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9 Simple tips to improve your health

13/02/2023 • Uncategorized • by
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Small changes can make a big difference!  Try these simple tips and feel the difference in your health and wellbeing.

  1. Drink at least 500mls of water every morning when you wake up. Then drink at least another 2-3 litres throughout the day.
  2. Add vegetables (esp greens) to everything; smoothies, stews, casseroles, sandwiches, to easily increase the nutritional content of your meals.
  3. Add sweetness to your food with cinnamon, and skip the calories from sugar. Plus it helps to curb sugar cravings and enhance insulin.
  4. Stay active, e.g. take the stairs or park your car a little further away. Simple changes like these will help increase your daily exercise without having to schedule extra time.
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3 Ways to Achieve Better Health

31/08/2017 • General wellbeing, Kinesiology, Mental wellbeing, Nutrition, physical • by
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When the physical, bio-chemical and emotional sides of your life are working in harmony, balance is achieved. Kinesiology uses this “Triangle of Health” to provide equilibrium and complete bodily health.

Kinesiolgists use muscle testing to detect and correct imbalances related to stress, nutrition, learning problems, injuries and energy.  By looking at the whole person and the way they function and interact with their environment – rather than focusing on symptoms or named diseases – Kinesiologists can determine how your health and well-being is affected by imbalance and make necessary corrections.

Let’s look at how imbalance can affect your health. Read More…

Coconut kefir pudding

11/10/2016 • General wellbeing, Nutrition • by
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How’s this for an easy, yummy, healthy, kid friendly dessert!  It has all the probiotic goodness of coconut kefir plus the tropical sweetness of banana and mango.  Flaxseed meal gives it a lovely thick pudding texture, as well as being a source of fibre and Omega 3s. Read More…

Magnesium

30/09/2016 • Uncategorized • by
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magnesiumSo there you are peacefully asleep, happily in the land of dreams, when…. Whammo!!!! You’re viciously woken by extreme pain in your calf and your foot is pointed in a position that would be the envy of a ballerina.  You silently scream and try not to thrash about too much so you don’t wake your partner. You sit up a knead away at your calf and then stand and try limping around to get the calf to release the cramp….

I know many of you will be familiar with the scenario above and will already be taking a magnesium supplement to try to reduce the frequency and severity of muscle cramps. But do you know how magnesium works to alleviate cramping?  And, did you know there are many other benefits of ensuring you have adequate levels of magnesium in your system?

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Candida

29/09/2016 • General wellbeing, Nutrition • by
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sick-dogDo you find that as the heat and humidity increases, your allergies, sensitivities and intolerances increase as well?  Do you have cold or flu like symptoms that you can’t seem to shake off?  Are you constantly tired?  Do you suffer from digestive problems like gas, bloating, diarrhea or constipation?

These symptoms and many others may be an indication of a candida overgrowth.

What is Candida?

Candida albicans is a yeast that is naturally found in the gastrointestinal tract, on the skin and in the genitourinary tract. It is one of the millions of friendly organisms that live and serve useful purposes in the body.  Candida plays an important role in helping to recognize and destroy harmful bacteria. Read More…

Yummy breakfast shake

07/03/2011 • Nutrition • by
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Here is a breakfast shake that I developed for my husband who finds it difficult to eat a proper breakfast in the morning before work.  It is full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals and is just basically “yummy”, so I enjoy it too.  It seems to get us both through the morning without feeling hungry. Read More…