Health & Wellbeing
Wimborne firm tackling candida Ever heard of candida? Candida is actually a type of fungus that normally lives on the skin and inside the body. It is typically found in places such as the mouth, throat, gut and vagina, without causing any issues. However, if candida grows out of control, it can potentially cause problems such as thrush, urinary tract infections and skin problems amongst other health issues. In today’s culture of high sugar diets, consumption of fast and processed foods, problems concerning candida overgrowth are on the rise. A local business based in Wimborne called Boil and Broth is helping people to overcome candida-related health issues and its founder, Rachel Down has created a website (boilandbroth.com) that provides people with information to support people and locally made products available to buy. Rachel says candida overgrowth is a gut health problem caused by an imbalance of your gut microbiome.
...with Emma Hammond
She offers a 12-week ‘be candida free’ program that advocates a very low sugar diet combined with using her own designed, organic health products such as bone broth and kefir drinks. Bone broth (made by boiling the bones from beef, chicken and lamb) is increasingly being shown to be beneficial in supporting a healthy digestive system. It is rich in vitamins and minerals, including calcium, iron
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and magnesium. Bone broth also contains collagen which appears to help reduce inflammation. Some studies show that bone broth may help protect joints and potentially improve the pain and stiffness in joints. Kefir is also gaining in popularity and is a healthy, fermented food. Kefir is a combination of good bacteria and yeast fermentation. Often
with retired Dorset rights of way officer Chris Slade
ALDERHOLT Alderholt is in the far east of Dorset on the boundary with Hampshire and not far from Fordingbridge. Much of it is boring housing estate roads, so we won’t go there. On your way to the centre of the village, call in at St James’ Church in Daggons Road. In the graveyard a large labyrinth has been laid out, the biggest I’ve come across, and I suggest you walk the convoluted trail of about 400 paces each way, possibly meditating as you do so. When you’ve done that, continue to the village cross roads and park near the Co-op. Walk a furlong westwards, back up the road, then take a footpath on your right, leading into some 36
pleasant woodland that you can explore in a loop before returning to where you began. Then take the bridleway heading south westwards. After a mile
consumed as a drink or yoghurt, it is full of probiotics and friendly bacteria and can potentially boost your immune system and improve gut health. If you’re interested in learning more about improving your health, then take a look at Rachel’s website. Products can be ordered and delivered to your doorstep. As with anyone thinking of making changes to their diet it is always advisable to check with your GP first to ascertain what is suitable for you. Rachel’s website also includes a host of free recipes, naturally very low in sugar, which are easy to follow. In recent months, due to the growing popularity of her products, Rachel now offers a bone broth pet range too. As with all her boil and broth products, they are made with locally sourced ingredients, and the bone broth is made from organic, grass fed animals.
you’ll be on open access land where you can wander at will over the heath land of Cranborne Common. It’s worth diverting down to the south to visit the
Decoy Pond. Look out for birds, beasts and butterflies but be wary of ticks, which tend to lurk among the bracken. The soil in the area is mainly clay and gravel and is acid so most of the trees are conifers and there’s lots of bracken and gorse. The vegetation adds a pleasant scent to the air. When you visit an area you can often deduce the geology by looking at the older buildings to see what they’re made of, for instance chalky areas will have cob, stony areas flint, stone in the Purbecks, but here, as there’s so much clay, nearly everything is built of brick. Depending how much meandering you did while exploring the woodland and common, you’ll have walked about four miles.
