A sweet tooth is often a sign of deficiency. Over the years I have worked with adults & children who have differing health issues but many of them share one thing, they crave sweetness. If you relate to this, your body is actually crying out for proper nourishment. If you don’t meet that deeper need, the craving will only increase. Quick fixes quiet the signal for a moment, but they don’t resolve it. When you actually give your body what it needs - real food that builds, sust

Chickweed (Stellaria media) seems to come & go as it pleases, favouring shady, damp spots, it’s most abundant in spring & now again in autumn. It’s a useful salad green in both seasons & particularly useful in autumn as it’s also an expectorant & will help as we enter the ‘season of snotty noses’. It can be used as a leafy green in sandwiches, added to other greens or veg in a salad or thrown into stir fry’s, soups & smoothies. Chickweed is nutrient rich containing vitamin C,

Bugle should be used with some caution but only because it interacts with certain medications, mainly chemotherapy and sedatives. If you...