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Local aromatherapist supporting Aromatherapy Awareness Week

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julie payneThe theme of this year’s Aromatherapy Awareness Week, from 9 to 15 June, is the beneficial effects of clinical aromatherapy on back pain.

To raise the awareness of the many benefits of aromatherapy in Newark, local aromatherapist Julie Payne will be offering 20 per cent discounts on all aromatherapy treatment for the week at her therapy room in Elston.

The International Federation of Aromatherapists, which co-ordinates Aromatherapy Awareness Week, was prompted to use back pain as its theme this year after discovering the alarming statistics that one in six people are affected by back pain in this country and that it is responsible for approximately 7.6 million lost working days per year.

Julie has a been a registered IFA aromatherapist for two years and has been successfully running her therapy business, Naturally Tip To Toe Therapy, for the last seven years. She works from her home clinic and has treated many clients with back pain and its associated health problems, such as lack of sleep, fatigue and tension headaches, and thoroughly enjoys helping them on the road to recovery.

The therapeutic benefits of essential oils have been known since ancient times and they have been successfully used by health practitioners in other European countries since the early 20th century. Since 1985 the International Federation of Aromatherapists has been involved in research in the UK and has a strong body of evidence on the therapeutic benefits of clinical aromatherapy on back pain and its associated health problems.

Visit Julie’s website for more details – and look out for more information about Julie and her therapies in the next issue of Around Town magazine.

Go to work on an egg

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Would you try to start your car in the morning knowing the petrol tank was empty? Of course you wouldn’t – or if you did, you wouldn’t get far!

But if you’re one of the 25 per cent of adults who regularly skip breakfast in the week or if you’re among the 17 per cent who never eat breakfast at all, that’s precisely what you’re doing to your body, setting off to work without fuelling up first.

If you don’t ‘top up your tank’ after 10 to 12 hours overnight without food, you’ll struggle to get going, your energy and concentration levels will dip mid-morning and chances are you’ll find yourself being moody and irritable with friends and colleagues for no apparent reason.

Experts agree that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and, according to the NHS, it plays a key role in helping to reduce obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.

Ideally, you should ‘break your fast’ within an hour of waking, kick starting your day with a combination of protein, such as meat, fish or eggs, and greens to keep you full for longer and give you a healthy hit of vitamins and fibre.

Eggs are a great choice for breakfast. Here’s the recipe for one of June’s favourites which is quick and easy to prepare – and it makes a delicious lunch or light supper too, served with a simple salad!

Baby Spinach Souffle Omelette

  • Servings: 2
  • Difficulty: easy
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Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 60g torn baby spinach leaves
  • 15g grated Parmesan
  • 1g onion powder (optional)
  • 0.8g ground nutmeg (optional)
  • black pepper to taste

Directions

  1. In a bowl, beat the eggs and stir in the baby spinach and Parmesan. Season with onion powder, nutmeg and black pepper.
  2. In a small omelette pan coated with a little butter or cooking spray, cook the mixture over medium heat for about 3 minutes.
  3. Put the pan under a hot grill and cook for a further 2 to 3 minutes or until the omelette is set and has risen souffle-style.
  4. Fold and serve immediately.

Managing the menopause

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50 is the new 40Want to find out how to cool hot flushes without HRT, eat for optimum energy and enjoy life again?

A homeopath with over 13 years’ experience, Fiona Theokritoff knows a thing or two about women’s health at all stages of their lives.

Join her at Gannets Day Cafe, 35 Castlegate, Newark on Thursday 6 March for a light-hearted but practical session which will show you that 50 really is the new 40!

The session – described by previous attendees as ‘brilliant – very positive and empowering’ – runs from 10am to 12 noon and is followed by a light lunch.

Tickets are £25 each, to include refreshments, lunch and information pack – to reserve yours, email fiona.theokritoff@ntlworld.com or call her on 07553 928099.