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To Detox or not?

January 19, 2012

Filed under: Nutrition,Top tips — sclark @ 9:32 pm

To detox or not to detox – that is the question?

Popular detox diets promise to flush poisons from your body, purge pounds of excess fat, clear your complexion and bolster your immune system. But experts say there’s little evidence that extreme regimens  do anything more than lead to unpleasant side effects.

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Healthy Rice Pudding

Filed under: Recipes,Top tips — sclark @ 11:34 am

•  2 1/2 cups nonfat milk
•  1/2 cup arborio rice , uncooked
•  1 cup nonfat milk
•  1 cinnamon stick , about 3 inches long
•  3 tablespoons sugar
•  1 teaspoon lemon zest , grated
•  1/2 teaspoon vanilla
•  ground cinnamon

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Carrot and Potato Soup

January 12, 2012

Filed under: Recipes,Top tips — sclark @ 9:11 pm

Ingredients: three potatoes; two large carrots; 3oz lentils; one onion; chicken/vegetable stock; salt and pepper; vegetable oil for frying

Instructions: fry the onion in some oil, then add the veg and fry some more. Add water (just enough to cover everything) and the lentils and bring to the boil. Add a stock cube and season to taste. Simmer until everything is cooked and blend down. If it’s too thick, just add water.

Keeping well this winter

Filed under: Top tips — sclark @ 10:56 am

ONE FROM GRANNIES TREASURE CHEST
At the first sign of a cold or flu, soak your feet up to the ankles in hot water (as hot as you can stand without scalding) for 20 minutes before going to bed. Take 5,000 milligrams of vitamin C a day for five days.

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