Treating Ulcerative Colitis with Probiotics
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The Joys of Chronic Illness: Forced to Think About it Even When You Feel Well!
As promised I said I would update as and when anything changes with regards to the fun and games that is my journey with Ulcerative Colitis, or Pancolitis to be more specific, meaning my entire large bowel is affected. I need to start by saying, or even shouting because its exciting progress……… I FEEL REALLY…
When Life Gives You Lemons: Remaining Positive with a Chronic Illness.
What happens when you lose your career due to a chronic illness? In November 2008 I found out I was expecting my first child, both myself and my husband were over the moon. Life was peachy……..until I started suffering from strange symptoms that at first I put down to the pregnancy. Slowly but surely the…
Dairy is Scary: But What Are The Best Dairy Free Alternatives?
Dairy is Scary………. And NO…..I don’t just mean from an animal welfare and environmental point of view. Let’s be realistic it tends to be the thing people claim would be the hardest thing to give up if they were to go vegan. “But how do you cope without cheese” seems to be a question I’m…
House of Herbivores Top Ten Tips for Switching Children to a Vegan Diet
Following on from ‘How it all Began‘ here are my top ten tips for a smooth transition to veganism for all of the family. 1. Ask the children to list their all time favourite meals Let them create their list and then you can set about veganising them. The options in supermarkets have come on in leaps and bounds over the last twelve months and there is…
Welcome to my Vegan Family Blog Site!
“Vegan is not about being perfect. It is about doing the least harm and the most good possible” – Anonymous. House of Herbivores How it all began…….. Three years ago we were a family of meat eaters……oblivious to the alternatives, whether that was by choice or through societal conditioning who knows? My parents ate meat,…
