Cook and Clean with Kate

Breaking up with your phone

25th June 2018

  I’ve recently read an amazing book ‘How to Break up with your Phone’ by Catherine Price. I stumbled over the book and was very keen to read it because I’d felt for a while that my phone was taking over my life. If it wasn’t within an arm’s reach, I felt like I was […]

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Habit Forming

25th June 2018

  ‘A habit is a choice that we deliberately make at some point, and then stop thinking about it, but continue doing, often every day’. Taken from the ‘Power of Habit’ by Charles Duhigg. How many of you have a habit you would like to break from? Biting your nails? Picking up your phone every […]

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HISTAMINE

2nd May 2018

  What are histamines?  Histamines are chemicals produced during any allergic response. When an allergen triggers the immune system, mast cells ( a type of white blood cell) release histamines as part of the inflammatory immune reaction. You then see a reaction within your body such as puffy, inflamed eyes, blistery skin rashes, hives or […]

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Feel great – hydrate!

24th January 2018

Hi guys, I’m going to keep this blog post on dehydration short and sweet, but first here’s a couple of important facts about hydration:- Water makes up more then two thirds of human brain weight. The human brain is made up of 95% water and drinking water maintains the body’s correct fluid balance and helps […]

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