Having a good diet is essential for hormonal balance and there is no better way than to eat what is in season from around the country & your local farmers market.

This months foods are:- Fruit- blueberries, a super food with the  highest antioxidant levels than any other fruit or vegetable, helping fight heart disease, cancer and lowering cholesterol levels. Strawberries at there best now , just seven a day count towards your 5 a day fruit and vegetable,  low in calories, high in fibre and taste delicious

Salad - watercress,  its green leaves are a great source of iron and zinc as well as containing  vitamin C and magnesium.  Fennel, with its distinctive aniseed flavour can be eaten cooked, roasted or braised  or shaved thinly into salads for a change,   carrots young and tender are  delicious grated with a squeeze of lemon juice.

Vegetables - Jersey new potatoes are at there best, full of vitamins and minerals, no need to peel,steam and serve with a dot of butter. Long Runner Beans, these are high in Vitamin C and folic acid  which aid blood cell and nervous system development

Fish - Mackerel, British mackerel is in season from June to October, an oily fish, rich in healthy Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids vitamins and selenium, which boost the immune system and the endocrine system. Ideal for the  BBQ or bake

 Meat - Try lean  English and Welsh lamb  studded with rosemary and garlic serve  with new potatoes and green beans.