We don’t often hear a lot in the media about the deliberate attempts to discredit the natural medicine industry, but the anti-vitamin lobby is working hard to cause doubt in the mind of consumers. Whenever a study comes out that shows vitamins in a negative light – it is trumpeted across the media as a
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Blueberries are one fruit that can often be found in my fridge whenever they are in season – they are tiny little round balls of goodness and like all berries, are very high in antioxidants. My almost-4-year-old nephew Jack is also a big fan, and can sit down to a tub at a time of
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This is an wonderful quote that I picked up from the Raw Power website www.rawpower.com.au “An individual who eats the typical foods found in so-called “civilized society” who then changes to a raw-plant-food diet can discover energy they have never known. Eating a balanced mix of raw plant foods restores the body on a molecular level, building
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In exploring food as medicine, one food that you just can’t overlook is the humble apple. There is a lot of truth in the old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” One of my first introductions into the healing benefits of the apple, was after reading a book called “The Biogenic Diet”
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It is an interesting word – conscientiousness – and it is one trait that I admire in people and one that I aim to embody myself. This is what it says in Wikipedia: “In psychology, conscientiousness is the trait of being painstaking and careful, or the quality of acting according to the dictates of one’s
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It is a very sad day today, with the announcement by Ronald Bradley, owner of Hippocrates Health Centre, that he has decided to retire and close the doors of Hippocrates for good. Many of the hundreds of people that follow my blog and my newsletter, met me when they attended the Hippocrates program, and I
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I have a fascination in all things unexplainable and this story certainly fits into that category. I think the essence of this story is what is important, not the actual facts surrounding it. Messages of love, tolerance and acceptance never get old with me… Mellen-Thomas Benedict is an artist who survived a near-death experience (NDE) in
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Many of my readers are probably familiar with Elaine Hollingsworth’s research on the dangers of soy in her book “Take Control of Your Health and Escape the Sickness Industry”. Recently some forward thinking countries introduced warnings labels for soy products, but unfortunately Australia wasn’t one of them. The following article by David Gutierrez was featured
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One thing that I like to remind people of, is that they wield enormous power with the choices they make in how to spend their hard earned dollars. If we want to see a change in our world, then we need to vote with our money, as to what industries we want to support and those
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Just last weekend my partner and I took my Mum for a weekend getaway to the Sunshine Coast. It’s only a two hour drive away, but the whole change of scenery and taking scheduled time out to relax, gave the weekend a holiday type feel. It is so important to take those short breaks, especially
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