I try to make healthy choices with food and drink, as I feel I benefit from consuming healthy products. As far as beverages are concerned, I avoid many as they contain too many nasty ingredients that I'd rather not consume. I am not overly keen on artificial tasting drinks either. My staple drinks include water or green tea. I have been branching out and trying other herbal infused - teas, of which there are many. Whilst in my local supermarket I was scanning the aisle to see what herbal teas were available. There's quite a few now to choose from, and I wasn't aware of all the different flavours. I was also looking for tea that is calming and something ...  Read the complete review

For about a year I suffered with sleep problems: to be precise I had no problem falling asleep, my problem was waking up after only a few hours of sleep and feeling wide awake. I eat a reasonably good diet, don't drink excessively and I don't have a television in the bedroom - all factors that are mentioned in magazine articles about poor or disturbed sleep. I tried all sorts of things to tackle the problem - going for a good long walk in the evening to tire myself out, covering the display on my DAB radio, adjusting the room temperature - but nothing worked. I was toying with the idea of trying some natural remedies when I found Clipper's Sleep Easy infusions; I'd ...  Read the complete review

Although I'm usually a good sleeper (we're talking head hits the pillow and out like a light, then sleep like a log until morning, then have difficulty waking up and getting on with the day) I've been stressed, overworked and over-tired recently - which has had the unforeseen effect of giving me insomnia and really restless nights. As I'm a great believer in the powers of herbal tea, even if it's only as a placebo, I thought that before I reached for the Kalms or something more heavy-duty, I'd try some of my favourite brand of herbal tea, Clipper's Sleep Easy teabags. Clipper aren't just known to me: founded in 1984, they're now a pretty well-known brand in ...  Read the complete review