Earlier I was talking about the importance of liver health and how this is often overlooked in perimenopause. Knowing the role of the liver, the next step is how best to look after yours....

Vitamin D could well be called the mood vitamin in my view; it is one of the key vitamins needed by the body to maintain balance. As we get older our body’s ability to activate Vitamin D will reduce which is the factor that causes a reduction in our ability to assimilate calcium, leading to increased risk of osteoporosis most especially in menopause.

For the Savour Kilkenny Food Festival I wanted to concentrate on the very easy breakfast recipes that can be made quickly the night before or in the morning. I will follow on from this with some nice warm winter breakfast as I know many prefer a warm bowl in the winter mornings.

After one of my talks this week I was chatting to a woman who told me she had recovered from magnesium deficiency. She literally was ticking all the symptoms and it took her some time to get to the bottom of what was wrong....when she did and started eating more magnesium foods and taking a supplement she said in her own words 'it was like a shadow was lifted off me and I became myself again'.

Last May in a room full of warm hearted, funny and gregarious women Lesley let a roar from the back of the room about her jump into the world of Jazz....as I was talking about Passion & Purpose. Only the week before I had read a great article on how music is one of the most powerful tools to keep the brain healthy and thriving.

I started researching magnesium in more detail a month or two ago and I’ll be honest it’s never ending! There is so much to take into account when you enter the world of magnesium and it’s fascinating in its own right.