YOUR GUIDE TO living well IN MALLORCA

Hormones are the key to good health, but unfortunately, as we age, they start to decrease. Menopausal symptoms can be as minor as headaches or poor skin, but other symptoms can be more serious and frustrating.

Yes, the supermarket shelves are loaded with dairy-free milk options now, however, not only are they expensive, the main ingredient – like almond, is less than 10% of the total ingredients and mostly in a processed, not whole food form. Here are some quick and easy home-made non-dairy milk recipes – you can flavour them, sweeten them, sieve them with muslin or milk bags, and also enjoy the pulp.

With the silly season over I am at that beginning of the year stage of utter determination to turn my body into a temple. The fridge and pantry are stocked with plant-based wholefoods, and the new exercise schedule is in full force. But I have found myself still searching for the missing piece, the ultimate nutritional supplement. A supplement that is effective, potent, and rules out the need to pop umpteen various vitamins and minerals on the daily to ensure my body is getting everything it needs. Does it exist?