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What do Moby, Alice Walker and KD Lang have in common? They are all vegans in a world where veganism is the new vegetarianism, and meat eaters are on the evolutionary decline.

Many people frown upon plant-sourced protein, viewing it as inferior to animal-based proteins. However, along with supplying the body with a valuable source of protein, plant foods also contain micronutrients, phytonutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and fibre that you will not find in meat.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) released a report in 2005 called ‘Preventing Disease through Healthy Environments: Towards an Estimate of the Environmental Burden of Disease’.

Nature provides us with a rich array of foods which are full of specific nutrients that help to boost ones nutritional and physical uptake. What is helpful is to know what food specifically supports certain areas of the body, or any ailment you may be experiencing.

Comfrey is a plant that has been used medicinally for hundreds of years, with various names such as Knitbone, Boneset and Bruisewort reflecting its healing properties. In the middle-ages it was a well known remedy for broken bones.

Vitamin D is a trace substance and must be produced or ingested in a certain quantity to ensure balanced, good health.

Eating disorders carry the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric condition and are notoriously hard to treat. If an eating disorder doesn’t kill, it can leave a painful legacy of long lasting medical complications, affecting bones, heart, hair and skin.

With the rapid and alarming increase in breast cancer along with the amount of money and effort put into treating breast cancer to no avail, perhaps it is time to take another look at the issues involved.

Are you are concerned about your child’s poor immune status? Does he or she continuously get sick each autumn and winter season? Is there a recurrent cough, asthma or eczema condition occurring?