Avril Casey Herbalist & Naturopath

10/04/2016

Fascinating article on how politics in the field of nutritional science led to dietary guidelines that have made people sicker, not better.

"Teicholz’s book also describes how an establishment of senior nutrition scientists, at once insecure about its medical authority and vigilant for threats to it, consistently exaggerated the case for low-fat diets, while turning its guns on those who offered evidence or argument to the contrary. John Yudkin was only its first and most eminent victim."

The long read: In 1972, a British scientist sounded the alarm that sugar – and not fat – was the greatest danger to our health. But his findings were ridiculed and his reputation ruined. How did the world’s top nutrition scientists get it so wrong for so long?

17/01/2016

I am not taking on new patients at the moment but the Irish Register of Herbalists has a list of practicing herbalists at http://irh.ie/find-an-irh-registered-herbalist-in-your-area/

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06/05/2015

Teacher Stephen Ritz explains how a project to grow fresh food in his school turned into a wider movement encouraging healthy eating among US students

20/04/2015

Only 5 weeks left until National Herb Week!

11/03/2015

‘We are facing a global famine by 2050. The problem with Kew is people think it is just an adorable garden. If we lose the scientific experience there we won’t get it back’.

Kew is more than a "adorable" garden, it provides essential research that is under threat

05/03/2015

"This year, Herb Week begins an initiative with national schools in Ireland to bring a simple herbal garden into urban areas with few green spaces. The project is called the Herbal Urban Schoolyard Garden (H-URB-S Garden) and teaches children how to grow 9 simple herbs while encouraging them to research and use them in conjunction with the primary school curriculum".
Read about the H-URB-S Garden project on the Herb Week website: http://nationalherbweek.ie/h-urb-s-garden/

This year, Herb Week begins an initiative with national schools in Ireland to bring a simple herbal garden into urban areas with few green spaces. The project is called the Herbal Urban Schoolyard Garden (H-URB-S Garden) and teaches children how to grow 9 simple herbs while encouraging them to research and use them in conjunction with the primary school curriculum.
Read about the HURBS Garden project here: http://nationalherbweek.ie/h-urb-s-garden/

19/02/2015

Looks delicious!

This concoction isn't just anti-inflammatory, it can also help with candida, digestion, nausea, and headaches. It was inspired by a very sweet women, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at Whole Foo...

06/02/2015

Lemon Balm is a bushy perennial herb that has a multitude of uses both culinary and medicinal, here are 10 ways to use lemon balm.

28/01/2015

"Although studies designed to test safety and confirm effectiveness of herbal medicines are abundant, they are frequently under-reported or reported irresponsibly. This means we must educate ourselves beyond the headlines."

Some thoughts on the safety and use of herbal medicine.

Use this guide to become a savvy natural-health consumer, and learn how to decipher the safety of herbal medicine for yourself.

27/01/2015

Dr. Dean Ornish talks about how simple lifestyle changes can prevent and reverse chronic disease.

Prioritising four things - Diet, Exercise, Stress Management and Love & Support - he explains how making changes in these fundamental areas can lead to lasting health and happiness.

Interesting and worth a watch.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Geneva-based non-profit organization best known for its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the Annual Meeting of New Champions in China (Summer Davos) and the Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai. It also releases research reports such as the Competitiveness Re…

27/01/2015

You can extend the benefits of arnica to your massage clients by choosing a massage oil containing it; you can also use arnica on your own sore muscles.

18/01/2015

The Daily Mail has a fascinating feature on David Latimer and his soon to be 54-year-old bottle garden that he started on Easter Sunday back in 1960. Using a ten gallon carboy, Latimer poured in some compost, a quarter pint of water and carefully lowered in a spiderwort seedling (Tradesc