Healthy and Inspired Living
Joanna set up her hobby Actual Organics to give simple, practical ideas on how you can look more radiant whilst avoiding synthetic chemicals in skin care and the environment. To get her newsletter please visit www.ActualOrganics.com.
Granny was right- eating intuitively. What happened? Food used to be grown in season, locally and organic was just “normal.” Today many foods have claims written on strategically designed boxes. Words like: low fat, high fibre, low sodium and my bête noire “healthy” — according to whom? I don’t see cows with “added zinc” stamped on their bottoms, but [...]
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step said Confucius and starting to Detox your Body and our World™ is no different. Babies start to walk through trial and error, curiosity and determination. We can use these principles to start to Detox your Body and our World™ one step at a time. [...]
Be grateful for bees! Eating fresh raspberries this morning I got to wondering about bees. Birds and bees jokes aside, in the past I rarely stopped and thought just how essential bees are to the food chain. I have always loved honey and use it in smoothies and recipes that do not require heating the [...]
When did you last stop and do NOTHING? There is actually power in doing nothing. Think how many people meditate or pray? Just being aware of your surroundings, whilst doing nothing, is good for you and here’s why. Taking a break can help you remember more. The brain actually relies on time out to reorganise [...]
Have you had your ‘good bacteria’ today? Perhaps you have tried to ‘detox’ and ended up feeling simply dreadful, I know I have. I ended up feeling worse; with headaches, breakouts of spots, stomach upsets as well as aching joints and itchy skin. Hardly advertising the virtues of detoxing. Slowly slowly… I am therefore in [...]
It is important to clean our teeth, not only are clean teeth socially more acceptable but the health of our mouth and gums can have an effect on our overall health. Heart disease has been linked to poor gum health. Many modern types of toothpaste contain triclosan and, very often, aspartame and other unappealing synthetic [...]
Sleep is so simple yet many struggle to get a good night’s sleep. We are complex us humans, we need air, water, food (energy), sleep and love. Without one we are not optimum, many of us struggle daily without these vital ingredients for life. So how can you change to create optimum wellness with energy, [...]
Why detox? Simply put… we need to lessen the burden on our body because we were not designed to come into contact with the level of toxins or low-level stresses that we do today. Modern technology overload Think about the our modern life… fast food, cell phones, food dyes, diet drinks, wireless games, wireless internet, [...]
“Youth has no age” said Pablo Picasso but it appears media, and society to a certain extent, feels youth is the appearance of youthful skin and hair that is not grey. What a great sadness. As so many seek the ‘elixir of youth’ it is worth highlighting that often it is our daily practices, or [...]
