Category: Detox

Why “Gluten-Free” Is Not A Fad

Posted May 28, 2012
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I used to think that “gluten free” was simply a buzz word used by food manufacturers so sell products, and by consumers who thought they were doing their waist lines a favour by choosing that kind of option. I was wrong. Sure, the words “gluten-free” might be popping up everywhere from the McDonald’s drive-thru menu… Read More

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5 Tips To Eco-Friendly Living

Posted May 24, 2012
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Guest Post by Amanda Rootsey. Here’s a nice short video for you with some really simple tips to reduce your impact on the planet. There are so many little things that we can do, sometimes we just need to be reminded. It’s totally up to us what sort of world we create for the future… Read More

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Score Yourself Immunity This Winter

Posted May 21, 2012
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You can probably tell from my headline that I watch far too many reality TV game shows. We just made it through The Biggest Loser, and now we’re diving deep into Master Chef and The Voice (how good is The Voice!). We’re wild here in The Wellness Warrior house. Enough about my high brow entertainment… Read More

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8 Common Health Myths

Posted May 15, 2012
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  First, a warning: the information I am about to share may be more shocking than discovering that the Tooth Fairy isn’t real, or that if you pull a funny face and the wind changes, your face won’t actually stay that way. But I’m only sharing what I have discovered and in the past have… Read More

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Allopathy or Wellness?

Posted May 9, 2012
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Guest post by Cyndi O’Meara. What healthcare do you choose; drugs, surgery and/or radiation or environment, diet and lifestyle changes? I was at a conference over the weekend and I was speaking with one of the delegates who were telling me that many allopathic practitioners (medical) say that changing diet has no consequence to the… Read More

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Oh, The Things You Can Do With Nuts!

Posted May 8, 2012
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My inner six-year-old is having the hardest time being tamed at the moment due to the difficulty of writing a post about nuts without making a nut joke. I will do my best though. For two years, while I was on Gerson Therapy, I wasn’t allowed to eat nuts at all. Gasp, right – I… Read More

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Travelling As A Post-Gerson Person: Moments From Melbourne

Posted May 3, 2012
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As most of you know, I recently clocked up two years of Gerson Therapy, and after spending the past two years basically house bound chained to my juicer and enema bucket, I wanted to celebrate my new-found semi-freedom in style. It just so happened that my two-year mark coincided with The Warwick Foundation’s annual High… Read More

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My Clean Beauty Regime

Posted May 1, 2012
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During my internet travels last week, I came across the following infographic that I think all women need to see. Too many of us are complacent with what we put on our skin, because we aren’t aware that absorbing toxins through the skin actually does more damage to the body than if we were to… Read More

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8 Daily Acts of Health … Before 8am?

Posted April 30, 2012
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Is “time” one of your excuses for neglecting a healthy routine? I know how easy it is to use 9-5 commitments as a reason to skip out on treating your body and mind as well as you know you should. But this reason doesn’t really hold up in the wellness warrior court. Living the healthy… Read More

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Oil Pulling: My New Morning Ritual

Posted April 26, 2012
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I’ve been intrigued by oil pulling for yonks. It is one of those health practices that just kept coming up for me, but I’ve had to wait until I completed two years of Gerson Therapy to give it a go (no oil except flax and castor on Gerson – I tried with castor oil but… Read More

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