coffee - is it good for us? ... simple answer - probably yes - to a point.

In the last few years it has hardly been possible to pick up a magazine, or look in the health section at a bookshop, or even switch on the television and listen to the news, without hearing something about perimenopause. Large companies are running workshops for their female staff on what they might be going through (and some of them are even running separate workshops for their male staff to promote understanding) and HR departments are being forced to take stock of the age / life stage of...

There is a lot being talked about oil at the moment. We know it is good for us, but how much should we have and how hot can we heat it .. and does heating it at all change how good it is? I have seen many posts recently that advise that olive oil can be used "for all forms of cooking including deep fat frying". I have also seen many posts about drinking olive oil from a small glass in the morning. so I thought I'd better look into what it's all about. Firstly a brief paragraph on the cooking...