Today is a much anticipated day in the Soveral world… it’s the official launch of the first cook book by our friends Hemsley & Hemsley. We have been dedicated fans for a few years and they have changed the way we look at food, we no longer deprive ourselves of delicious food because we have learned the way to celebrate food and the art of cooking in a way that makes us healthier, younger and happier! Jorj and I will be mainly cooking from the book for the whole summer ahead and we’ll be reporting on our favourite cook ups. Many of my clients and friends are doing the same…. that’s how much we LOVE this new way of eating!

The Art of Eating Well by Hemsley & Hemsley

Being surrounded by electrically charged objects around the clock has an effect on our own body’s electrical charge. We accumulate positively charged ions and become ‘over-charged’. The result is irrational thinking, detachment from reality and an overall feeling of heaviness and at the same time the inability to relax enough to centre ourselves.
We need to neutralise our over loaded electrical charge and the easiest and most effective way to do it is by simply touching the earth… yes, it’s that simple! Walk bare feet, lye on the grass or hug a tree. The earth has the power to immediately absorb all that we don’t need and bring us to a neutralised and relaxed state. Eating less acid food is also a good away to help the body neutralise.

The constant direct connection of our bodies to the earth is something that we have lost along with the so called civilisation and modernisation of our lives. We now live in houses that are insulated from the earth, a lot of the time walk with insulated rubber soled shoes and we cover our gardens with fashionable decking and all kinds other materials to hide the beautiful earth.

We should try at least once a day to directly connect with the earth, the obvious is to physically touch the earth for a few minutes to allow the neutralisation to complete, however this is sometimes a bit tricky for those living in very urban areas and with very urban lives. For townies the best way to ensure daily connection is to wear leather soled shoes and try to walk on as much natural ground as possible.

There are also lots of other neutralizing solutions, such as investing in bed blankets and floor rugs that you plug into a normal home electricity socket and that connects with the earth, thus carrying out your daily overload of electrical charge.

So many people don’t appreciate herbal tea because they haven’t yet experienced the true deliciousness that herbal tea be. Good herbal tea is not only delicious, it is also a wonderful way to detoxify our digestive track and keep it healthy.

Fruit flavoured teas are not herbal teas, they are usually made with synthetic ingredients and therefore not good for our general health at all. Also watch out for so called herbal teas that come in teabags, always read the ingredients, the only ingredients listed should be the herbs the tea is supposed to have, for example, Fennel & Peppermint Tea should only have fennel and peppermint on the ingredient list, absolutely nothing else.

Herbal tea should always be organic. We are drinking the tea to be healthier not to contaminate ourselves with pesticides. Herbs are picked, dried and packed, whatever pesticides and other nasty chemicals the herbs were sprayed with throughout their life cycle stays on the herb, so when drinking a cup of supposedly healthy tea we are in fact also drinking the chemicals that the herb had been sprayed with.

Good organic herbal teas are full of good things such as antioxidants, vitamins and vital minerals. They are a great way to give your digestive track a daily gentle cleanse.

My family are great tea lovers, my mum can name a tea for every ailment and so I grew up drinking all kinds of tea that my mum would lovingly prepare. Peppermint for digestion, Olive leaf for stress, Lemon balm for anxiety… I could go on and on for a very long time!

My brother who since becoming a father decided to also become an organic farmer in order to provide his family with the best possible organic produce, has now become my herbal tea grower. He has a little land in Portugal with amazing soil, he then irrigates the small crops with water out of a well that brings water from deep into the earth that is full of minerals. Needless to say that this precious tea is possibly amongst the most delicious and nutritious tea in the world. Jorj and I have been drinking this tea at home and sharing it with our clients at the Soveral Clinic and are excited to now be selling it.

Our tea is a blend of Lemon Balm, Melissa and Peppermint. It’s refreshing; it cleanses the breath and the digestive track and can be drunk hot or as iced tea. It also has a wonderful calming effect that allows for a clearer head and a healthier body.