About this time of year - when the air is getting cooler and we are spending more time indoors - I start to see people coming to the clinic with coughs, sore throats and tiredness. Our immune systems seem to notice the change in season and the food we are eating tends to be lower in some of the immune boosting nutrients of the summer. As we come in to autumn I often recommend elderberry capsules to adults and children for their antioxidant activity and to strengthen immunity. Elderberries are believed boost the immune system and help with coughs, colds, bacterial and viral infections. I decided to have a go this year at making my own elderberry cordial. To be honest, it’s a little experiment
With the children safely back to school I wanted to let you know about a book and film I came across over the summer which you might find interesting. I am also super pleased we have started renovating the new clinic in Marylebone, London. Not all the rooms are finished yet, but it’s looking pretty good and from November I will be working there a couple of days a month. I am looking forward to meeting my patients from the South East who have struggled to travel to Hereford. I went on a yoga retreat over the summer with the amazing appleyoga and it was such a pleasure to be able to talk to people and dispel so many of the myths around “good and bad” foods. One subject which came up a lot was
