In TCM, warming Yang of the Spleen is a strategy for clients who experience bloating, weight gain, fluid retention and fatigue. Here's a Red lentil dish I love making but I'm wanting to highlight the brilliant use of warming Yang herbs that make something like this, Spleen food at its best.

Thyme Herbal Tea - would you like to know how to make some? Fresh thyme from your garden or the grocer has health benefits when you have a sore throat or cough. This tea is a good method for staying well hydrated and trying to keep a sore throat at bay. It could be used […]

With the global pandemic of Covid 19 or Coronavirus, Chinese Hospitals are seeing many patients not only display upper respiratory symptoms of sore throat, fever and cough, but also digestive symptoms. CBS News: Almost half of Coronavirus patients have digestive symptoms, study finds. Traditional Chinese Medicine talks about "keeping your middle warm". This dates back […]

Recently I caught up with a client that I hadn’t seen since last year and he said to me in absolute amazement and beaming pride “my sugar cravings are completely gone – I never thought that would happen.”   As a Functional Nutritionist I would love to just say to everyone – “when you take […]

Ketogenic Diets: Everyone is going Keto, talking Keto, reading Keto and cooking Keto. Is Ketogenic the ‘latest fad diet’ and would I recommend it to my clients? Linda Funnell-Milner, Functional Nutritionist gives her opinion in this post.

At Family Wellness Centre we are all for minimising waste and a big question after the BIG DAY is What do I do with Christmas leftovers? And also, what's all this about Minimising?