Now that the season of feasting and festivity is over, some of us will be looking to repair the damage caused by too much celebration.  So it’s back to the gym and plain eating!!
One piece of good news in this situation is that not everything we enjoy is bad for us.  In particular dark chocolate, [...]

Over the last couple of months I have been receiving emails promoting  Acai Berries as a superfood capable of slowing down the aging process, helping with weight loss and providing energy.  If all this were to be believed then the Acai Berry would surely be more of a miracle food than a superfood.  Just think, [...]

We are all familiar with the idea of eating for comfort  and pleasure and how difficult it is to be disciplined . A recent study conducted by Peggy Mason and Hayley Foo has thrown some light on this problem. The researchers show that eating chocolate or drinking water can have a painkilling effect even in [...]

Organic farming is not new, it has existed for thousands of years, in fact since farming began.  Over the last 60 years or so with the development of fertilizers and other modern technologies, traditional farming methods have gone into decline.  After World War II we saw advances in food production methods with the aim of [...]