“Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food” – Hippocrates. The Food Matters DVD has been sitting on my coffee table for the last two months patiently waiting to be watched. Last night the boy and I finally sat down with our peppermint teas, pieces of oatmeal cake and we watched… Read More
Read MoreThe trick to making a vegan meal taste amazing is to get creative and use lots of herbs and spices. Let’s be honest, bland vegetables and dry baked potatoes are nothing to write home about. Think of your vegetables as a blank canvas and go to work creating subtle, strong, pungent and spicy flavours by… Read More
Read MoreGarlic does so much more than give you bad breath, ward off vampires and serve as the main ingredient in Italian food. While it’s pungent flavour can cause the often-undesired garlic breath affect, garlic is a potent medicinal herb. It’s health benefits lie in two main areas – blood circulation and immunity. Blood circulation: Garlic… Read More
Read MoreThe Gerson Therapy eliminates a lot of foods from your diet, but it also states that you must eat certain foods each day. One of those is the special Hippocrates soup, which Gerson patients are instructed to eat twice a day – for lunch and dinner. Lucky for me it’s winter at the moment and… Read More
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I grew up in a tiny town called Walkerston, which is just outside of Mackay in North Queensland. As an only child, I was forced to entertain myself most of the time. One of my favourite activities was to collect all the coconuts that had fallen from their trees into our backyard, sit on the… Read More
Read MoreSpend a bit of time in the kitchen this weekend creating delicious, healthy dishes like the one above. And if you stuff it up, there’s always avocado on toast. Veggie bake2 large potatoes¼ small pumpkin2 small sweet potatoes1 eggplant1 tomato1 onion½ red capsicum4 cloves garliccorianderrosemary What to do: Slice all the vegetables. In a small… Read More
Read MoreAh, the dreaded food baby. Some of us think this is the inevitable result of gorging ourselves on delicious food, when in fact it can be easily avoided. Poor digestion is one of the main causes of post-feast belly bloating. On a more serious note, faulty digestion can also lead to deficiency and toxicity in… Read More
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