Bernard Preston Blog
If Bernard Preston's inspirational books do not awaken in you the desire to live long in the land, then alas I have failed! Oh yes, and the desire to sit under those trees you once planted, to nurture those grandchildren you have borne.
Alas, sometimes it takes a fist banging on the skull, or a pick axe to break open the frozen sea within us. Is poor health trying to tell you something...? Just where are you planning to live, if you don't look after your bod, eh?
May 09, 2025
What is yellow maize good for is a question we should all be asking.
What is yellow maize good for and why should we be feeding it to our children? It has more protein, is cheaper and is rich in the precursor to vitamin A.
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May 08, 2025
Being a blood donor is never easy for most of us.
Being a blood donor could be one of the most rewarding things you'll ever do if you hang in and stick it out; literally saving 3 lives with every pint.
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May 08, 2025
My journey with broad beans started with how awful they can be.
My journey with broad beans ended with the disovery fifty years later how delicious the young legumes are; and how they solved the tremor in my right hand.
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May 04, 2025
Wheat gluten intolerance and whole grains are intimately connected.
Wheat gluten intolerance and whole grains are inexorably tied up with the fact that fibre slows gastric emptying; that means all the bran.
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May 03, 2025
Fruit with highest pesticide residue should put the wind up all of us.
Fruit with highest pesticide residue is for those who want to die healthy in their own beds.
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May 03, 2025
Make medicinal turmeric mead to delay the onset of diabetes.
Make medicinal turmeric mead for the unparalled benefits of your own unpasteurised and natural homemade alcohol. Raw honey lowers fasting blood glucose.
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Apr 23, 2025
What is health span and why are so many people anxious about old age?
What is health span and is there anything that we can do to ensure that our last years are not spent in misery? Are our seventies inevitably to be dreaded?
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Apr 20, 2025
Let's talk about hunger concerns growing your own veggies and fruit.
Let's talk about hunger relates to ensuring your food in future from your own garden. It also means you will have meals that satiate; and plenty to share.
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Apr 20, 2025
Do some vegans eat honey is a question that mystifies thinking people.
Do some vegans eat honey and why would they not? After all they are into natural living; and need nuts, seeds and fruit dependent on bees for pollination.
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Apr 19, 2025
Refrigeration using solar power is a breeze for even a small inverter.
Refrigeration using solar power is very efficient as cooling is needed mostly during the day. That's when you will have surplus electricity.
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Apr 18, 2025
Resistant starch in whole grains is not digested to form glucose.
Resistant starch in whole grains helps with weight loss and insulin-resistance; it does this in part by modifying the friendly bacteria in the gut.
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Apr 16, 2025
Beta-carotene is also called vitamin A; it's an important precursor.
Beta-carotene is also called vitamin A; dozens of children die every single day in South Africa from a deficiency. Worldwide it runs in the thousands.
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Apr 09, 2025
Drama on Town Hill is a chilling short story from Bernard Preston.
Drama on Town Hill reminds us that South Africa has the very worst road accident rate in the whole world with the USA not too far behind.
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Apr 08, 2025
A sound and blameless body is a phrase taken from the Bible.
A sound and blameless body is surely something we all desire; but it means saying a firm no to temptation and asking for forgiveness when we have slipped.
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Apr 04, 2025
What is Purslane plant good for? It's a weed to most folk.
What is Purslane plant good for? It is a highly desirable salad ingredient in the Mediterranean, rich in vitamins E and C; and omega-3.
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Apr 04, 2025
A people of hope in South Africa continue to look for the positive.
A people of hope in South Africa views the glass as half full; they actively seek to make themselves resilient in the face of the negatives that prevail.
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Apr 04, 2025
Bernie's scientifically proven weight loss program is not complicated.
Bernie's scientifically proven weight loss program without drugs is easier than you may think; only make changes that you are prepared to retain for life.
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Apr 03, 2025
Food choices get worse cry out the headlines in the press.
Food choices get worse only for those totally dependent on the grocery store; avid gardeners feel embarrassed about the nutritious options they have.
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Apr 03, 2025
Why is my lime marmalade bitter? It should be sweeter.
Why is my lime marmalade bitter? It's a marvellous jelly; despite the sugar there is plenty of pectin which is the resistant starch that is good for our colons.
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Apr 02, 2025
What is water innovation is urgently needed if we are to survive.
What is water innovation? It means putting on our thinking-caps and being challenged to grow out of our boots; already there is not enough in storage dams.
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Apr 01, 2025
What is a hip fracture and why are vegetarians more prone to it?
What is a hip fracture and why are vegetarians more prone to it? There are simple things they can do to ameliorate this scourge that leads often to disability.
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Mar 31, 2025
Health benefits of avocado fat; the queen of the monounsaturated oils.
Health benefits of avocado fat along with the olive come from fruit trees. Oleic acid is the substance that encases nerves in myelin; without it we would die.
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Mar 31, 2025
What is Pascal's wager explains the use of this tool in real life.
What is Pascal's wager outlines some of the background behind the philosophy of this great scientist; and how to apply it to deciding about a solar farm.
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Mar 31, 2025
Homemade sauerkraut recipe is so easy to make in your own kitchen.
Homemade sauerkraut recipe is sliced from a cabbage-head with salt and will be ready to eat in three days; add garlic, ginger and chili for kimchi.
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Mar 30, 2025
Doggy poo worm farm can help solve two perennial problems.
Doggy poo worm farm provides good nutrients for your flowers and fruit trees; but not your lettuces. It also deals with the faeces left by your pets.
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Mar 30, 2025
What is beta-cryptoxanthin good for and where is it found?
What is beta-cryptoxanthin good for? It is an antioxidant rich in citrus, apples and egg yolks. It plays a pivotal role in the prevention of dementia.
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Mar 30, 2025
Spicy Thai curry soup bursts with the flavour of the East.
Spicy Thai curry soup is made with herbs like lemon grass and coriander; peppadews and a mild masala give pungency.
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Mar 30, 2025
Little garden patches tells what you can do with two square metres.
Little garden patches will provide wonderful fresh parsley, spring-onions and even a broad bean; I am unashamedly a lettuce fan so there will be a few too.
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Mar 30, 2025
Free range eggs are hard to come by.
Free range eggs command a premium price and rightly so; or you can keep your own hens.
Mar 27, 2025
What is a lignan is a question every person should be able to answer.
What is a lignan is a subject for all; make sure you are eating them daily for protection against the chronic degenerative diseases.
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Newsletter
Our newsletter is entitled "create a cyan zone" at your home, preserving both yourself and Mother Earth for future generations; and the family too, of course. We promise not to spam you with daily emails promoting various products. You may get an occasional nudge to buy one of my books.
Here are the back issues.
- Lifestyle and ideal body weight
- What are ultra-processed foods?
- Investing in long-term health
- Diseases from plastic exposure
- Intensive lifestyle management for obesity has limited value
- A world largely devoid of Parkinson's Disease
- The impact of friendly bacteria in the tum on the prevention of cancer
- There's a hole in the bucket
- Everyone is talking about weight loss drugs
- Pull the sweet tooth
- If you suffer from heartburn plant a susu
- Refined maize meal and stunting
- Should agriculture and industry get priority for water and electricity?
- Nature is calling
- Mill your own flour
- Bake your own sourdough bread
- Microplastics from our water
- Alternative types of water storage
- Wear your clothes out
- Comfort foods
- Create a bee-friendly environment
- Go to bed slightly hungry
- Keep bees
- Blue zone folk are religious
- Reduce plastic waste
- Family is important
- What can go in compost?
- Grow broad beans for longevity
- Harvest and store sunshine
- Blue zone exercise
- Harvest and store your rainwater
- Create a cyan zone at your home
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