FOOD FOR YOU
HELPFUL LINKS
ORGANIC PRODUCTS
Ideally, the fruit and vegetables you eat should be organically grown. They are more expensive but you will be obtaining a much higher supply of minerals and vitamins from them which will help offset the extra cost, and they do taste much better. In addition you will be avoiding consuming pesticides and know that the produce you are eating has not been grown with the help of artificial fertilisers.
You can obtain organic produce delivered to your door through www.abel-cole.co.uk or you can learn about where your local farmers markets are held at www.farmersmarkets.net
OBTAINING SPECIALIST FOODS
Most large supermarkets now stock a large range of specialist foods such as gluten free and dairy free products, and Health Food shops are a wonderful source of a wide variety of goods, but some of you may prefer to shop on-line where the choice can be greater and the products delivered to your door. With this in mind you may find the following sites useful:
www.glutenfreefoods.co.uk
www.village-bakery.com
www.goodnessdirect.co.uk
www.gffdirect.co.uk
www.wellfoods.co.uk
www.glutenfreecatering.com
LEARNING MORE ABOUT FOOD
www.food-info.net is a good site to learn more detailed information about food components, food safety hygiene, ingredients, packaging, general nutritional advice, allergies, e-numbers etc.
MAGAZINE
This is the magazine for those with a food allergy or intolerance. It has up-to-the minute articles, lots of advice and plenty of recipes etc.
MENTAL ATTITUDE
We firmly believe that the mind has an enormous role to play in the state of your health. Stress, traumas, firmly entrenched beliefs, low-esteem etc can all prevent you moving forward with your good intentioned plans. Or you may simply find keeping to a new dietary regime impossible. For example you can not lose weight long term because you reach for the biscuit tin every time you feel stressed despite knowing that you shouldn't and that you will regret it later. You just can't seem to help yourself. It can be easy to address these situations. There is an organisation called Human Givens which has practitioners all over the country to help you. Their approach is supported by Primary Care Mental Health Education and is affiliated with the Royal College of General Practitioners. Their methods are simple, relaxing and pleasant and you may find that just one session will be enough. They use recognised and effective brief, practical solutions while looking more to the future than to the past. We thoroughly recommend that you have a look at their website to find out more about them.