One of the most important messages I teach at my Embracing Life! Retreats, is that we need to become more aware of our instincts around food, and tune into our senses regarding what our body needs. The next point most people make though, is that their body is telling them that they need hamburgers and chocolate
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Life Changing Doco’s is a fanastic initiative by friends of mine, Troy and Kym, who are bringing quality documentaries to the Gold Coast Arts Centre every month. The next feature film is Homegrown on the 12th of May, and it looks fantastic! You can buy tickets on their site www.lifechangingdocos.com HOMEGROWN Wed 12th May @
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Maybe actress Amanda Seyfried needs to take a few tips from model Miranda Kerr! This story came through on the celebrity news channels and unfortunately she’s got raw food all wrong! What a shame that raw food is associated with just “spinach and some seeds!” One of the great things about raw food is the ability
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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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I found this fantastic article from Pam Popper PhD explaining the results of a recent study which found that eating more servings of fruit and vegetables did not significantly reduce cancer risk. As I have mentioned in previous blog posts such as The Double Blind Debacle, studies measuring nutrition are more than often flawed. This
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US Raw Foodie and Author of The Daylight Diet is coming to Australia in May. Check out his vidoes below and I look forward to hearing more about raw food from a different perspective from many other raw food speakers – see you there! You can check out all the information about the tour at
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This was an award winning talk by Jamie Oliver and although I don’t necessarily agree with his entire food philosophy, he is doing some great work promoting whole foods and getting people back into the kitchen to prepare their own foods rather than relying on processed and fast food junk. It’s definitely worth watching. Leisa
I can hardly believe that the tour is over and it’s our last day together! What an incredible journey over the last few weeks. It’s been crazy busy, fun, exhausting, exhilarating, frantic, magical, and inspiring – and the friends we’ve made along the way have made it a very special experience. So, what to do
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The next day was the very last event for the 2010 tour, and that was a Chef Training with Bruce in the evening. We had a full house again, with nearly 80 people booked to attend what was gearing up to be a really fun night. With most of us, (except for Bruce and Damian
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