Springtime Detox? Opt for Mushrooms!

A diet that is designed to clean out toxins can boost your vitality and also help you lose weight. If you're planning a detox this spring, replacing your regular tea or coffee with a mushroom brew is a great place to start. 

Mushroom drinks can give you a boost, helping you feel relaxed and alert while also supporting your body as it flushes out toxins.

Adaptogenic mushrooms like chaga and reishi are prized for helping the body to detoxify, and they are key ingredients in Cheerful Buddha's range of superfood lattes. These creamy, dairy-free instant drinks are a healthy alternative to coffee. 

They contain mushrooms blended with other health-supporting ingredients such as adaptogenic ashwagandha to help your body cope with stress, and nutrient-rich antioxidants such as turmeric, cinnamon and lucuma. 

The lattes are designed to provide a natural lift, helping you to focus while supporting your body during your springtime cleanse.

The range includes:

Chaga latte £12.99 150g

Cacao Bliss hot chocolate (containing chaga and lion's mane mushrooms) £11.99 150g

Matcha Latte (containing reishi mushrooms) £14.99 150g

Lion's Mane Latte 12.99 150g

Shop the full range here https://cheerfulbuddha.co.uk/

Will you detox or comfort eat this winter?

Shedding the pounds with the traditional January detox might prove harder than normal this year for some as new evidence reveals Britons have been comfort eating in record numbers in the face of a worsening economic climate.

Results from the UK's largest food website, www.bbcgoodfood.com the website from the  Good Food Magazine, reveal that cake has overtaken chicken as the most searched-for food term on the website in 2011. In addition, pizza has rocketed up the list of popular searches, from 10th in 2010 to 4th. That other Italian comfort food staple, pasta, has also entered the top ten list of most-searched recipes for the first time.

Other search trends reveal:

Consumers are seeking out more adventurous ingredients and combinations with Chicken and chorizo jambalaya the highest rated recipe of 2011.
Mackerel shot up 10 places from 21 to 10 as users search for different fish to try. Salmon and sea bass also made it into the top 10 searched-for list.
Couscous and courgette (the latter a favourite in 2010) have dropped out of the top ten.
Canapés have also fallen out of the top ten, suggesting we're entertaining less often or prefer more relaxed party food.

February's Good Food Magazine £3.60 is a healthy cooking special, on sale 6th January. It includes quick, feel-good family meals, easy ways to reach your 5-a-day target, energy-boosting snacks and a recipe for dairy-free pizza.

According to Gillian Carter, the editor of the bGood Food Magazine: 'It's not surprising that in tough times we reach for comforting food. One of the ways we keep calm and carry on is with cake and a cuppa - or our imported national favourites - pasta and pizza. However, with a New Year comes a fresh start, so many of us will want to shed a few pounds and this month's healthy issue is packed with inspiring, achievable recipes to help you do this.'


(EDITOR: Is this true of the readers of That's Food and Drink? What do YOU think?)