7 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IMMUNITY: SUGAR-FREE GINGERBREAD MEN
Now onto dessert! Everyone loves a good gingerbread biscuit, but since sugar's not great for the immune system, we've given this quintessential Christmas treat an immune-friendly upgrade by swappin...
7 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IMMUNITY: NUT STUFFING
Delicious inside a turkey or by itself, this nut stuffing is a great way to get some healthy fats, protein, and fibre. Recipe for Nut Stuffing Serves: 6 Ingredients 1 tbsp avocado or olive oil ...
7 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IMMUNITY: HONEY-GLAZED CARROTS & PARSNIPS
We love vegetables for their vitamin content and honey for its many health properties; so why not combine them! These honey-glazed carrots & parsnips are definitely one of Team Tonic's favourit...
7 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IMMUNITY: GARLIC & CHILLI BRUSSELS SPROUTS
Love 'em or hate 'em, Brussels sprouts are a Christmas dinner staple - and a very healthy one at that! If you haven't been a fan of sprouts before, we recommend you try this tasty (and immune-frien...
7 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IMMUNITY: CRANBERRY-ELDERBERRY SAUCE
Next up on the menu of Tonic's 7 Days of Christmas Immunity Recipes is a Christmas dinner essential: cranberry sauce! This time we've added our all-time favourite berry to maximise the antioxidant ...
7 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IMMUNITY: HOT TONIC TODDY
Hot toddies are the perfect drink to have before bed-time in the winter when it's cold or wet outside and you want something warm and soothing to help you get to sleep. Hot toddies have also tradi...
WHY YOU SHOULD BE FERMENTING FOOD
Fermented foods have been among the most talked-about health food trends of recent years – and yet, the fermentation process has been popular for centuries. Fermentation is a natural process, invo...
If you’ve heard anything before about collagen, it’s probably its status as the body’s most abundant protein, or its claimed benefits for the skin and hair. What you might not have known so much ab...
ASK AN EXPERT: WHAT FOODS ARE GOOD FOR GUT HEALTH AND IMMUNITY
"All disease starts in the gut" - Hippocrates We have 100 trillion bacteria in our body, so collectively these contain more bacteria genes than we do! The gut is the biggest barrier to the outside...
HOW CAN I GET COMPLETE PROTEINS ON A VEGAN DIET?
The task of getting enough protein into your diet as a vegan is simultaneously simpler and more complex than you might think. On one hand, it’s a bit of a myth that you’ll struggle to consume suff...
PUMPKIN SPICE & ALL THINGS NICE: A NUTRITIONIST'S RECOMMENDATION FOR SEASONAL VEG
Eating the season is essential as we turn from autumn to winter. The change of this season in particular, is when we start to see the rise in bugs and viruses, that’s even aside from the prevalence...
SLEEP AND IMMUNITY: WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
Sleep, something we all know and love on a lazy Sunday morning, but throughout the week tend to cut back on in order to fit more into our already busy lives. But do you know the impact on your heal...
WHY THE KINDNESS YOU GIVE COMES BACK TO YOU
Wouldn’t it be amazing if there was just one “magic formula” in life that made everything a bit better? By this, we mean one thing that we could turn to time and time again, in the knowledge that i...
