ADINA VIOLET

The Journal

Notes on nourishment, real food, and rebuilding reserves.

Woman in her forties sitting quietly on her bed, hugging her knees, wondering whether her symptoms are perimenopause

Am I perimenopausal, or is it something else?

Woman lying awake in bed in the morning, still exhausted despite a full night's sleep

Why am I so tired all the time — even though I sleep?

Exhausted woman sitting on her sofa with her hand to her forehead, tired despite normal blood test results

Why your bloodwork says “normal” but you feel anything but

A colourful spread of fresh vegetables and plant foods laid out on a table

Why I stopped eating plant-based after 10 years

A breakfast plate of fried eggs, avocado, tomatoes and toast

The only breakfast that stops the mid-morning crash

A wooden spoon lifting jellied meat stock from a glass jar

Why I make meat stock, not bone broth (and how)

Sunflowers in a field lit by warm golden morning light

Morning light: the free habit that changes your energy