Welcome to my health blog! I am delighted to share with you my insights and experiences on my health journey. After years of trying so many diets, it is really a relief to find a program vested in the foundations of traditional nutrition; yes I am talking about the way your great grandparents ate on … Continue reading »
The Big Fat Lie: Are you fooled by what’s healthy?
Anyone old enough to remember the 80′s will remember this is the era that brought us big shoulder pads, leg warmers with shiny leotards and the craze of low fat and fat free diets. There probably isn’t a diet out there I haven’t personally tried or cooked for a client, yet after each one I … Continue reading »
Liver-ing it up!
Chicken Livers; a food I have discovered not much appreciated this side of the pond, but a dish often on the menu in my home country of South Africa. This delicacy is filled with health benefits, brimming with vitamins and minerals, rich in Vitamin B12 and iron which supports red blood cell production to prevent … Continue reading »
What’s the Beef with Grass fed?
Is the grass really greener on the other side, or rather the question should be, what is grass fed beef really, and is it important? The reality is there is a vast difference in the quality of your beef, depending on how it was raised. The Lot in Life Let’s have a look at … Continue reading »
Going Against the Grain
Grains and gluten intolerances are a popular topic of late, it seems I run across someone almost daily who like me, has a problem tolerating gluten and digesting grains. For years I suffered the classic intolerance symptoms every time I gave in to my weakness for crusty, French sourdough bread. When I finally went on … Continue reading »
‘Carbs’: The Blood Sugar Crisis
A multi grain bagel slathered with sweetened fruity cream cheese and coffee for breakfast, sub sandwich with chips and soda for lunch, microwave creamy pasta for dinner; and for snacks, hopefully an apple, but probably a candy bar to deal with the 3.00pm crash… Sound like the typical ‘healthy’ standard American diet (S.A.D)? The reality … Continue reading »
Kombucha: A very old new drink
Kombucha has lately become quite a fashionable health beverage, several ‘how to’ videos can be found online and a visit to your local health food market you will most likely find a few different bottled brands in a variety of flavors. This wonderful refreshingly, slightly fizzy drink is a great alternative to sugary juices and … Continue reading »
Add Culture to Your Plate
Food has changed more in the last 100 years than ever before, with the advent of modernization, processed and fake ‘franken’ foods. Yet we are finding ourselves in a health crisis as biologically we are still the same, we are made to function optimally on real, wholesome foods. Before refrigeration and the canning machine, fruits … Continue reading »
How’s Your North to South?
‘How’s your North to South?, no reference here to your sense of directions but rather digestion, which is a North to South process, and the fundamental key to good health and one which is often not given much thought; until it takes a wrong turn. Perhaps a little gas or reflux occurs after a meal, … Continue reading »
