THE FINAL COUNTDOWN FOR BALANCE FESTIVAL BEGINS! A three-day celebration of food, fitness, music and wellbeing. The happy and healthy way to kickstart the festival season...There’s no better way to welcome the summer than with an event that celebrates the good stuff in life. Enter Balance Festival, ...

The Italian chocolatiers Vanini have brought out their new range of unique chocolates, with flavours including rosemary, pear and cinnamon, and lemon and pink pepper. A stand out ethically focussed company, Vanini place emphasis on transparency and corporate social responsibility in addition to ...

You probably saw the previous article on the Top 5 Health Benefits of Lemon but it actually has so many varied and wide-ranging uses that we decided to fill you in on a few more fascinating possible ways to utilise lemon. Its versatility allows it to be used in so much more than just a healthy ...

Pacari Chocolate is an Ecuadorian family-owned company which aims to make the highest quality fine flavour chocolate in the world -and who doesn’t love dark chocolate, especially when it possesses multiple health benefits? Made from tree to bar in Ecuador, this fair trade, sustainable, socially ...

You may have heard a fair bit about matcha tea recently via the health and wellness industries and press and perhaps are wondering what all the fuss is about?  Well, this powdered Japanese green leaf tea is packed with antioxidants and has a lot to offer nutritionally.  In fact, it delivers the ...

So we’re already 21 days, or 3 weeks into 2017, so how is it going for you? As we all know, this is the time where we begin to see how feasible our excitedly made New Year’s resolutions and promises to ourselves to make this year the greatest, actually are! Many decide to start living healthier, ...

In the same way that animal products turn up in all sorts of seemingly vegan and vegetarian friendly foods, (Lea and Perrins, anyone?) a whole plethora of products, including some doughnuts, have surprised the vegan community by containing no animal derivative nasties. In this list of 5 Foods You ...

Feeling tired and need an invigorating energy jolt to get you through the day? Take a look at our Top 5 Energy Boosting Smoothie Recipes that will have you literally up and running in no time! 1. Chocolate, Chia and Banana Smoothie Chia seeds are full of protein, omega fats and fibre which will ...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or IBS for short, can be an embarrassing and often crippling gut disorder. It’s more common for those under the age of 45 and strikes twice as many women than it does men. There is neither a known cause nor cure and symptoms vary between sufferers. The most common ailments ...

Veganism consists of a plant-based diet which rules out all animal products including by-products of animals, such as eggs and dairy. When you first learn about what a Vegan diet is, it seems somewhat extreme so why are we seeing a huge vegan movement across the globe? Are the health benefits ...