Oh the irony! From Ninemsn: “Nestle, the company behind Smarties, Chokito and Fantales, has announced it will soon engulf the weight-loss organisation Jenny Craig. The chocolatier and multinational food company said it would acquire, at an undisclosed price, all shares of the group that controls the Jenny Craig franchise in Australia and New Zealand. The
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This is a great article I found on the Veritas Magazine site – and I relate to a lot of what it has to say. Many people ask about whether they can be really healthy on a vegan diet, and it is always about what the person is eating, rather than whether they are vegan, raw
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I love a good movie, and this one definitely fits the bill. And as a bonus it is freely available online, so you don’t even have to leave your desk to watch it! “We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the
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Natural News: “Health freedom has just been handed a significant victory by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which ruled last week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) violated the First Amendment rights of a nutritional supplement company when it censored truthful, scientifically-backed claims about how selenium can help
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Last night William and I went along to see raw food speaker Paul Nison on the Gold Coast, and even though it was quite a small event (where are all the raw foodies on the Gold Coast?), he was well worth seeing. Even though I’ve been studying health and nutrition for a long, long time,
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This is WAY off the track when it comes to health 🙂 – but I just had to comment! Last night I watched the Jennifer Aniston RomCom movie Bounty Hunter. Even though I prefer movies with some depth and meaning, I still don’t mind throwing on the old RomCom for a bit of “switch off”
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Who would have thought that there could be an up-side to obesity? Well, here it is: Obesity Threatens US Army Recruitment: “Increasing rates of obesity among young Americans could undermine the future of the US military, with potential recruits increasingly too fat to serve, two retired generals say. “Obesity rates threaten the overall health of
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I admire perfectionism, I have a healthy dose of this trait myself – but it is when perfectionist tendencies turn rigid that they become a problem – both for the person with the stratospheric expectations, and for those around them. Perfectionism – the need for things to be 100% perfect all the time, can engender
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Hi everyone – wow it’s been a long time since I’ve updated my blog! The last entry prior to the David Wolfe Tour posts – is about the Australia Day Retreat, and that was over two months ago – what happened?? Well, what happened was the whirlwind of the David Wolfe Australian Tour – which was such
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After only a couple of hours sleep we packed ourselves up and took to the airport for a quick trip to Melbourne. We were met at the airport by one of the organisers Donna and a friend Kris, and our first stop was an organic produce shop for some juice. And who should be bump
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