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• Nian Gao – Chinese New Years Cake
  Celebrate with Good Fortune cakes with lots of character - Chinese sweet sticky rice cake (Nian Gao)
• Greek New Year Cake - Vassilopita
  Greek Vassilopita (like pound cake with a good luck coin inserted)
• Top Ten Tips for Losing Holiday Weight
  You’ve tucked into the Christmas turkey, toasted in the New Year and now you find you’ve gained 1 to 5 pounds over the holidays. Disproportionate weight gain is common over the festive season and hard to reverse. Perhaps you’ve also made New Year’s resolutions to get fit and healthy - but how do you make them stick? Here’s our top ten tips for losing holiday weight and keeping New Year’s fitness resolutions.
• Got Chronic Knee Pain? Answer Lies in Vitamin D
  A new study* by Mayo Clinic researchers shows for the first time a link between chronic pain and low levels of Vitamin D. Regularly eat high level Vitamin D foods like the “oily” fish - mackerel, tuna, salmon and sardines - and it’s quite likely you’ll enjoy a reduction in chronic pain, the research indicates. Getting a good dose of sunshine will also boost Vitamin D levels.
• Knees Work Better in Water – New Study
  People with knee and hip arthritis have known it since Adam was a boy – exercising in warm water eases pain and improves function – but now a new study has confirmed the anecdotal experience.
• Healthy Recipe - Herb Pesto Salmon and Coconut Mackerel Curry
  Baked Salmon with Herb Pesto – Tasty Vitamin D Boosters
• Coconut Mackerel Curry - Recipe
  Mackerel is very popular in the south of India and is used regularly in coconut curries with tamarind to balance the flavours. Serve with rice – nothing else is needed.
• Florentines - Recipe
  Another recipe for the festive season
• Christmas Sugar Cookies
  Recipe
• Eat Like a Greek for High Heart Health
  Consuming a Mediterranean-style diet, rich in fruit, vegetables and fish, may reduce the risk of dying from heart disease by 30% according to a new large scale study.
• 'Eat Like a Greek’ Recipes
  Live long with traditional dishes that have been part of Mediterranean cuisine since the time of Troy.
• Honeydew – A Sweet Prebiotic for Upset Stomachs
  Want to settle your stomach and relieve heartburn without continually popping antacids? The secret could lie in a few teaspoons a day of Honeydew, a malty tasting amber colored “forest honey” harvested from New Zealand’s South Island beech forests.
• Knees need selenium
  New research shows osteoarthritis in knees is directly related to low selenium levels – the lower the levels, the more severe the knee arthritis.
• Healthy Recipes - Prebiotic Rich Dishes - Honeydew Baked Peaches, Asparagus Soup, New ways with Leeks and Jerusalem Artichokes
  Chef Bron Marshall suggests honeydew honey is great poured over pancakes. The Honeydew Baked Peaches recipe is from her award winning food blog.
• Put Suppleness Back in Your Spine
  Like four out of five adults, Margaret Gunn was troubled by back pain – the second most common pain after headaches.
• Vitamin K2 Strengthens Post Menopausal Bones
  Daily supplements of Vitamin K2 maintain hipbone strength and boost bone mineral content in postmenopausal women, new research shows.
• Leafy Greens for Bones – Keep Greens Interesting with Mini Spinach Cups, Bacon and Spinach Pasta, and Green Tempura.
  It’s easy to eat greens the recommended three times a week when you make it interesting! Read More
• Honeydew Honey Tops Antioxidant Ratings
  Honey produced by bees feeding on honeydew have more than double the antioxidant activity of honeys from flower nectars, says new research from Spain.
• Foods To Reduce Breast Cancer Risk
  A diet rich in citrus, berries, onions, apples, green tea and flax seed can almost halve the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to new research*.
• Healthy Recipes - Dishes to Beat Cancer – Flavonoid-Rich Greek Spinach Pie, Yellow Fava Split Peas and Boiled Wild Greens
  Take a leaf from savvy Mediterranean cooks, whose flavononoid-rich diet protects from cancer and heart disease.
• How Active Manuka Solved Chronic Stomach
  New Zealand apiarist Paul Steens was one of the first New Zealanders to begin producing Active Manuka honey...
• Food That Makes You Feel Full
  Looking for a way to lose weight without watching calories? Latest research shows some foods leave you hungry while others with the same calorie count make you feel pleasantly full.
• Healthy Recipes – Food to Make You Feel Full
  Food to Make You Feel Full - Breakfast Smoothies, Honey Lamb, Bang Bang Salad and Honey Plum Crumble.
• A Spoonful of Honey Builds Strong Bones
  A Spoonful of Honey Builds Strong Bones Mary Poppins sang how “a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down”...
• Healthy Recipes for the Chinese New Year
  Chinese Spinach Toss, Honey and Garlic Spare Ribs, and Honey Cake 3 ways - Apple, Pear or Coffee...
• Living Well with Rheumatoid Arthritis
  People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) age 12.5 years for every decade lived and need to pay special attention to beat “accelerated aging”, according to new research by Mayo Clinic doctors.
• Healthy Recipes - Christmas Party Appetisers
  Christmas Party Appetisers Parmesan Zucchini Twists, Salmon Mousse, Mini Quiche, Spinach Mushrooms
• Brain Food to Beat Aging
  Eat curry – or take Honeybalm capsules – for a healthy brain.
• Healthy Recipes – Honey and Turmeric Slaws and Salads for Brain Food
  Spicy Golden Slaw This slaw gets more colorful and better tasting over time. It is great after three and four days...
• Honey the Healthiest Sweetener
  Honey raises “good cholesterol,” lowers blood sugar levels, reduces risk factors for heart disease and is better for diabetics than sugar or artificial sweeteners.
• Healthy Recipes – Celebrate with Honey Cake
  Add Honey Glaze to Apple or Banana for Delicious Holiday Honey Cake.
• Honey - the New Super Food
  What makes honey so special? What are the other Super Foods and how easy is it to add them to your daily menu?
• Healthy Recipes – Italian Bean Soup and Citrus Yoghurt Cake
  Affordable Super Foods - Italian Bean Soup and Citrus Yoghurt Cake.
• Super Foods and How to Use Them – Part II
  Best selling author and ophthalmologist Steven Pratt has identified a list of the best foods of health and vigor.
• Turning Back the Biological Clock
  Want to get younger next year than you are this one? Think that’s impossible? Not according to Dr Henry Lodge.
• Healthy Recipes – Frozen Honey Desserts
  Wild flower honeys are best for frozen honey desserts, where their delicate purity of flavor can be savored.
• Manuka Honey for Antibiotic Resistant Bugs
  A Manchester Hospital is trialling Manuka honey in mouth and throat cancer patients susceptible to antibiotic resistant infections...
• Healthy Recipes
  Seasonal Salad & Manuka Honey Dressing, Rhubarb Crumble topped with Raspberries, Yogurt and Manuka Honey.
• Blueberries – Anti inflammatory Super Food
  The good news about blueberries just keeps on getting better, with new research confirming nature’s only blue fruit is a powerhouse of nutrients to combat the “Three Big Bogeys” of aging - arthritis – Alzheimer’s and atherosclerosis.
• Healthy Recipes – Get the anti inflammatory benefits of Blue berries
  Blue berry Soy Smoothie and Blue berry Flapjacks for breakfast, Blue berry Salad and Blue berry Clafouti or Blue berry Oat Crunch for lunch or supper.
• Weight Loss Secrets – More Fruit and Fiber
  Want the scoop on the eating habits of people who aren’t overweight? Remember the two F’s: fruit and fiber.
• Eat and Be Happy – Choose ‘feel good food’
  Natural substances found in some foods work as well as prescription antidepressants in preventing depression and making you feel good...
• Turmeric Protects Against Cancer in Men and Children
  Are you a diehard fan of vegetarian dishes made with lots of turmeric? If the answer’s yes, you might have just ensured protection against prostate cancer and childhood leukemia.
• Lemon and Dill Salmon and Spiced Potato and Cauliflower
  Good Mood Food that’s also Cancer Protective Lemon and Dill Salmon and Spiced Potato and Cauliflower.
• Arthritis pain relief products linked to erectile dysfunction
  Men with arthritis who use the common pain killers NSAIDs (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) to control joint and muscle pain may find they are affecting their performance in the bedroom.
• Healthy Recipes with Ginger the Natural Anti Inflammatory
  Enjoy the pain reducing power of ginger daily in Ginger Tea, Ginger Stir Fry, Ginger Lime Dipping Sauce, Ginger Chicken Wings, Ginger Beef.
• Ginger – the natural anti inflammatory food
  Mounting evidence suggests that ginger has natural anti-inflammatory properties.
• Arthritis Exercise Decreases Pain
  Exercise for people with arthritis reduces pain by nearly half and improves health and performance...
• Omega 3 Fish Oil For Back and Neck Pain
  Fish oil supplements containing Omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFAs) might help treat neck and back pain...
• Healthy Recipes Using Omega 3 Rich Oils
  Use Omega 3 rich oils in wholesome daily dishes – Breakfast Smoothies, Chilli Beans, Fresh Tomato Pasta, Tuna Sandwich and Salmon Salad
• Exercises For People with Knee Arthritis
  For Pain Relief from arthritis in the knee try these arthritis exercises...
• Exercises For People with Neck Arthritis
  For Pain Relief from arthritis in the neck try these arthritis exercises...
• Exercises For People with Shoulder Arthritis
  For Pain Relief from arthritis in the shoulder try these arthritis exercises...
• Exercises For People with Arthritis In Hands
  For Pain Relief from arthritis in the hand try these arthritis exercises...
• Mediterranean Diet Could Slash Alzheimers
  Eating a Mediterranean diet could cut the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by as much as 40 per cent, says a large US study.
• Mustard – the Weight Watcher’s Friend
  Want to eat more healthily but you are struggling with the bland taste of some low fat foods?
• Healthy Recipes - Gold Butternut Soup & Sweet and Tangy Fruit Salad
  How To Maintain a Young Brain Combine Mustard with a Mediterranean approach with Gold Soup and Sweet and Tangy Fruit Salad.
• Best Foods For People With Arthritis
  The evidence is in. Some foods ease arthritis signs and symptoms, and some make arthritis pain worse.
• Best Exercise for Sore Knees
  The vast majority of the millions of arthritis cases affect knees – doctors refer to it as an epidemic of knee OA. The good news is that the best therapies for knee OA discovered so far —losing weight and regular knee exercises...
• Healthy Recipes - Salmon Risotto & Tuna Casserole
  Salmon Spinach and Rocket Risotto, Tuna and Egg Casserole Eat Omega 3-rich fish three times a week and banish depression* while improving mobility.
• Red Wine For Sore Knees, Cancer, and Cholesterol
  Red wine could hold the secret to repairing joint damage caused by osteoarthritis, according to the latest research on sore knees...
• Celebrities’ Honey Health Tips
  What do Demi Moore, Madonna, Clint Eastwood, Nicole Kidman and the Beach Boys have in common? They all use honey to maintain health and beauty...
• Healthy Recipes for St Patrick’s Day
  Combine Irish Soda Bread with Honey Corned Beef and Cabbage and Glazed Parsnips for a festive meal.
• Sweeten Up With Aphrodisiac Honey
  Surprise! If you want to spark romance this Valentine’s Day, bypass the bedroom and head straight for the kitchen. What you eat (or don't eat) has a direct impact on your sex life, affecting your hormone, energy and stress levels. And spiced honey is right up there in adding spark to the engines of love.
• Use It Or Lose It: The Answer for Sore Knees
  The idea that exercising that arthritic knee will worsen your pain and increase “wear and tear” on cartilage sounds logical, but just doesn’t stack up, according to new research.
• Healthy Recipes – Honey Cakes and Honey Coffee
  Take a deliciously sinful Valentine’s Day coffee break - Lavender Honey Cakes and Cardamom Honey Coffee
• Healthy Honey Recipes
  Clover honey is a light, pale gold honey with a clean, mild traditional flavor. It is widely available, crowd pleasing and uncomplicated.
• Success For Natural Arthritis Treatment
  Two long awaited clinical trials have found the shellfish-derived substance glucosamine significantly reduces arthritic joint pain and proved more effective than Celebrex or aspirin in moderate to severe pain. Learn more about the GAIT and GUIDE trials.
• Eat Honey and Lose Weight While You Sleep
  Honey in a hot drink before bedtime has always been recommended for getting a good night’s sleep. Now it appears it may also burn fat while you sleep as well.
• Can Eating Cabbage Beat Bird Flu?
  If bird flu worries you, then consider eating lots of fermented cabbage...
• Five Tips For Maintaining Mobility in Older Dogs
  Older dogs – particularly big breeds - often have a harder time getting around due to hip disorders, arthritis and other problems in older life. We have tips to help mobility...
• Healthy Cabbage Recipes
  Here are three great ways to eat cabbage, whether raw, cooked or fermented, in Cabbage Grape and Honey Slaw, Marianne’s Stir Fry and Swiss Cheese and Sauerkraut Sandwich.
• How Nobel Prize Winners Helped Honey Research
  Nobel Prize winning scientists Professor Barry Marshall and Dr Robin Warren were looking for answers to stomach ulcers...
• Healthy Recipes
  Annabelle White samples delicious thyme honey* from New Zealand’s South Island. Annabelle is a TV and radio cook who has written 8 books and works with many corporates to promote healthy eating.
• Why we love Honeybalm Active Manuka
  Find out why our customers love our Active Manuka Honey to help digestive problems and stomach ulcers...
• Honey Boosts Performance
  Going for a walk or heading for a gym session? Take a honey snack before and after your workout and exercise will be easier and you’ll recover quicker...
• The Magic of Honey - Protecting Against Cancer and Heart Disease
  Forget spinach or broccoli. Different honeys tested in the US and New Zealand show the best honeys have antioxidant levels comparable to those in many fruits and vegetables, to help protect against Cancer and Heart Disease...
• Motor Oil Raises Arthritis Risk
  Exposure to motor oils or hydraulic oils increases the risk of getting two types of rheumatoid arthritis...
• Healthy Recipes - A Taste of Honey
  You don’t need an excuse to enjoy the delicious sweetness of honey, but if persuasion is required, the honeys suggested in our snack selection scored highest in recent studies of antioxidant levels.
• Honeybalm Success - Improving Canine Mobility
  As the colder weather comes in the Northern Hemisphere, our canine friends start to feel the chill factor and their joints slow up. Getting up after lying down gets harder. They might be reluctant to walk very far. Just the time to introduce a daily Honeybalm treat. Serve Honeybalm with extra bee venom served up on a biscuit and watch your canine friend’s mobility improve!
• "Dramatic" Reduction in Pain
  New Research Confirms Bee Venom Blocks Arthritic Pain
• Healthy Recipes
  Annabelle White combines Honey Mustard Chicken Salad with Honey Glazed Carrot for a delightful lunch or early supper.
• Hot For Honeybalm
  A jewellery designer, a youth pastor and an aging huskie all appreciate Honeybalm's magic
• Honey and bee venom fights tumors – new research
  Honey and bee products including bee venom could one day be used to help prevent cancer...
• Living Well recipes – delicious Honey Dressing and Honey Apple Dessert
  Food writer and teacher Annabelle White enjoys simple food and preparations...
• Latest health news
  Latest health news - Cherries are tops
• Stories to warm the heart
  Honeybalm For pets is "liquid gold"
• Honeybalm is "magic honey" for rheumatoid arthritis
  Rebecca was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis as a young person.
• Living Well
  Try these delicious and healthy recipes.