Smoothie Tips

How is it possible that it is already November? And that I forgot to hit publish on my last letter of the CMT alphabet – Z? No worry – I will get to that tomorrow. But today, more important things. Yes I know. They say don’t drink your food. But I live by my Vitamix […]

Dialling in Nutrition

It’s September and that means one thing – CMT Awareness Month. During the month of September I will be using my blog to play a part in raising Awareness with an “alphabet challenge” – blogging a letter / key word almost every day.  Today is brought to you by the letter N. I hope my […]

Canning (Jarring?!)

It’s September and that means one thing – CMT Awareness Month. During the month of September I will be using my blog to play a part in raising Awareness with an “alphabet challenge” – blogging a letter / key word almost every day.  Today is brought to you by the letter J. I hope my […]

On Goals and Grapes

It’s September and that means one thing – CMT Awareness Month. During the month of September I will be using my blog to play a part in raising Awareness with an “alphabet challenge” – blogging a letter / key word almost every day.  Today is brought to you by the letter G. I hope my […]

Nutrition – Down to DNA?

It’s September and that means one thing – CMT Awareness Month. During the month of September I will be using my blog to play a part in raising Awareness with an “alphabet challenge” – blogging a letter / key word almost every day.  Today is brought to you by the letter D. I hope my […]

Friday Food: A Yummy Easy Tarka Dal

Last Monday evening we wanted to have a wholesome “Meatless Monday” dish that would be quick, easy and tasty. Thankfully I had received a recipe card in my vegetable box from Riverford which had a great idea – Dal with spring greens.  What is Dal?  Basically it is yellow split peas (or red lentils) cooked […]

Detox Yourself?

Over 10 years ago I got interested in food.  Not just eating – I had been a lifelong adventurous eater, open to trying anything and everything, loving the experience of eating not just the function.  No, when I say interested I mean “interested in food for health”. ~ 1 ~ It all started when my […]

Dry January?

Each year LOTS of people I know decide to give up alcohol for January.  I’ve even done it once myself, in 2004 when I decided to kickstart training for the Moonwalk walking marathon. That year I did a January Detox (no red meat, no nightshades, no alcohol, lots of “none of this or that” in […]

Supplements: Plates AND Pills, an experiment

In 2009 when I became a part of the CMT patient research pool at the Institute for Neurology in London, I gave up all supplements. At that time, I had been taking Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Glucosamine / Chondroitin, and Co-Creatine. I stopped supplements because as a participant in a strength based research study (looking […]

My Wheat Bender

Back in March 2012 we did an experiment: we gave up wheat.  DH had been saying for ages that he thought he had a problem with wheat.  I had countered (for ages) that his problem was not wheat, it was portion control.  Back and forth we went.  And then finally, one day, I suggested we […]