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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.

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.

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’.

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.

A common query from women patients is their rising concerns for bone density issues, even from younger women. One woman, just 18 years of age, even though endeavouring to eat healthy found her bone density test was lower than expected.

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.

For centuries West African women have used shea butter to protect their skin and hair from the harsh sun, wind and salt water. Even Cleopatra and the Queen of Sheba are rumoured to have had bottles and jars of sea butter for their elaborate beauty routines, and for good reason.