Red cabbage has been shown to contain 36 different varieties of anthocyanins, a type of flavonoids that have been linked to cancer protection, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

This year we went to the first ever Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire and we loved it. If you are sceptical about how much fun camping in the UK and going to Festival is with little children then I can reassure you that it can actually be a laugh, relaxing and brilliant for the kids. I did have to do something which I am not very good at, which is to totally let go of any sense of kids time, adult time, day/night and just let the kids hang out with us and go to bed when they passed out. Once I relaxed into this it was actually really nice.

I am naturally a fairly manic person, always on the go and find it quite hard to do nothing and just chill. For most of my life this hasn't been a problem but as time ticks I am increasingly feeling like I need to get better at being still. Historically I have always cleared my head by running, but the problem is that the adrenaline often makes me feel even more pumped up. So I have been trying to do more yoga and reading (not quite doing yet) about meditation. Since doing a bit of reading I have been amazed at the positive results found not just anecdotally but through scientific research.

I have often wondered which fruit and vegetables take the biggest hit when it comes to pesticides and which fruit and veg is the most important to buy organic. Environmental Working Group (EWG), a public health advocacy group has released its 7th annual report which analyses USA government data on 53 fruits and vegetables and identifies which have the most and least pesticides after washing and peeling. Although this is USA research, it gives a good indicator to pesticide loads in non-organic fruit and vegetables generally.