Category: Healthy Living

  • Thankful day

    Thankful day

    I brought some beautiful organic vegetables from the market in the weekend, freshly picked and beautiful looking too. As I was cooking them today I was thinking about the grower and I thanked them out loud as I prepared the wonderful food. Thanked them for growing the beautiful produce, for choosing to grow organic, for…

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  • Food Matters film free online last day!

    This is a fantastic film if you haven’t seen it already be quick

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  • Fragrance.. avoid it!

    Choose personal care products whose list of ingredients doesn’t include the word fragrance as it is generally synthetic.  You’ll protect your hormonal system and that of your offspring by side stepping fragrances.  You reduce exposure to phthalates – a family of hormone disrupting chemicals found in all of our bodies but at their highest levels…

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  • Seasonal Eating for the end of Summer

      In the southern hemisphere we are enjoying summer.  All the holiday celebrations can be hard on your liver. Crucerferous veges such as brocoli, sprouts and cabbage benefit the liver.  Watercress, fresh fruits, beetroot, garlic, bitter veges and green tea will also benefit liver detox pathways. Some fantastic foods which are in season at the…

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  • 10 wellbeing tips from an Ayurvedic lifestyle

      “Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old system of natural healing that has its origins in the Vedic culture of India. ” – chopra.com Here are some rituals followed by many who live an Ayurvedic lifestyle. These may inspire you in your own daily practices. Daily routine + The ideal time for waking is before sunrise. Start your…

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  • Superfoods for arthritis

    Apples Contain anti-inflammatory antioxidants and bone-friendly boron and magnesium.  Eating 100g of apple provides the same antioxidant benefits for inflamed joints as 1500mg vitamin c.  Wash but don’t peel your apples the antioxidants are five times more concentrated in the skin than the flesh. Avocado Contains antioxidant monounsaturated oils, essential fatty acids, beta-sitosterol and vitamin E. Avocado can…

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