Christmas is over and New Year past, you’ve eaten too much, the alcohol has flowed freely, your favourite dress is now feeling a little tight around the hips and your body is wondering what it did to deserve such treatment... Know the feeling?
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Now is the time that roughly half of the western world’s population embark on a health kick, searching to ditch the extra pounds the festive season delivered and to detox after some serious over indulgence.

According to homeopathic practitioners, flower essences contain different properties which can assist in the rebalancing of body and mind and are beneficial for the alleviation of any number of complaints, whether physical or emotional, which is where the Bach Emotional Eating Kit comes in. This set of three Bach Original Flower

Essences is designed to give you a helping hand on the road to dieting, detoxing and developing a healthy living regime.

Each essence is thought to addresses a specific emotion which you may experience during your battle to achieve physical perfection, particularly those suffered by us girls who turn to food for emotional solace:

• Crab Apple - helps with acceptance of yourself and your imperfections, so comfort eating should become a thing of the past.
• Cherry Plum - can help you to think and act rationally, which is always welcome when you’re teetering on the edge of the wagon.
• Chestnut Bud - helps you gain knowledge from your experience, in other words learn from your mistakes.

The essences can be taken together, or individually, depending on your needs, to help you reach your new year’s goals. Suitable for vegans and free from artificial additives, colourings and alcohol, this is little set is suitable for all dietary requirements and could be just the thing to set you on the road to healthy-eating success.

I sit firmly on the fence when it comes to homeopathy, with the cynical voice in my head questioning the likelihood of such a tiny dosage of any substance having any material effect on my life, while I have friends who swear by the practise. So, I keep an open mind, but acknowledge a sneaking suspicion of the placebo effect.

Either way, if it gives you the strength you need to succeed, then it has to be a good thing.

The Bach Emotional Eating Kit is £12.99 and available from a wide range of pharmacies and health shops, including Holland and Barrett. For more information visit: www.bachshop.co.uk