David Shrigley said on Monday, November 10, 2008 2:26:42 PM

Hi Urszula, it is interesting you should bring this up, i believe most medicine of our day has been derived from some sort of plant origin most from the very early times of our history, asprin for instance was used in roman times, i also believe that processed foods are not as good as the old ways of cooking as they have lost the goodness we are meant to get from them, our times have become prone to filling ourselves up with fillers rather than deriving the essential nutriants meant to keep us well and happy, David

Urszula Gawska-Kartasovs said on Monday, November 10, 2008 1:53:46 PM

By the way isn't it funny that ages ago people new so much about vegetables, herbs and etc? While now we just go for some tablets to get better?

Urszula Gawska-Kartasovs said on Monday, November 10, 2008 1:52:58 PM

Thanks to Isabel for her comment on my beetroot story. She noticed that Romans did eat actual leaves of this vegetable as aphrodisiac. When she mentioned trying to cook some I remembered that one of the traditional polish soups is a beetroot soup made out of root and young leaves too. It is very tasty, a bit sweet I would say. Worth giving it a try for sure!

Dmitri Kartashov said on Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:11:52 PM

Hello all. I was just wondering, does anyone have a top ten tips of healthy lifestyle? It would be quite interesting to get different opinions on this. Cheers. Dmitri

Anna White said on Saturday, July 26, 2008 6:59:41 PM

Hi everyone! Just want to introduce myself. My name is Anna and joined the site a few days ago. My interests are: different sports plus (what goes with it) healthy lifestyle. Hope to meet some interesting people and exchange some 'healthy tips'. Enjoy your weekend everybody!!! xx

Urszula Gawska-Kartasovs said on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:04:03 PM

It is getting better.. my swimming :) I swam 4 times the length of the pool (both ways!) and feeling more and more confident. Even did a flip in water!! Have a little pain in my muscles next day, but will eventually make myself healthier. Have you recently done something to make yourself feel fit? Anyone? :)

David Shrigley said on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:49:15 PM

Hi Urszula, swimming is good for your figure and your muscles, i think you should take your time to learn and practise breathing out of water in time with your arm movements, i am sure it will come to you as it is just like everything else you need to have lots of practise, keep safe and let us all know how you are getting on from time to time...Dave

Urszula Gawska-Kartasovs said on Tuesday, July 08, 2008 7:27:37 PM

Hi everyone! Hope you are well! Recently I have decided to learn how to swim. It goes quite good! My favourite technique is breaststroke. I am sure you all know how beneficial the swimming is for our bodies, especially for the back pains (for all the desk workers:) Anyway, I have some problems with my breath coordination. Get out of breath very quickly :( I was hoping to get some advice from you. Maybe there are some exercises for that? All the best

Urszula Gawska-Kartasovs said on Monday, April 21, 2008 5:48:00 PM

Hello, I believe that reasonable amount of anything is good. I try to stick to red wine as apparently is good for your heart, but I would not have more than one glass with my diner. The same with a nice glass of brandy or whisky.

Alex D said on Friday, April 18, 2008 3:40:55 AM

Hello all! Urszula, your last article on what to eat and what not to was really interesting. What about drinking? I mean wine, beer and sprits. Could you share your opinion on this, please?