I first crossed paths with the Athens-based dietitian Despina Marselou after attending a webinar she conducted on the effects of diet on autoimmune diseases. With a recent diagnosis of multifocal motor neuropathy, a rare degenerative condition affecting the limbs, I was desperate to discover what I could do to help myself. I spoke to DespinaContinue reading “Why adopting a wholefood plant-based diet can begin to improve your health in just four weeks”
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Dive in and flow with Total Immersion, the technique that takes the slog out of swimming
REVIEW Total Immersion Effortless Endurance Freestyle swimming workshop with Susan Cheshire Moving through water – being immersed in the same element that makes up around 60 per cent of a human body – is a deeply meditative practice for me and swimming is one of the few activities during which the Babel in my headContinue reading “Dive in and flow with Total Immersion, the technique that takes the slog out of swimming”
You don’t need to cross a facilitator’s palm with gold to breathe better but breathwork practices can definitely help
Breathwork – or doing breathing exercises as a formal practice – is big right now. It means the internet is crawling with “breathwork facilitators” selling lessons in how to breathe better. There definitely appears to be a need for this as it’s widely claimed that many of us don’t breathe properly – often leading toContinue reading “You don’t need to cross a facilitator’s palm with gold to breathe better but breathwork practices can definitely help”
Multifocal motor neuropathy wants a piece of me… but I’m fortunate to have the help I need to fight back
Bardo Burner’s co-editor reflects on her struggle with multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN), a rare and incurable autoimmune disease. She has found much to be grateful for, discovering her predicament is not as hopeless as it first seemed This morning I woke up, picked up the large mug of tea my husband had left on theContinue reading “Multifocal motor neuropathy wants a piece of me… but I’m fortunate to have the help I need to fight back”
An interview with Dr Anthony Hadj: why a whole-food, plant-based diet is best for our health and the planet
The food we eat has long been used to prevent and manage health problems, and now there is a growing movement of medical people who believe wholefood, plant-based diets not only prevent but can sometimes reverse a lot of the chronic illnesses associated with western lifestyles. They believe a change of diet can treat ailmentsContinue reading “An interview with Dr Anthony Hadj: why a whole-food, plant-based diet is best for our health and the planet”
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