Mindful Eating

Mindful eating is an act when you are in the moment and fully aware of what is happening inside your body, such as your hunger cues, your desires and your mind and outside your body, like in your environment.

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Type 2 diabetes, where to from here…

An explanation on what type 2 diabetes is and how to pause the disease with lifestyle changes such as with diet and exercise.

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Hey, I've gained weight!

Why have I suddenly gained weight?

When you jump on those scales every day, it does not consider the following reasons why there might be a slight gain of weight, such as muscle mass, growth, fluid retention, hormones and period cycles for a female. In addition, the result of the scales could cause anxiety, bad moods, a sense of giving up, depression and low self-esteem which is an obsession that is not healthy for anyone.

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Healthy Heart!

How the heart works, a journey through the heart and how to keep your heart healthy.

Diet and exercise play a vital role in keeping your heart healthy as well as not smoking, reducing stress and keeping a healthy weight.

On paper this all sounds simple, but in reality people need to make an effort and make time to accommodate and implement these practices into a busy and sometime chaotic lifestyle.

Here are some practical suggestions to help you along the way.

But first we should start at the beginning and look at how the heart works

For the love of all things Cricket!

The population of the world is growing and climate change impacts the way we farm. So to counteract the inevitable situation of food insecurity the world needs to rethink ways we source food now and improve its approach to food sustainability in the future.

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To the Kitchen, with Love.

To the Kitchen, with Love

A love story not just about nutrition.

While, evidence suggests eating a healthy diet is beneficial to our overall health and wellbeing, how we buy, prepare, cook and eat this food is also important.

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The ketogenic diet: What is it?

The ketogenic diet:

What is it?

The ketogenic diet is a low carbohydrate, adequate protein and high fat diet. Say good bye to most grains, breads, potatoes, fruits and pasta and think lots of meat, fish, nuts and seeds, butter, cream, oils and non-starchy vegetables.