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Packing a healthy lunch box for your children is a daily challenge for parents. It’s so hard to know how to pack healthy kids’ lunch bags. Kids are hungry at lunchtime, so they need a packed lunch that satisfies their appetite and gives them plenty of healthy food, including lots of the all important fresh […]

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Ingredients: 1 cup pine nuts 2 cups basil ½ olive oil ½ lemon juice ¼ walnuts 1 avocado Pinch of Himalayan salt and black pepper Instructions: Blend all ingredients together until smooth

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Try this red pepper hummus recipe for your next snack. The red peppers make a sensational addition to this traditional hummus recipe. Ingredients: 1 can (16oz -19oz) of chickpeas 1 red bell pepper 1 tablespoon of tahini 1 ½ tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil 3/4 teaspoon cumin 1 clove of garlic, […]

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Ingredients: 2 Aubergines 2 gloves garlic ½ onion ½ cup of olive oil ¼ cup of seamen seed Instructions: Slice the aubergine in thin slices and pierce with a fork. Grill in the oven for 10-15 minutes. Let it cool. Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth.

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A food dehydrator delivers the vast majority of foods with the same vitamins and minerals as their fresh counterparts, in a remarkable array of concentrated flavors, nutrients and enzymes! Dehydration process retains almost 100% of the nutritional content of the food, retains the alkalinity of fresh produce and actually inhibits the growth of microforms such […]

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  Ingredients: ½ cup Toasted Coconut Chips 1 cup Rice Pops ½ cup Roasted Almonds (cut in pieces) ½ cup Cranberries ( or roasted/dehydrated apples pieces) 1 cup Qunioa Pops ¼ Cup Cacao Nibs Mix all ingredients in bowl and serve with a milk of your choice we prefer homemade Almond or Hazelnut Mylk Super […]

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Superfood Muesli Ingredients (Serves approximately 10): 1 cup oats 1/2 cup of raw almonds (chop in a food processor) 1/2 cup shredded unsweetened coconut 1/3 cup sunflower seeds 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds (pepitas) 1/3 cup chia seeds 1/3 cup wheatgerm 1/2 cup almonds, roughly chopped 4 tbsp linseeds 2 tsp cinnamon Directions:  Mix all ingredients in a […]

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Choosing a healthy breakfast cereal is not a simple task. The cereal aisle is a long one, full of contradictions. You’ll find cereals made with refined grains with nearly no fiber  and cereals made with whole grains and bran boasting 7 grams or more of fibre. There are cereals with so much sugar they seem more like boxes of […]

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Why to drink vegetable/fruit juices or smoothies Holistic health practitioner opines that for complete health and vitality relying on an effective detox diet menu is significantly important. Virtually every health authority recommends that we get 5-12 servings of vegetables or fruits per day and only very few of us actually get that. Juicing is an […]

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ALWAYS READ THE LABELS ON THE FOODS YOU BUY–NO MATTER WHAT THE FRONT OF THE BOX OR PACKAGE SAYS, TURN IT OVER AND READ THE BACK CAREFULLY!  With all the food and pet products now coming from China, it is best to make sure you read label at the supermarket and especially when buying food products. […]

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The first rule of detoxing is to stop taking in toxins. In these days of living in toxic soup environments, the only thing people can control completely is what is consumed.   Detoxing your body is important and the first rule of detoxing is to stop taking in toxins. In these days of living in […]

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Click on the link to read Part 1 & Part 2 Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare): Assists digestion and increases metabolic processes in general; it alleviates gas, bloating and spasms and speeds up digestion.  It dissolves and disperses mucus and fats.  The lungs benefit from it when taken as a tea. Ideal for children for soothing an […]

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  It is becoming increasingly challenging for everyone to be able to access good health promoting food. Food, that is abundant in the width of nutrients that we need and is free from the harmful chemicals that are increasingly found in our food chain. Advances in food production and processing have not produced foods which […]

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Part 1 Cinnamon (cinnamomum zeylanicum): Is available as bark, shoots and sticks. The bark is mainly sweet, but also slightly hot and bitter; the shoots have a very different taste and are not so sweet. Both are warming and tonics. Cinnamon and whole barley soup is good for all kidney problems, balancing water volume, general […]

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Its time to dig out all those messy bags of herbs and spices that you never use! Or start buying herbs and spices you see in the supermarket…but didn’t buy before because you did not know how to use them. Medicinal kitchen herbs are also a cheaper way to get herbal medicine and natural healing […]

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Invaluable to burns and sunburn of minor or a great severity.  Wherever mucous membranes are thinned, bleeding or infected both internally and externally. The thick gel is cooling and helps to reduce scaring and speeds up healing. Use the fresh leaf over packaged tube versions as they often contain preservatives. Aloe plants are easy to […]

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It appears that the business of beneficial bacteria is booming as the  “probiotics” label is common on everything ranging from supplements to yogurt and even to the granola bars. The term has also gained tsunami of attention as one of the essential elements to promote health and vitality. Basically the Probiotics are the “friendly bacteria” […]

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Sea Vegetables/Plants Part 1 & Part 2 Chlorella Chlorella is a green single-celled algae cultivated in fresh water ponds. It has a grass-like smell because the high amounts of chlorophyll in it, the highest concentration of any plant in the world. It has existed on the plant for billions of years and was one of […]

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Sea Vegetables/Plants Article Part 1 Blue-green Algae Blue-green algae, are microscopic organisms that are naturally present in lakes and streams. Blue Green Algae is probably the oldest or first life forms. Algae is the most nutrient-dense and perfectly-balanced wholefood with an extraordinarily complete content of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids and live enzymes. […]

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Acid & Alkaline – sea vegetables/plants are excellent for alkalising and work well alongside herbal medicine. It is important that we maintain a balanced body pH of ideally around 7.2-7.4, which is roughly neutral. A diet of junk food to include fast food, over-cooked, processed foods, (especially soft drinks (the worst is cola), which have […]

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We wash our hair and our faces everyday but we cannot take out our internal organs and rinse them through, so give you liver a boost today. -eat a bunch of red grapes -take a fresh garlic clove or odourless garlic tablets -drink a glas of carrot or beetroot juice everyday -drink some dandelion or […]

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There is no “right” way to whiten teeth with activated charcoal. Koreans put it in their toothpaste, Crunchy Betty swishes with it, and some people simply brush it on straight. Personally, I prefer the following method: Open a capsule (about 1/8 teaspoon) and pour about half into a cup. Wet your toothbrush and dip it […]

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“Using the power of affirmations is one one of the most effective ways to balance our chakras. Our thoughts create our reality, and by regularly practicing positive chakra balancing affirmations, we can achieve astonishing results in our lives.   Chakra is a Sanskrit word which literally translates into a spinning wheel. According to ancient yogic […]

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Bee Superfoods – The Egyptians wrote about it back in 5500 B.C., the Indians used it for their religious ceremonies in 1000 B.C. and even the Babylonians have been noted to use it in their medicinal practices. The western world actually discovered the benefits of bee superfoods by accident during an investigation of native Russian […]

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