othing beats driving into my parents place and seeing my Mother’s garden and my Dad’s bees! They’re 74 now and still growing strong – making their daily green juice
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As we think of our blood and cells, tissues and organs, they are our orchards of life – the gardens we cultivate, the place in which our souls and spirits dwell.
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Watercress possesses a flavour rather reminiscent of mustard but with a zingy “bite” that makes it something of an acquired taste. So what makes this “bite” so important? It’s one very beneficial nutrient that contains the anticancer compound, Phenethyl Isothiocyanate or PEITC.
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How do we replace our water and salts to avoid headaches and lethargy in summer heat?
By drinking enough water and non-sugar/alcohol/sweetener/caffeinated drinks for our body weight and by eating nature’s solutions for this time of year
Ginger is one of my 3 “kill-alls” as it can kill much of what’s trying to kill you! It’s anti-just-about-everything properties form a very long list but one of ginger’s primary benefits this time of year is as an antihistamine – so it helps with hayfever, allergies and asthma.
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We brought back a couple of kg of dried hibiscus flowers from our holiday in Egypt at Christmas and enjoy drinking hot and cold hibiscus as a family. You can sweeten it with stevia or xylitol but we like it just as it is, without any sweetening.
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Here is a delicious healthy water option for you to make and raise your hydration levels. Remember, the more hydrated you are, the better you’ll feel!
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Have you ever thought about what your own personal manifesto might be? What do you stand for? Have you ever paused to think about what your “No’s” and “Yes’s” are?
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When was the last time you took a really good walk? Whether you walk to work or went for a leisure walk, do you remember the feeling afterwards? Do you get that clean, happily tired and perhaps even drowsy post-walk feeling? I love it!
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Spring is here! Now is the time to really pay attention to how much water you’re drinking and upload some ingredients that will help to clean you out and kill the bugs – namely the liver supporters: raw ginger, raw garlic and raw (if you can get it) turmeric.
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Yesterday morning, instead of popping out of bed early to go and deliver the lemon waters at 7.30am, I stayed in bed and wrote a poem about our detox experience up on Belas Knap hill on Saturday.
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Last week, we had a wonderful time with Durwin from the Linseed Farm and really enjoyed his “show and tell” informative talk about linseed and Omega 3's & 6’s.
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ot only do we need sufficient water, but we need a sufficient store of these very important cell battery chargers called electrolytes. Guess what? Vegetables and greens are FULL of them!
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Have you ever considered the reality that we are the content we consume? And content isn’t just food and drink – it’s everything from the air we breathe, the news we listen to and the social atmospheres we enter and dwell in.
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In July, we started to build a new online booking system for the detox website. We never thought it would take this long but we’re very thrilled to announce that it has gone literally live TODAY!
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A lot of you travel. I travel less than I used to. The challenge of keeping up your energy and knowing what to eat (or not) when you’re on the move is no easy task. If you can anticipate the journey, do a bit of prep, all the better.
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Have you found it less easy to drink glasses of water this month? I have! I boil the kettle and top up the cold glass with hot water to make it warm, actually. But did you know that there’s a link between depression and dehydration?
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This morning, during our workshop, we spent time learning how to make almond milk and a Tick Tock vanilla chai latte. It was so easy and quick, the clients couldn’t believe it. And all for only 40 healthy calories and about 5 minutes!
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By taking aloe gel every morning on an empty stomach, you bring a specialised cleaner into your guts which gets to work removing toxins and grime that can accumulate around the villi. Among many other wonders, aloe contains allantoin, which is a cell healer and restorer, so as aloe cleanses, aloe heals.
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