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David Wolfe Retreat – Don’t Miss Out!

by Leisa on December 12, 2010

I am so looking forward to the retreat, and anyone who loves David Wolfe’s work, and wants to go deeper into his incredible amount of knowledge, would do well to join us at this retreat in the most beautiful part of Australia – Dunsborough in WA. It is absolutely worth the trip! Fly into Perth,
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Losing Weight on Twinkies?

by Leisa on December 8, 2010

I was watching this story with interest, and have to say I shook my head at the idiocy of it all and wondered what this Professor was really trying to prove. Mike Adams at Natural News says it well: “(NaturalNews) Over the last month or so, the mainstream media has been making a huge deal
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A Transformational Retreat

by Leisa on November 10, 2010

During the last week of October, a very special group of people gathered together at the Embracing Life! Byron Bay Retreat, ready to detox, but not knowing quite how deep they were going to go, and how powerful the experience was going to be. This beautiful group were ready, open and willing to experience whatever
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David Wolfe 2011 Tour Launched!

by Leisa on October 19, 2010

This is the announcement that everyone has been waiting for! David Wolfe is coming back to Australia in February 2011 for a tour that is going to bigger and better than this year’s tour, which was a huge success! Listen to the 19 minute interview I did with David about the upcoming tour, and hear
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Free Radicals and Antioxidants

by Leisa on August 23, 2010

I received a e-mail newsletter recently, from maxAwareness, a website devoted to raising awareness about alternative and integrative medicine for people healing cancer. This article was relevant to anyone, whether they have a chronic illness or not – so I have posted it below – I hope you enjoy it, and I encourage you to have
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Tips on Being the Partner of a Raw Fooder

by Leisa on August 13, 2010

This article was written by a friend of mine, Bill Murphy, husband of Jennie Murphy and the owners of Raw Pleasure.  He wrote the article for the Raw Pleasure newsletter, and I thought it was great value. Even if we choose to be mainly raw for our own health, that doesn’t necessarily mean our family
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Warming Winter Juice

by Leisa on July 17, 2010

It’s winter here in Australia (not that you would really know that here on the Gold Coast – the weather is spectacular!), and a mainly raw diet can be maintained throughout all seasons, although different foods are relevant for different seasons. I continue to juice all year round, although what I use in my juice
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Simple Raw Food Combining

by Leisa on July 9, 2010

I found this great article on raw food combining whilst surfing the net – something I do a lot of!  I’ve played around a lot with food combining over the years – the very first experiment I made when I was 15 years old, was changing to a raw food and food combining diet. Over
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Food, Inc. the Movie is Mainstream!

by Leisa on July 7, 2010

A few nights ago we put on a new release DVD to watch, called Brothers; (a disturbing, but brilliant movie – Tobey Maguire is an incredible actor) and lo and behold in the previews was the movie Food, Inc. I was astounded! This is surely a sign that things are changing and more awareness is
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At the Metagenics Congress two weeks ago, one of the important points they focused on was inflammation, leaky gut, allergies and auto-immune conditions, and their connection with certain foods  in the diet. Naturopath’s have been aware for a long time, the links between auto-immune diseases, and the incidence of “leaky gut”. Even though the medical
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