Rosemary Ferguson's guide to Juicing

I grew up in Scotland, moving to Rio de Janeiro when I was seven before finishing my schooling in Farnham, Surrey. I come from a family of homeopaths, and my Grandmother opened one of the first health food shops in the country. Aged 18, I migrated to London to start modelling – doing runway shows and advertising campaigns for labels including Chanel, Versace, Prada, Dior, McQueen, Dolce & Gabanna, Miu Miu and Vogue.

I had my first child Elfie when I was 24, my second child Bliss at 30, and my third, Blythe at 31. The rigours of modelling and bringing up healthy, happy children lead me to question the nutritional value of the food I purchased and the food my family consumed. I came to realise that many of the common ailments that affect us – like sluggishness, skin complaints, headaches, fatigue and stress – can be dramatically improved by simply changing what we put in our mouths.

After many years of experimenting with raw food and different health regimes I decided to stop experimenting on my family, put my money where my mouth is and take myself off to college. And now, after three years study, I have qualified from The College of Naturopathic Medicine as a naturopathic nutritionist. I still enjoy a good time and a sneaky take-away (now and then) – I want to break the mystery of good eating and make a healthy lifestyle available to everyone. I qualified from The College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2012. You don’t need to shop at Planet Organic or know what a Chia seed is in order to feel the benefit of good food!

Rosemary’s Guide to Juicing

In this day and age, with the really hectic lives that we all lead we can benefit from juices as a fast delivery system of micronutrients. By that I mean vitamins and minerals and other phytochemicals. Juicing is an easy way to virtually guarantee you will reach your daily target of vegetable consumption. Fruit can be used in juices to sweeten them, but should be limited as they do contain a lot of sugar, and without the fibre from the whole fruit to slow absorption, may cause sugar spikes!

    I am a big fan of juicing as long as it is part of a nutrient dense diet and not thought of as a miracle cure for a somewhat less than healthy lifestyle!!!