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In Ancient Greece and Rome, bay leaves and branches were used as wreaths to crown winners and garlands of bay leaves were used at the Olympic Games. The word, baccalaureat refers to laurel berries …

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Mothers all over the world know that commercial soft drinks are bad for their children and many wage a constant battle with headstrong children who don’t realise that they are, in actual fact, consuming lethal …

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“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits.” said Martin Luther …

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And then there was bourbon! Nobody really knows when bourbon was first made and who made it – it could have been Jacob Spears who was the first person to label his tipple ‘Bourbon whiskey’, …

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A (religious ) man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time – at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest …

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Whilst smoking is not tolerated here at JFN there’s no point in sticking one’s head under the sand and pretend that nobody smokes. We are all well aware of the dangers of smoking and we …

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We, at JFN, have always believed that a healthy diet is achieved by eating a wide variety of foodstuffs in moderation. In the past years too much attention has been paid to scaremongers who constantly …

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Pliny* had a point when he quoted Alcaeus who said that in vino veritas and so did the barbarians who enjoyed a good couple of goblets when they were having meetings.  When one pages through …

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Every year scientists are given huge amounts of money by the larger corporations to find ways in which junk food can be turned into healthier junk food.  The corporations have no option because the junk …

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Food labelling has been the norm for many years and most of us, at the very least, now glance at the labels on the food we purchase to ensure that the food we buy for …