The apple tree may have been dormant on January 6th, but I’m sure some of you celebrated the fruit it bears regardless on National Apple Tree Day at the weekend. A fruit bowl favourite, apples offer many benefits and can be combined easily…
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Always go organic when it comes to these fruits and vegetables

Emily Hirst Nov 3, 2019 0

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, most of the food produced for human consumption is grown using pesticides.
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How do you stay fit and healthy?

Emily Hirst Nov 1, 2019 0

For most of us, staying fit is not that easy. Personally, I stay fit doing the following: I have to eat to stay fit and healthy.
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Is teething linked to emotional and physical problems throughout childhood?

Emily Hirst Oct 31, 2019 0

According to Kathy Arnos, author of 'The Complete Teething Guide From Birth to Adolescence' the answer is yes.
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How to Help Someone With Disordered Eating

Emily Hirst Sep 7, 2017

As a psychotherapist mostly specializing in women with food and body image issues, I often get questions via e-mail and phone regarding how family and friends can help a loved one who is experiencing disordered eating. I have some very…
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Explosive Facts about Sugar Substitutes! A Sweet Delight or Toxic Poison?

Emily Hirst Sep 4, 2017

Dr. Theresa Dale, PhD, CCN, NP, feels it is dishonest to market these sugar substitute chemicals as “safe for human consumption”. From fast food chains to the best restaurants, aspartame is right there next to salt and pepper, as if it…
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Getting Off The Diet Roller Coaster

Emily Hirst Sep 2, 2017

In my work as a woman-centred psychotherapist, I have found that the habit of dieting is at the root of all women’s dysfunctional relationships with eating. The fact is that we live in a society that is obsessed with thinness and surveys…
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Confessions of an Orthorexic

Emily Hirst Sep 1, 2017

What’s your relationship with food like? Here, our contributor Esther Kane talks about her life as an orthorexic – someone who has an obsession with eating healthy food. Let’s start out with an example of when your obsession was at its…
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