Healthy and Inspired Living
Clutter produces harmful energy that sabotages us from achieving our personal best—it is the nemesis to success. It is deceptive because it manifests itself in various guises. Physical clutter is the stuff we fill our houses with to the point some people actually go into deprivation mode and develop an illness known as hoarding. In… [Read Full Story]
The concept behind food as medicine is that food is a spectrum between nourishment and healing, and given the very large spectrum of foods, there many valid approaches to diet. But when we talk about diet, we need to understand the difference between a diet that nourishes, and a diet that heals. We need to… [Read Full Story]
Weight is big business, and most information campaigns or television programs say “Eat less and exercise more to lose weight” whilst, in part, that is correct it would be unfair to say that is the whole equation. I feel it simply isn’t. When diet books and obesity specialists use the word ‘eat’ I would substitute… [Read Full Story]
We’ve all heard of the North Pacific Gyre and the enormous island of plastic garbage that floats there. An island made of tiny pieces of plastic, each at one time part of whole that represented an idea – a promise in the form of convenience or necessity that was so convincing that we failed to comprehend… [Read Full Story]
What do all those ingredients mean? If you think you are what you eat (as the saying goes) then you are in good company, my Grandmother and I agree, well my whole family does but let’s just keep this simple. My Granny drinks a couple of glasses of water on waking up in the morning,… [Read Full Story]
It’s no secret that intoxication has a number of immediate negative consequences like impairing our judgment and the ability to do most things. But even after a drinker has sobered up, alcohol can still be causing some harm to our body. The most common symptoms are headache, nausea, fatigue and dehydration. The severity and number… [Read Full Story]
I recently read an excerpt called “Wheat Belly” from the book “Wheat: The Unhealthy Whole Grain”, written by Dr William Davis, MD. What I read in this book touched upon a new concept for me in relation to healthy eating for Type 2 Diabetics. Dr Davis explains how our current supply of genetically modified (GMO)… [Read Full Story]
“Think pink” is big this time of year. Fight breast cancer products are everywhere… Gloves, lipstick, eye shadow, PVC rain coats, umbrellas, key rings, wrist bands, moisturiser, bath products and even mobile telephones but alarmingly the list goes on… What’s in your pink products? The problem I have with the whole raising money this time… [Read Full Story]
What you clean your house with can affect your thighs! Toxins in our environment can get stored in our body fat, so it may not just be what you eat that affects your thighs. If you are using regular cleaning products they likely contain synthetic chemical ingredients. These ingredients, if used in an industrial setting… [Read Full Story]
Here’s the scoop… The cosmetics industry is poorly regulated [1] and most ingredients are tested in isolation rather than in the quantities and formulations they actually appear in your shampoo, lotion or moisturiser. So perhaps I am the guinea pig when I buy a drug store moisturiser? What about ‘natural’ or ‘pure’ products? Sadly you… [Read Full Story]
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