Tag: digestion
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Gut-Friendly Carrot Cake Energy Balls
At the beginning of March, we hosted the Women’s Spring Yoga & Wellness Retreat in Sussex, and these gut-friendly carrot cake energy balls certainly went down well! It was such a treat to spend the weekend teaching and sharing space with a wonderful group of women, and enjoying delicious, healthy food together. (Find out about…
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Digestion-Boosting & De-Bloating Digestif
Chewing a mix of seeds and spices post-dinner is tradition in many cultures throughout the world – just as you might sip a mint tea, or enjoy a square of chocolate, there needs to be a natural human urge to consume something sweet, bitter or pungent to help with digestion. If you tend to suffer…
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Wild Garlic & Nettle Soup
Throughout the lockdown, many of us have been for daily walks, bike-rides and runs, and even discovered completely new routes to venture along. If you’re lucky enough to live close to fields, hedgerows and the countryside, you’ll have probably seen lots of Spring plants emerging over the past month or so. Spring is a time…
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Digestion-Boosting Lemongrass, Ginger & Cinnamon Tea
‘Tis the season of consumption – whether that’s gifts, food, chocolates or festive fizz, its likely most of us will be enjoying foods and drinks we wouldn’t usually opt for this month. If you’re looking for a way to prevent bloating and indigestion, or are in need of something to boost your Agni or digestive…
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Bitter Is Better: Utilising The Power of Taste This Festive Season
If you’re looking to keep your digestive tract healthy, your hunger and blood sugar levels stable, and prevent cravings from causing you to go overboard with the mince pies and chocolate this Christmas, consuming more of the bitter taste could be your best bet. Of the six tastes known throughout Eastern medicine (sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent…
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Plum & Berry Tarts
With easier-to-digest spelt flour, 100% plant-based ingredients, seasonal fruits and warming Cinnamon spice, these sweet autumn treats are easy to make, and perfect for serving hungry guests. Enjoy them with a cup of tea, or pack a couple to bring on a blustery Autumn walk! INGREDIENTS 1 ½ cups spelt flour ½ cup coconut oil…
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The 5 Keys To Proper Protein Absorption
Do you have a favourite go-to post-workout protein supplement? Do you make sure it’s full of beneficial ingredients and not filled with chemicals? Do you rely on it for a substantial nutrition boost? Do you know how to properly absorb that protein? The conversation around whether additional protein is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ is debated throughout…
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Spring Digestive Tea
It’s common to feel a little sluggish and heavy at the beginning of Spring (after all, we’ve just made it through a long and dark Winter, with heavier meals and perhaps more time indoors), and this is often reflected in the workings of the digestive system. To give the body and mind a helping hand,…
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Bloat-No-More Sauteed Fennel & Spinach
If you often experience bloating, it can be frustrating to locate the cause of the issue when it crops up (or rather, blows up at the most inconvenient times….). Raw foods, certain nutrients or intolerances, eating quickly, and particularly stress and improper breathing can all cause bloating and discomfort. Thankfully, there are a few natural…
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Warming Walnut & Ginger Spelt Biscuits
February is very much Vata / Kapha season in terms of Ayurveda, which basically means many of us are likely to waver between feeling cold and fragile, with dry skin and unpredictable energy levels, or heavy and lethargic, with digestive issues and low mood levels. (To find out what Ayurveda is, read this post, or…
