Fasting For Better Health & Detoxification
Fasting has been around for thousands of years. It is the oldest and some say, the most effective natural healing therapy for our physical, mental and emotional ailments. It does something to our bodies, minds and spirits that no other remedy does. It’s quite literally, life-changing – transformational medicine in it’s purest form. Fasting plays [...]
Using Our Food As Medicine
The idea of food as medicine excites me. The thought that every day we can choose to put in our mouths or take into our bodies substances that can add to our ability to live our lives as fully and vibrantly as we possibly can is exhilarating! We can go to our fridge or our [...]
Raw Food For Thirty Days…
On our recent 30 Day Raw Food Challenge my husband and I lost weight, yelled at each other, felt vibrantly healthy, slept heaps, became depressed, watched our skin glow and effortlessly ate amazing food and much more. For some background info on what motivated us to do this, have a squiz at the Preamble. Below [...]
Raw For Thirty Days Preamable
A bit extreme I hear you say? Nothing but raw, vegan food for the next month? Yes. Lots of fruit, all kinds of vegetables, olives (they’re raw), herbs, pickles (yum!), nuts, seeds, dried fruit and sprouts. That’s it. No sugar, coffee, tea, processed carbohydrates, cheese and other dairy products, meat (we thought about some raw [...]
Detoxification & The Master Cleanse : Day Ten
Fasting Demands Mental Toughness (apparently) Someone I was speaking to today compared the act of fasting or going without food for a prolonged period to time to doing the Kokoda Challenge – 96 kms of rough and rocky terrain by foot in one hit. You can walk, run or crawl and it usually takes between [...]
Detoxification & The Master Cleanse: Day Nine
From up to down with a toilet break in between Earlier… I feel like an energiser bunny today! The perfect word is “manic” actually (no cute images of pink, fluffy rabbits bouncing up and down annoyingly rather a too bright to look at rotating orb of fire. Yup. That’s me.) I feel like my mind [...]
Detoxification & The Master Cleanse: Day Eight
You looking at me, punk? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!! Anger, angry, angered: severely inflamed and painful, a strong emotion that is oriented toward some real or opposed grievance; wrath; belligerence; indignation; vex; annoyed; take umbrage; rage; fury, furious; intense, explosive and often destructive emotion; seeking vengeance or punishment; righteous anger at something wrongful, unjust or evil, a feeling [...]
Detoxification & The Master Cleanse: Day Seven
I “Need” Something, Anything, Everything! I ran out of maple syrup today (horror of horrors!) and as a result didn’t have the right amount to add to the lemon and water and cayenne pepper (and no opportunity to buy some more). I’ve been MASSIVELY hungry ALL day! This is the first time in a week [...]
Detoxification & The Master Cleanse: Day Six
Food Addiction Is… Unless you’ve been addicted to a substance or activity in the past, you may not be able to relate much to the following. When the subject comes up in conversation I often hear comments like “They should just stop. I did.” I also hear opinions voiced on shipping all drug addicts and [...]
Detoxification & The Master Cleanse: Day Five
To Laxative Or Not. That Is The Question… Earlier… food food food food food food I don’t care what food food food food food food OMG it’s everywhere! food food food food food food food food food food food first time I’ve really thought about food on this fast food food food food I want [...]
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