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100% Fresh Fruit Ice Lollies | NOT From Concentrate

100% Fresh Fruit Ice Lollies | NOT From Concentrate

Posted by Ina Woolcott

As always when we went to Brighton today, I bought my daughter several fresh fruit ice lollies in the lanes from wai-kika-moo-kau. One when we got there and one when we left. Although they are not organic (as some of my regular visitors will know I only have organic sugar, sweetener, GM, additive etc free produce in the house), it’s a lovely treat whenever we are in Brighton, which is always at least once a week for my daughter to do yoga and then most Sundays to go for sushi. My daughter and I both love these delicious ice lollies, especially the apple and mango one. Oh, and the blackcurrant one, and the strawberry and banana one!

“Here at last, the HEALTHY Ice Lolly! A Yummy lolly is made from 100% Fresh Fruit with nothing added and absolutely not from concentrate. The healthy alternative that appeals to adults and children, a fun way to that all important 5-a-day..…”

Click YUMMY LOLLIES to learn more…

Dr. Günther Von Hagens - Anatomy and Physiology, and Being Sick

Dr. Günther Von Hagens - Anatomy and Physiology, and Being Sick

Posted by Ina Woolcott

Im sure a fair few of you have seen the live dissections done on corpses by Dr. Günther Von Hagens on TV, and perhaps a few of you have even seen them live. A brief rundown, if unfamiliar with him, Dr Von Hagens was born in Poland in 1945 and when 5 days old his parents left for Eastern Germany where he grew up. He is a controversial anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue specimens called plastination. He is heavily involved in its promotion and developed the Body Worlds exhibition of human bodies and body parts.

Von Hagens wears his trademark black fedora, even while performing public dissections. Well, if you are familiar with this amazing guy, you may think the title of my posting implies that I was sick whilst watching one of these dissections… not at all… in fact, although at first I felt a bit squeamish when he ‘skinned’ a corpse, I eventually became so fascinated that I wanted to keep watching!

It is the first time I have seen Dr. Von Hagens, at college, where I am learning Swedish Body Massage and as we are currently studying anatomy and physiology, my tutor found it fitting (and it was most definitely!) for us to watch this particular episode. Also, because it was the last lesson before we break up for half term, it was meant to be an ‘easy lesson’. Not for some, 3 people had to leave the room! I will now always remember where the ulna and radius are located! An excellent way to remember where all the bones, tendons, ligaments, organs, tissues etc are. Text books can only teach so much, but seeing a real life (although dead) but dissected is priceless learning.

Although he is met with controversy, I personally feel that he is one of a kind. Everyone is entitled to how they feel, but if you eat meat I bet you never spare a thought or care how the animals are cut up.

After viewing the DVD - unfortunately we didn’t have time to watch all of it - I had to rush back home as the one who is actually ill is my daughter, who is 3years in September. I rather reluctantly left her with my mum, as she has been up since 530am today being sick and I like to be ‘on call’ on the rare occasion when she is actually poorly. However, in spite of being sick she has still maintained her happy personality and as the frequency of being sick got less, I felt OK to leave her for an hour and a half just to go in to college and do some theory. If I wasn’t going to be missing 2 or 3 weeks of college due to going on holiday, I would not have gone in. Also, my daughter slept from practically the moment I left until I got back. Those of you who know me, know that I would never give my daughter suppressive conventional medication to make her ‘better’, which in the long run

= damage to natural stomach flora
= digestive system
= and also overall physical and even mental health

Of course, my daughter has been treated homoeopathically with
Arsen Alb
, a lot of TLC and a couple of breastfeeds, although she did chuck up a short while after…she is now asleep on the sofa.


If you like more info of the video I saw today, Anatomy and Physiology for Beginners, Episode 1, Movement - watch the video below

To buy the DVD:

Related reading:
Günther Von Hagens Body Worlds

Related reading:
Channel 4, Autopsy Emergency Room

Fedoras off to Dr. Günther Von Hagens!

Sainsburys Organic Vegetable Sack

Sainsburys Organic Vegetable Sack

By Ina Woolcott

I was really happy and excited about a discovery I made today when I went organic grocery shopping in Sainsburys - I came across a large brown sack of organic vegetables for £4.99. In it were 350g broccoli, 500g brown onions, 500g parsnips, 500g carrots and 1000g potato’s. A nice variety of vegetables. I did have a separate bag of parsnips which were £2.39 and carrots for 89p, which I put back as soon as I saw this bag. I feel I definitely saved a small amount by purchasing this large bag.

It is the first time I have come across this brown paper sack of organics in a Sainsburys. Does anyone know of any other sainsburys that sells them? And do you like this product? I would be interested to know. The vegetables are seasonal so obviously change, which I think is lovely. Also, once you tear the netting out of the bag , it can be recycled. AND, the vegetables aren’t wrapped in plastic, something I dislike intensely, especially when vegetables are sweating inside. What a good buy!

Organic Food Bag

What\'s in the Organic Food Bag