healthy diet

There are loads of variations in flavours as well as ingredients that may be used in the batter. You can experiment using combinations of different grains/flours: rice, quinoa, oat flour, soy flour, millet etc to achieve a different flavour and texture for your pancake. Ingredients such as greek yoghurt, milk, soy milk, almond milk etc can also be used.

  I’m just back from holidays. My first business email says welcome back to the rat race – is it?  I then read my horoscope. It forecasts issues at work and direction changes. I gasped! That’s all I need coming back from holidays. Then I realised I was reading the wrong sign and didn’t feel […]

I now get to have my own mountainous plate of “pasta” which tastes every bit as good as the real thing (actually, better in my opinion!) without overindulging in carbohydrates and calories..

A sweaty gym-goer rattling their noisy protein shaker before chugging a post-workout shake is a common sight in any gym.

Now, not to diss the protein shake (as it offers a quick, easy, portable dose of all important protein) but what ever happened to the humble egg? Hard-boiled eggs, after all, are quick, easy, portable AND a heck of a lot cheaper than protein powder.

So why eat an egg post-workout, or at any other time for that matter?

Did you know that a Vitamin D deficiency can make you very ill? Did you know it is a very important vitamin for your health and if your blood test says you are deficient then you must take the correct amount of supplement to stay healthy?

Acid reflux is quite common these days and it often begins due to our bad habits which are not good for our health. Heartburn is only one symptom of acid reflux but both are possible to control.

8 simple ways that nutrition can give you beautiful, healthy skin and the 6 things that sabotage us.

Cancel that appointment to the beautician and instead speed-dial your nutritionist. Improving gut health is the first and most important step to a radiant complexion.

Using food to self-soothe isn’t the most effective way to deal with emotions but neither is dieting to deny them. So what’s that happy in-between? Is there a way to love yourself, your body and your food?

Not many people like to talk about their sex drive. If sex is discussed it’s either bragging or moaning (not in ecstasy) more as in ‘Do I have to…again?’

A food craving is a biochemical urge usually influenced by flavour, taste, aroma, texture or temperature as well as the memories of pleasure associated with the food.

The recent screening by SBS of “Did Cooking Make Us Human?” during my week of post-fast raw food has given cause for consideration of cooking, and meat. Coming off a fast, raw food is recommended. Eat raw, very little, one new fruit or vegetable at a time, no protein until the 7th day. It has […]