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Boost Your Mood And Feel Good With Exercise!
Boost your mood and feel good with exercise! By Louise Belle BHSc (Nut Med) We all know that exercise has many different benefits to our overall health, but did you know it can actually boost your mood? When you’re feeling down in the dumps, going for a jog is probably the last thing on your mind, but if you find yourself stressed, anxious, or generally feeling blue, exercise may just be the thing you need! Exercise boosts endorphins When you work out, your body produces endorphins which are [...]
The Benefits Of Using Organic Hair Colours
The benefits of using organic hair colours By Marilyn Searle - Master Hairdresser and Trichologist Hair health and appearance is on the mind of every man and woman who indulges in colouring their hair. We do it even though we know how detrimental chemical hair dyes can be on our crowning glory, causing serious damage, dryness and hair breakage. Most hair dyes are loaded with harsh and harmful chemicals such as resorcinol, PPD, ammonia and peroxide. These ingredients are terrible for the health of your hair and scalp and your liver and kidneys and generally they smell awful. [...]
How Much Iodine Do You Need For A Healthy Thyroid Gland?
How much iodine do you need for a healthy thyroid gland? By naturopath Margaret Jasinska Iodine is a very important mineral that a lot of people don’t get enough of. It’s necessary for thyroid hormone production. Actually thyroid hormones are built from iodine and tyrosine. Not getting enough iodine can compromise your metabolic rate. Too much iodine can also be a problem. Getting the balance right is important. What can happen if you don’t get enough iodine? The following are possible: If severe or long term, impaired [...]
Healthy Mini Trifles
Healthy mini trifles Trifles are a Christmas tradition in many Australian families. If you’re a lover of trifle but want to be a little more health conscious, these healthy mini trifles are gluten free and refined, sugar free. Serves: 6 Ingredients: 11 Serving size: 1 trifle Total calories: 332 Carbohydrates: 15.46 g Fat: 27.73 g Protein: 7.7 g Fibre: 8.3 g Ingredients Cake Protein Bread Co Low Carb Vanilla Cupcake Mix 2 eggs 250 ml almond milk 1/3 cup butter Jelly ¾ cup strawberries ¾ cup raspberries 2 cups [...]
8 Fun Facts About Christmas
8 fun facts about Christmas Will the real Santa please stand up Each year there are around 20,000 “Rent-a-Santas” around the United States. These “Santas” usually go through training on how to stay jolly while feeling pressure from the public. They also receive practical advice such as not accepting money from parents while children are looking, and to avoid eating garlic, onion or beans for lunch. Christmas "break-up" According to Facebook data, the two weeks leading up to Christmas is one of the most popular times for [...]
5 Ways To Boost Your Immunity This Christmas
5 ways to boost your immunity this Christmas By Nutrition Consultant, Jess Robinson Whilst the holiday season can be a time of excitement and joy, it can also leave our immune system jolted by germy airplane travel, stress from family or Christmas shopping, excessive alcohol intake and lack of sleep. Thankfully, there are ways to strengthen our immune system, combat those pesky bugs and maintain your health over the Christmas period. 1. Don’t skimp on sleep Sleep should always be a priority, especially during the leadup to [...]
Hangover Recovery Juice
Hangover recovery juice This hangover recovery juice recipe is featured in Dr Cabot’s book, Raw Juices Can Save Your Life. It will help to reduce nausea, rehydrate the body, boost energy levels and reduce headache symptoms. Serves: 2 Ingredients: 7 Serving size: 1 glass Total calories: 151 Carbohydrates: 37 g Fat: 0.6 g Ingredients 1 carrot 1 apple, whole 4 slices watermelon 1 orange, some white pith on 1 grapefruit 2.5cm slice raw beetroot 2 cabbage leaves Method Prepare ahead of time. Wash, trim and chop the [...]
A Deep Quick Cleanse To Rejuvenate Your Body
A deep quick cleanse to rejuvenate your body Today we cannot escape environmental toxins as they are increasingly in the air, water, soil and by extension, in the food we eat. Of course we can always grow some of our own food if we are lucky enough to have a backyard and use natural compost and fertilizers and I highly recommend this. One of the highly toxic things that is happening to our planet at the moment is coal gas seam mining and horizontal drilling which is literally flooding our underground water channels with thousands of toxic chemicals. [...]
Healthy Christmas Pudding
Healthy Christmas pudding This healthy Christmas pudding is packed full of nutritious ingredients so you can enjoy Christmas indulging guilt-free. Serves:8Ingredients:12Serving size:120 gTotal calories:445Protein:8.6 gFat:39.5 gCarbohydrates:19 gFibre:4 g Ingredients250 g unsalted butter¼ cup Nature Sweet Sugar Substitute4 free range eggs2 cups almond meal¼ cup dates, chopped¼ cup prunes, chopped¼ sultanas¼ cup dried apricots, chopped½ cup brandy1 tsp ground cinnamon½ tsp ground nutmeg½ tsp ground allspice MethodIn a heat proof jug or bowl, warm the brandy and soak the dried fruit for about 20 minutes.In a mixing bowl, add the butter and Nature Sweet, [...]
5 Tips For A “Stress-Free” Christmas
5 tips for a “stress-free” Christmas By Jessah Robinson, Adv Dip (Nut Med) With Christmas getting ever closer it is difficult to be completely devoid of stress, between worrying about money, planning the family trip or coming up with ideas for Christmas presents. Christmas should be an exciting time, so here are 5 tips to try and make the most of the festive season: 1. Don’t be afraid to say “no” During the lead up to Christmas there tends to be an influx of social events such [...]
