Thursday 25 July 2013

Making It From Scratch: Aioli

Aioli used to be a mysterious delicious sauce that I only came across at cafes.  Finally one day I decided to "Google it".  I found a recipe, decided to give it a try and discovered that it is not difficult to make.  Now I make it every week instead of buying mayonnaise and can whip up a batch in about 10 minutes!

Tuesday 23 July 2013

Information: Lemon Water

When contemplating doing the detox program one of the things I would have to give up was coffee.  What?! I couldn't ever give up my morning coffee, could I?  Getting a bit desperate however to find a way to not have to deal with the migraines anymore I was determined to give this program a real go, and if I was going to do it, I wanted to get the maximum benefit from it. So I kicked the morning coffee habit and took up a new one -lemon water!

Wednesday 17 July 2013

People Who Have Inspired Me: Jessica Ainscough


Meet Jessica Ainscough, aka The Wellness Warrior.  Jessica's story is one of survival from a rare and aggressive form of cancer called Epithelioid Sarcoma.  She was told by doctors that her condition was incurable and that her only hope of prolonging life would be to have her arm amputated.  Jessica began searching for a better option which led her to Gerson Therapy, a strict cancer-fighting regime consisting of consuming hourly juices (13 a day) a vegan diet and regular coffee enemas.  Five years on she is going strongly and spreading the wellness message to everyone who will listen.

Monday 15 July 2013

How Can I Feel Full on Salad?

This is a very good question and one I asked myself when I embarked on the detox program and was restricted to largely fish, salad and vegetables for a few weeks.  My job is a busy one and I'm often rushing around meeting deadlines and burning a fair bit of energy, so I'm used to being quite hungry.  In the first couple of days of my detox I packed some allowed between meal snacks expecting to need them but, you know what?  I didn't. 


Tuesday 9 July 2013

Reversing "Westernisation"

In an earlier post I introduced you to Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food".  Of particular interest to me was one of the studies mentioned in that book.  However before I tell you about that, I'd like firstly to quote you another paragraph from the book to give us a definition of the "Western Diet":

"All of our uncertainties about nutrition should not obscure the plain fact that the chronic diseases that now kill most of us can be traced directly to the industrialisation of our food:  the rise of highly processed foods and refined grains; the use of chemicals to raise plants and animals in huge monocultures; the superabundance of cheap calories of sugar and fat produced by modern agriculture; and the narrowing of the biological diversity of the human diet to a tiny handful of staple crops, notably wheat, corn and soy.  These changes have given us the Western diet that we take for granted:  lots of processed foods and meat, lots of added fat and sugar, lots of everything - except vegetables, fruits, and whole grains."

Now back to that study . . .

Wednesday 3 July 2013

I'm Loving My New Clear Skin!

I guess I've always believed that diet might have a bit of an effect on your skin but tended to think that good skin was largely something you were blessed with, or not.  I am truly amazed at how clear my skin has been since making the decision to do the detox program and permanently change my eating habits.