Author: Chemist2You

Feeling blue? Introducing Chemist2You... Founded in a North London suburb, Chemist2You has decades of dedicated pharmacy experience. As the years have passed the reputation of Chemist2You still stands strong due to our unique formula of effective, reliable and personalized pharmacy service. Chemist2You’s expansion to the online platform allows us to bring this revolutionary care to the nation. We are a team of dedicated professionals who provide personal and consistently effective healthcare across the UK in accordance with the guidelines set by the General Pharmaceutical Council. Simple and convenient, our online prescription service is one of our most sought after services we provide, in particular our repeat prescription facility. Chemist2You provides thousands of pharmacy products too, ranging from healthcare to beauty. At Chemist2You we are committed to offering our customers the best deals on their mobility equipment, favourite vitamins and supplements, baby and mother products, incontinence products and much more. We offer up to 50% off on many of our products. Furthermore we are passionate about giving our customers the convenience of having everything they need delivered straight to their doorstep in a timely manner. In accordance to providing complete healthcare solutions Chemist2You offers an Online Doctor service. Our GMC approved Doctors offer a fast, confidential, and discreet consultation in a secure environment, with prescriptions shipped the following day. Here at Chemist2You we understand the importance of psychological well being. We are proud to introduce our unique online counselling service, Talking Therapy. This online counselling portal presents newly developed strategies for dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and other related mental health problems. We are revolutionising online healthcare providing a complete service tailored to our customers’ every need. In this process we welcome all feedback to ensure we continue to give the care our customers deserve. Whatever your needs when you’re feeling blue, we’re here for you.

IBS Awareness Month

This month is IBS awareness month. April is the month to encourage people who have IBS symptoms to seek medical help.

Given that up to 23% of people in the world suffer from IBS a lot of us will either be sufferers ourselves or know someone that suffers. Statistics show that IBS affects twice as many women than men. The cause of IBS is not clear. However, many people attribute worsened symptoms of IBS to stress. IBS is understood to be a sensitivity of the whole gut intensified by emotional tension.

There is a lot of stigma surrounding IBS as a condition. Often suffers feel embarrassed to talk about how it is affecting them. This awareness month gives us an opportunity to talk about it.

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Smog Britain – what does this mean for your health?

Defra has warned that the capital and surrounding South East area is currently experiencing extremely high levels of pollution. Here it has reached the maximum level of 10.

Eastern areas of England have also reached an unusually high level of 9.

So, where has this pollution come from?

The smog has come from local pollution, pollution in our neighbouring countries as well as the “red dust” that adorned our cars on Monday all the way from the Sahara.

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Cauliflower Pizza Three Ways to Perk Up Your Meat Free Monday

This recipe is the perfect way to kick start your Meat Free Monday habit. This is not your average vegetarian pizza packing an extra veggie punch with its sweeter cauliflower base,for a healthy and unusual dinner sure to surprise your family and friends.

It’s pizza – so the kids will definitely love it! Plus we give you three exciting toppings to try, all vegetarian of course!

More and more of us are beginning to support the MFM campaign now because we’ve all read the headlines (and here), telling us too much meat is bad for you. It has been scientifically proven that we could prevent a total of 45000 deaths from heart disease, cancer and stroke whilst saving the NHS £1.2 billion each year just by eating meat no more than three tines a week. It’s a amazing what a difference a small change could make to our health.

Not only that but going veggie can save us lots of cash. Vegetables and lentils are cheaper than meats and fish and when you’re feeding a family three times a day, you’re always in need of a thrifty recipe. With recipes like this one you’ll be glad to have saved your pennies!

Cauliflower Pizza Base

Cauliflower Pizza

1 cauliflower head,

80g almond flour or finely ground almonds

1 tbsp dried oregano/thyme/rosemary

3 eggs, beaten (or use 30g chia seeds/ flaxseed meal mixed with 175ml water, leave in fridge for 15 minutes before use. Simply substitute the egg for this mix)

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Chop the cauliflower into chunks. Blend in a food processor until it resembles breadcrumbs. It should feel a bit like rice.

2. Measure 600ml of the cauliflower “rice” into a larger bowl. Add the almond flour, seasoning and herbs.

3. Make a well in the centre and pour in your eggs. Combine using your hands. The dough will be a sticky texture.

4. Flatten onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Shape into a pizza and bake for 25 minutes at 200°C pre heated oven.

5. Once the pizza has turned golden brown it is ready for the toppings.

Topping 1: Butternut Squash, Spinach and Feta with Toasted Pine Nuts

Roast a butternut squash until soft and mash into a smooth paste. Season well. Wilt the spinach in a pan with some garlic and olive oil. Spread the pizza base with the squash paste, scatter over the spinach crumble the feta and pine nuts. Bake in the oven again for 5-8 minutes.

Topping 2: Creamy Rosemary Potatoes

Soften an onion in a pan with butter and olive oil, ensuring they do not brown. Mix into a tub of ricotta and season. Thinly slice two potatoes and par boil until almost cooked through. Drain well. Spread the ricotta cream over your pizza base, cover with the thinly sliced potatoes and scatter over lots of rosemary. Bake in the oven for 8 minutes until the potatoes are cooked completely.

Topping 3 : Courgette with Chilli and Lemon and Sun Dried Tomato Paste (vegan)

Grate a courgette and toss in olive oil lemon juice and lots of freshly chopped chilli. Cover your base with this mix. Whiz up some sun dried tomatoes with some garlic, loosen with some of the oil that comes with jarred sun dried tomatoes. Drizzle over the courgettes. Bake in the oven for 5-8 minutes. Scatter over lots of fresh basil once baked.