Fill Your Bucket – It’s Halloween!

How did the confectionery industry come to dominate Halloween celebrations? Samhain (pronounced sah-win) is a Celtic festival which was held to mark the last day of harvest and  happened around this time of year. It was marked by bonfires and feasting.  As the days were getting shorter, it was also…

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Processed and Ultra-Processed Foods

What are processed foods? Processed foods are any foods which have undergone a man made process.  So, they are: jams, jellies, pies, bread, cake, cheese, soft drinks, ready meals etc to name just a few. Are processed foods bad for you? Glad you asked.  Not necessarily.  You see, processing extends…

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Low Fat Diets

Low Fat Diets has been a really difficult post to write. I actually started it at the beginning of December but because there is so much contradictory information out there,it is only now being released into the ether. There seems to be as many different views as there are experts…

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