Macrobiotics for strong bones.

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Saturday, 11 February 2012

According to Maria Serrano, Chairperson of the Macrobiotics Association of Great Britain, osteopenia is a condition where the human bone becomes lacking in important minerals and bone mass, it is not an illness but it is a wake-up call. Lifestyle modifications are the most important part of the prevention and read more

Snow, snow, snow

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Saturday, 4 February 2012

We await with anticipation the snow that has been threatening to come for the last few days. The temperature has been slowly dropping and it was minus 3 degrees according to my car’s temperature gauge this morning only rising to minus 1 degree by the time we reached the local read more

Pacemaker

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Sunday, 29 January 2012

During the latter half of last year 2011, it became necessary for my husband Alan to undergo day surgery to insert a pacemaker. During the last couple of years, he had found it increasingly difficult to walk very far before becoming short of breath. Having always been very active, he read more

The Year of the Water Dragon

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Sunday, 22 January 2012

Jan – 23rd Chinese New Year is predicted to be an auspicious year. The year 4710 is the Year of the Dragon. Chinese New Year 4710, in 2012 is the year of the Water Dragon. Similar to the 12 Western signs of the zodiac, the Chinese zodiac has twelve animals read more

Money – Money – Money.

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Sunday, 15 January 2012

Oh – dear it looks as though it is going to be another year of doom and gloom from a financial point of view. We can't pick up a newspaper, turn on the telly news or read the Google computer news without someone telling us that we are all going read more

Boom or bust a bit longer!

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Saturday, 7 January 2012

Here’s a bit of a different slant on the question of added body fat gained after the Christmas-time feasting. Not everyone of course, but the majority of us have to put our hands up to overeating during the Christmas and New Year period. It’s not always just the over indulgence read more

Those yearly resolutions?

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Saturday, 31 December 2011

Well, it’s another New Year and another chance to set up those New Year resolutions that hardly any of us keep – Or do we? It is so easy to watch a new resolution go down the drain – far easier than trying to keep it going. But with read more

Christmas Cheer’s

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Friday, 23 December 2011

Whatever your faith or if no faith at all, you are almost bound to celebrate Christmas in some way or another, so make the most of it… It is a cold, dark time of the year which it brought to life with an untold multitude of lights and gallons of read more

Wellbeing Energy

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Monday, 12 December 2011

As Christmas is swiftly approaching now is the perfect time for sending wellbeing energy to anyone you might know who needs it. I say this is the perfect time as it is just about the only time in the year that we all go through a list of names and read more

West Ham win for EastEnders

Posted by Joan Vine, on: Sunday, 27 November 2011

Two of the biggest West Ham fans I know are my son David and my grandson Callis. Only just gone off to live in the USA, I am sure they will both be delighted to know that their favourite football team, West Ham won 3-1 against Derby on Saturday 26 read more