Category: Detox

Sauv blanc, oh how I miss thee …

Posted June 23, 2010
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It’s been exactly five months and 25 days since I’ve had a sip of alcohol. And about seven months since I’ve had a few too many. When I was diagnosed with recurrent cancer I forced myself to give up the booze for good. It’s safe to say I’m still in the grieving period. If one… Read More

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Happy, healthy pets

Posted June 22, 2010
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I love my dog. She may grunt, snore and shed more hair than Cousin Itt, but I still think she is the bee’s knees, ankles and elbows. Some say Edie (pictured above) is spoilt, I just say I treat her how I would any living thing that I adore. How could you not adore that… Read More

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Herbs and spices for healing

Posted June 15, 2010
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The 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

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Natural beauty products – which is the fairest of them all?

Posted June 14, 2010
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As committed as I am to living a chemical-free existence, I refuse to give up my beauty products. I’m no Lady Gaga, but I do like do feel pretty. What girl doesn’t? Now, so that I can have my (oat) cake and eat it too, I’ve had to hunt down the best-quality, all-natural, all-organic make-up… Read More

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A few good reasons to love garlic

Posted June 8, 2010
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Garlic 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

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Recipe of the week: Hippocrates soup

Posted June 7, 2010
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The 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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The healing powers of honey

Posted June 6, 2010
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Over dinner one night my family and I were engaging in our regular chitchat when my dad started going on about how he wants to be a beekeeper when he retires. He’s got this theory that if all the bees die off (which they may just do if the world keeps on going the way… Read More

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The chia seed

Posted June 2, 2010
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If you were going to add just one thing to enhance your diet, you should make it the chia seed. That’s a pretty big call, I know, but I’m willing to put it out there. Not only are chia seeds easy to incorporate into your diet, but they are also packed full of nutrients and… Read More

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What’s that smell?

Posted June 1, 2010
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One of the perks of working for a magazine is all the free stuff. Working for a women’s magazine, new bottles of perfume are handed out more frequently than blue pens. During the three years I worked in a magazine office, I accumulated so many that my friends actually started getting sick of receiving perfume… Read More

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Coconut oil – The healthiest of all oils!

Posted May 31, 2010
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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

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