Tips on how to Avoid Sugar

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• Remove sugar from your coffee/tea – if it seems like a massive task start by reducing the amount of spoonfuls added.
• Don’t add sugar to your cereal – it really is sweet enough!
• Avoid Soft drinks – is it really necessary to have a ‘Coke’ or ‘Red Bull”? Try replacing it will a glass of water – this will better quench your thirst and rehydrate you.
• Avoid Fruit poppers and packaged Juices – apart from the sugar in the Fruit added sweeteners have usually been added by the truckload. Try a piece of fruit instead – yes fruit has a form of sugar in it but it is a 'good' sugar.
• Avoid packaged foods. Chips, Biscuits, Muesli Bars.
• Make a batch of home baked muffins – you can then monitor the ingredients.
• Eat fresh homemade popcorn as a snack add some olive oil.
• Replace that afternoon chocolate bar with a piece of Dark chocholate – best if it is over 80% cacao – you will then get other benefits!
• Cut out lollies and sweets at your desk and eat a piece of fruit or a handful of nuts (Almonds are best), a small container of ‘Natural’ yoghurt.

A Tropical Breakfast

I love when we eat rice the night before, we always have some left over in the rice cooker and it allows me to make variations of my 'tropical' breakfast which also makes me feel like I am in South East Asia! Well not exactly but it is good to dream.
So here it is, and full of yum and nutrition.

• Rice
• Tahini
• Shredded coconut
• Banana
• Yoghurt (natural full fat - of course)
• Lychee

Become Beautiful by opening the Fridge door - And that doesn't mean eating!

It is such a beautiful day, how could you not feel good about yourself? But a little bit of pampering can go along way. Here are 3 easy recipes that will help rejuvenate that winter skin.
Walk to the fridge now and give yourself a beauty treatment.
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Energising Facial: Grab a ripened pear and freshly peel it, add 1/2 cup of water and 1 tablespoon of honey. Mix all of the ingredients in a blender and apply directly to a clean face. Leave for 10 minutes and rinse off with warm water.
Your face will feel energised and ready to face an evening out.


Uplifting Facial: This is very easy you only have to use 1 thing, a tomato! Grab a tomato, slice it thickly. Once lying down place the slices on your face. Leave on for 10-15 minutes and relax. Rinse well with warm water and pat your face dry.


Relaxing Facial: Grab a tablespoon of natural yogurt and let it get to room temperature add a tablespoon of softened honey, blend the two ingredients together and apply to a clean dry face. Leave mask on for 15min. Remove mixture using a steaming face washer and pat dry.




Good luck and let me know how it makes your skin feel? Or share your favourite natural skin tips..

Our Favourtite breakfast

I guess this is our houses favourite breakfast only because it is the one that is eaten on most mornings of the week. I started making this muesli years ago because the organic, store bought cereals were too expensive. I couldn't conceive paying over $10 for a 300g bag of fancy muesli that was eaten in a few sittings (lives with a hungry man), and I could make it myself without the dried fruits which adds too much sugar.


It is a (VERY) simple recipe that when made gives you a complete protein, so eat our muesli with joy and I hope that it gives you enough energy to get through the morning.


Here's our Muesli Recipe (all grains and seeds are organic)
Oats 
Almonds
Pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
Sunflower seeds
Mix all the ingredients in a large jar.
Oats are the main ingredient and the other seeds and nuts are a sprinkling through out.

Serve with cut up fresh fruit (whatever is in season) berries, stone fruit, bananas, kiwis, pears.
Add milk (this combined with the seeds/nuts/grains/dairy makes it a complete protein).


I usually add a dollop of natural yogurt and honey.
Chew lots and enjoy.
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Hints and Tips to make you think about your HEALTH

• Bad breath? Eat a small pot of Natural Yogurt, which contains 'good bacteria' such as lactobacilli for a 2 week period and it can neutralise the 'bad' bugs that give you bad breath!
• Hold on North Queensland thinking of you. Remember 'Rescue Remedy' will help calm your nerves and anxiousness. Keep safe.
• Have a cup of Organic Peppermint Tea, not only is it refreshing and uplifting to the senses but it will also settle any upset tummies or gastrointestinal complaints. To seek benefits the herb must be in fused for at least 10mins.
• Eat QUINOA - it has twice as much PROTEIN as brown rice and the MAGNESIUM can relax the blood vessels to ease potential migraines. What is your favourite grain?
• Magnesium is not only great to help aid tired and over sore muscles but will help support you nervous system, so if you have a lot on your plate and anxiety is coming into play bump up your magnesium load. Do you know what foods can you get magnesium from?
• Mosquito's? Try spraying Listerine (yes mouth wash) around the deck to protect you from being bitten. Have a good weekend.
• Have you drank your 8 glasses if water today?
• Time for a HAIR TREATMENT? Comb OLIVE OIL through your hair. Wrap a HOT wet towel around your head and let the warmth open up and moisturise the hair follicles, leave it for 20mins, wash with your favourite shampoo and conditioner. Tell us how beautiful and healthy your hair looks and feels.
• KISS the one you LOVE. It helps our brain produce oxytocin which promotes a sense of CALMNESS and increases WELLBEING. Happy Valentines Day.xx
• Feeling tired or run down, want advice on nutrition or even pregnancy? Book in for a health assessment or any underlying health problems. Come see me Lvl 1/99 Queen St City. 03 96709400 - 0408397298. Please tell your friends too.
• Need a good solid SLEEP, have a glass of WARM MILK - the tryptophan in it aids sleep - your grandmother was right! Sleep tight
• Have you had your exercise today? What was it? I had my circuit training and feel amazing for it!
• Did you know that a brisk walk burns about 21 kilojoules a minute and if you turn that into an hour it is the equivalent of a half an hour run! And better still is that walking is far kinder to your joints than running.
• For BEST results from EXERCISE - remember to EAT within the 30MIN window post exercise. Your MUSCLES will thank you and your ENERGY levels will be sustained through out the day.
• How sporty are you? I spent the weekend at a Sports Nutrition Seminar are you up to date on what FOODS and SUPPLEMENTS are best for you? Take advantage of my current up-to-date knowledge. Call me for a consult 03 9670 9400.
• We're getting bendy this weekend - a four day YOGA festival - what are your plans for exercise?