EYES, HEALTH AND BEAUTY

(Photo Credit: Jane Beadnell Photography (http://janebeadnellphotography.co.uk/) Welcome to a blog that is all about wellness for the over 40s. Here you will find blog posts to help you maintain (or restore) your natural state of health. You will also find a vegan recipe each Monday and you can learn about growing organic food from the blog posts on the 40plusandalliswell allotment.  If you like yoga I also have a 'sister' blog, Flexiladiesyoga . I hope you enjoy my posts and will visit the blogs often! Thank you for your support- sending my love to you all. Please see below for my latest post!

This is a real autumn comfort bowl which I have made using apples and leeks from the allotment.  Don’t be put off by the ‘toffee apple’ - it just adds a hint of sweetness and a nice flavour.  The recipe below is for far more toffee sauce than you need but the rest can be used as a sauce for nice cream.  Please see ‘ Summer ices 3 - banoffee ‘nice' cream’ sundaes '-  It can also be used in granola.  Please see ‘ Christmas gingerbread granola ’  or even a filling or topping for cakes.   Vegan toffee apple ‘meatballs’ with leek and apple mash Serves 2 For the ‘meatballs’ 120g dried soy mince ½ apple, peeled cored and finely diced 75g oats 1 tsp sage  1 tbsp toffee sauce (see below) 1 tbsp tamari Olive oil spray  The vegan toffee apple 'meatballs' For the mash 2 medium or large potatoes, cubed ½ apple, peeled, cored and finely diced 1 small leek, trimmed and sliced (white part only) For the toffee sauce  100g Medjool dates, pitted 1 tbsp lacuma Good tbsp coconut cream For t

We tend to think seasonal allergies are something connected with spring because of all the pollen in the air but we can also get symptoms in autumn because of all the spores in the air from fungi and moulds in leaf litter etc. Ragweed may also be a cause of autumn allergies. So if, like me you like walking in woodlands and are prone to allergies, you may find you have itchy eyes, sneezes, sinus congestion or even a tight chest. Fortunately there is a great deal you can do to help ease your symptoms and make autumn a more enjoyable time for yourself.   Firstly make sure your diet is rich in vitamin C which is a natural antihistamine – citrus fruits, kiwis, tomatoes, peppers, in fact all fruit and veg will provide you with vitamin C.   Cruciferous vegetables have the additional benefit of helping clear blocked sinuses so include cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli etc in your diet.   Spicy food also helps clear out those blocked sinuses. Omega 3 is anti-inflammatory   - flaxseeds are a good s

I always feel a little sad when the summer goes - the swallows leave, the flowers die back, the trees lose their leaves, and the days are shorter. But after the growth of the summer, there is the abundance of the autumn and a time to slow down, receive and be grateful. This is the intention behind our asana practice this week. Blog post and yoga video on my 'sister' blog- http://flexiladies.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/blog-post.html This week on the yoga blog we are practicing a sequence to help with autumn allergies. Please see my 'sister' blog- http://flexiladies.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/yoga-sequence-for-autumn-allergies.html If you are enjoying my videos and blog posts please would you consider a small donation? Please note however this is not a condition of enjoying my blogs. Please see- http://flexiladies.blogspot.co.uk/p/support-this-blog_44.html Thank you