I have to shake my head in wonderment sometimes at bureaucracy. Here are two examples relating to ‘Label Warnings’ I’ve seen this week:
Ice cube bags – so glad to see that they’re labelled as ‘Freezer Safe’!
Monkey Nuts – A supermarket chain has withdrawn bags of nuts – after failing to declare they may contain peanuts. Now I can understand that people from outside the UK may not know what ‘Monkey Nuts’ are. For those that don’t know, they are peanuts still in their shell. But I would have thought that anyone with a serious peanut allergy would (1) be cautious of anything labelled ‘nuts’ and (2) look at the ingredients of everything anyway and in this case the ingredients are just one thing – peanuts!
Making your own tasty and nourishing raw chocolates is so easy. Just follow our step by step guide: (Gluten free, dairy free, sugar free, soy free) (Makes approx. 30 chocolates or 300ml) Ingredients: 200g raw cacao butter 50g raw cacao powder 30ml agave nectar (or to taste) Method: Before you get started, ensure all of your…
This one word could be sabotaging your best laid diet plans… We all want a body we love. What that body looks like, is your choice. I’m certainly not saying we can only love our body when we look a certain way. For I believe we are to love our bodies right now, no matter what….
We’re recruiting new members for our chia squad, and once you’ve read about all the benefits, we guarantee you’ll want to join us! Chia seeds might be teeny tiny, but they sure pack a nutritional punch. Here’s the lowdown… Fibre! We all know how important it is to get enough fibre in our diets, essential…
I heard a program on the ABC radio the other day regarding aging. One person they interviewed was a 50 year old man who believed that by eating a controlled low calorie diet he could avoid all the new diseases of civilization. He ate only 1600 calories per day and avoided all wheat and processed…
…makes me happy… It seems these famous lyrics from the John Denver song are actually very true words! Vitamin D not only helps ward off depression, it helps boost our immune system too. But Vitamin D is much more important to our health than just improving our mood. It’s needed to help absorb calcium. Do…
Kale, glorious kale! Do you remember a humble vegetable ever getting as much good press as kale has over the past few years? I don’t think so.. Everyone’s still loving the lean, mean, leafy green kale goodness and we’re desperate to get more of it into our diets and with good reason! Jam-packed full of…
