If Music Be The Food Of Love, I’m Out Of Luck
I haven’t got any musical talent and I don’t mind. Which reminds me of a programme I saw about overweight kids. They asked a girl whether she was concerned about her weight, and she said: “I don’t mind, it’s everyone…
Supermarkets Checked Out Reducing plastic – rhetoric and reality
What do we want? Less plastic. When do we want it? Well, ideally a decade ago at the very least. Plastic waste is currently high in the public consciousness with shoppers in particular looking for ways to avoid unnecessary packaging…
Lingonberry, Pomegranate and Cashew Smoothie
By Holly Johnson Hi HWK gang! I hope you’re really well and you had an amazing Christmas. I most certainly put on the brakes and pressed the reset button and my recent little shimmy to the beautiful and majestic land…
Beer Styles: Porter
By David Brumley Most people associate the beer style Porter with Guinness and Ireland, but it actually originated from good old England approximately 300 years ago at the turn of the eighteenth century. Around this time a brewer named Ralph…
Cynicism and soup
My mate told me that there’s now Janu-hairy, encouraging women to let their armpit hair grow for charity. I didn’t realise, I could have raised millions by now. I can’t help thinking that all these portmanteau monthly causes just reinforce…