I know many people don’t like this season with all the coldness and darkness. But it does have some benefits. For instance, Lara and I love to spend an evening with steaming mugs of cocoa or taking a cheeky trip to the local pub with its roaring hearth. We also enjoy a change in diet. The light fresh salads of summer are replaced by hearty stews and casseroles with a herby dumpling or two thrown in for good measure. Good…
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I was a bit of a go-getter in my younger days. Fresh out of Uni, I wanted to get a good job and make some money. (Mainly so I could spend the money on beer, holidays, records and LOTS of food, which I don’t think is the secret of getting rich, is it?) For a short while I worked for an American-based company who published a lot of personal improvement stuff – books and courses to help improve the lot…
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• Is this the worst ever breakfast cereal? • The 2 ingredients that make sugar more addictive • The food type that causes chronic disease I hate to do the ‘when I were a lad’ stuff. My kids cringe whenever I started talking about the old days. And fair enough! I’m not a fan of phoney nostalgia, and I try not to see the past with rose tinted glasses. Take food, for instance. There are so many delicious, exciting foods…
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I am not surprised by this food tsar’s resignation Why diet related disease will cost us all in the end, no matter how healthy we try to be How to escape the media mind-warp Well, there we have it. Last Monday, Henry Dimbleby, the government’s food tsar, resigned from his position. He complained that the government’s approach to tackling obesity “makes no sense”. And honestly, I am not shocked in the slightest. Dimbleby co-founded the food chain Leon and has…
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Why we’re witnessing a return to ancient remedies The weird Welsh teabags that squirm The health benefits of leeches and maggots Imagine this… You’ve got an open wound on your foot… So your GP sends you to the hospital for treatment… You’re expecting to get the wound cleaned and dressed, along with a quick course of antibiotics… But as you sit in the examination room, you sense that something weird is going on… The nurse brings out something that looks…
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A dispute after a rugby game? Surely not! Why these numbers don’t add up A simple way to measure yourself that really works It’s not been a great few weeks as a Welsh rugby fan. For those who haven’t been following the Six Nations tournament this year (2023) we have played two games and lost both. Although my hopes are high for this weekend when we meet England. As is my custom I usually take up a seat at my…
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