Last Minute Recipes for Christmas and Other Special Days.

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If you’re anything like me and usually leave planning what you’ll prepare for Xmas Day way too late, then here’s your lifeline. Below I’ve complied some of my recipes that’ll be perfect for any special occasion, or random party. I’ve included some for the main event at your place, others to take to someone else’s […]

Seafood Sustainability

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(30 November 2014) Seafood: Sustainability Simplified. Over 70% of the seafood we eat in Australia is imported. How to make informed decisions. Only recently have more of us become aware of the declining population of our seafood. We are now wanting to know where it comes from, if it’s farmed – and in land or […]

Dear Janella: A Letter To My 30 Year Old Self

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(Blog for October 2014) Have you ever considered writing a letter to your younger self? ‘Imagine’…if you had the wisdom you have now back then. Here is mine. It’s kinda personal, but hey – we are all in this together. My First Media Gig – Community Radio 2RES in Sydney, age 23. Dear Janella, Before […]

A 5 Day Cleanse

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A 5 day Cleanse: By Janella Purcell  Detox, liver cleansing, fasting, green smoothie’s and wellbeing are words and phrases being thrown a lot these days.  What I’m hearing though is that many people don’t know what they hell any of it means. [private]Up until recently many natural health practitioners would have put their patients on […]

Sleep

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  Some nights it’s as though we have been visited by Rip Van Winkle – dosing off easily and could happily stay that way for 20 years. Other nights are as long as a lifetime, or two. So what makes one different from the other? Plus some of us just never get a full night […]

Improving Your Memory, Naturally

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MEMORY   Many people complain of a having a bad memory. Every time I hear it I wonder why his is so for that person. There are many reasons why our memory and ability to recall is less than ideal, but accepting it as part of life, or aging, isn’t one of them. Thinking there’s […]

Beating the Blues

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We all have bad days, some worse than others, yet some we just love to continue to revisit in our heads because they were just so darn wonderful. And then again, some days it’s hard to get out of bed. It seems easier when we know the reason why we’re feeling the way you do […]

Sweeteners: The Good, The Bad and the Ok

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July 31st, 2014 A few weeks ago on FB I covered some of the sweeteners available to us now. Here I’ve made a more complete list and a table with each sweeteners GI, Calories, carbs and fructose content. Lots of people ask me which one is best. I really don’t think there is an absolute […]