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Vegetable Barley Soup

Vegetable Barley Soup

Vegetable Barley Soup The eyes are the windows to the soul; keep yours nice and clear. Keep your eyes healthy by: • Eat a diet high in fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables contain all the nutrients that protect the body from free radical damage. Healthy eye herbs - eyebright, bilberry, fennel, and ginkgo biloba • Exercise regularly. Keep the blood and oxygen pumping around the body. This...

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Curried Chicken Slow Cooker Stew

Curried Chicken Slow Cooker Stew

Curried Chicken Slow Cooker StewWho doesn't loves a slow cooker? Here is a recipe that can be made in the morning on a busy weekday and is ready at dinner. Slow cookers are excellent for those living on their own; you can make a batch and then freeze what you don’t eat for later.   Try this slow cooker stew packed with protein, and fiber that will surely enjoy by your family.   

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Legumes and their Health Benefits

Legumes and their Health Benefits

Legumes and their Health BenefitsWhat is the common food between Blue Zones ie, the longest-living communities?   It is LEGUMES. Legumes can not be matched for their nutritional quality and health benefits, they are simply one of the most nutritious foods in the world. Traditionally known as  ‘the foods of the peasants”  and  the peasants were the ones who most often lived to one hundred and...

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Scrambled Tofu

Scrambled Tofu

For a super tasty no-cholesterol alternative to breakfast eggs, try this plant-based tofu recipe. (Including a dose of daily greens). Ingredients:1/2 tbsp olive oil (or 3 tbsp water)1/2 cup diced green or red capsicum 1/2 cup of diced spanish, white or yellow onion 1 1/2 tsp minced garlic (about 3 small cloves)1/4 cup nutritional yeast 1 x 450gm block extra-firm tofu (pressed to remove excess...

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You’re So Healthy, How Did you Get Cancer?

You’re So Healthy, How Did you Get Cancer?

When I first received my cancer diagnosis a dear friend said to me “You know this is stress don't you?”  I had to agree. My heart has been broken, my emotional tank drained, my own share of crap thrown my way, via family dramas, life dramas and she had been there witnessing it all (how awesome are long-term friends). I hadn't been able to see how deep the wounds had gone until now, having a boob...

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Herbs for use during Chemotherapy treatment

Herbs for use during Chemotherapy treatment

Why Natural Therapies? Natural therapies are those modalities based in nature and used to support the body's innate healing energy. We can embrace these modalities alongside a chemotherapy regime to reduce side effects and improve outcomes. Chemotherapy does save lives but can also take lives; these are strong, powerful drugs and also very toxic ones. The decision to use chemotherapy is an...

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Water fasting to reduce the side effects of Chemotherapy

Water fasting to reduce the side effects of Chemotherapy

Cancer Treatment When I first heard of combining the ancient healing practice of water fasting with chemotherapy my ears pricked up. This was going to be interesting. Diagnosed with HER2 enriched breast cancer, a fast growing aggressive little bugger,  I was calling on the big guns. 3 months of chemotherapy (TCH) combined with 12 months of a targeted drug known as Herceptin was going to save my...

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Come on Winter, I’m ready!

Come on Winter, I’m ready!

Do you dread the upcoming coughs and colds season?  Are you the type that seems to catch every sniffle, cough, cold, lurgy, bug that you come in contact with? Then there are those you swear hunt you down and latch on tight. Perhaps your children or love ones are vulnerable? The good news is there are strategies to put in place to strengthen your body so you can start winter without the fear....

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Low Calorie High Nutrients Vegetable Soup

Low Calorie High Nutrients Vegetable Soup

Eating a fibre-rich diet helps to lose weight and keep your already healthy body size right where it is.  Fibre has the ability to create a sense of satiety after meals, aka fullness, without the calories of more processed or animal-based meals.

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