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Thu, Dec 01, 16

DIY Coconut and Cacao Toothpaste

This is a great option instead of using regular toothpaste – even my 13-year-old son uses it from time to time without grimacing. It’s taken me about a year of...

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Thu, Nov 17, 16

Hemp Seed Oil for Dogs

Not only can hemp be used in beauty products, textiles, food, and natural medicine—but hemp seed oil can be used as a dietary supplement for your dog, too! Hemp is...

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Thu, Nov 17, 16

Be Prepared

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been affected by the quake and continuing aftershocks this week. With a large part of our country under a great...

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Thu, Nov 03, 16

Maximise Your Healthy Food

If you enjoy eating healthy and want to make the most of your food’s nutritional benefits, this article is for you. It describes different ways you can add things, remove...

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Thu, Oct 27, 16

Hemp Seed Oil Vinaigrette

Summer’s almost here which for me means eating a lot more salads and what better way to get a daily dose of Hemp Seed Oil than in a yummy healthy...

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Thu, Oct 20, 16

Sugar-Free or Just Less Sugar?

Wendyl Nissen interviewed Jamie Oliver recently for the The Australian Women’s Weekly. Wendyl reports – ‘we spent a lot of time talking about the sugar tax which he and his...

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Thu, Oct 20, 16

Brain Food for Thought

We all know that a healthy diet is critical for a child’s development. As parents, it’s our responsibility to ensure that our children are given all the help and support...

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Thu, Oct 13, 16

What Is Clean Eating?

It’s not often (maybe never) that I find myself ahead of any trends, but after reading this definition of what clean eating actually is, I’m feeling trendy. Clean eating is...

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Thu, Sep 29, 16

Most Peaceful Countries on Earth

Considering the New Zealand media’s love affair with stories about homegrown violence, this piece might surprise you. If you’ve managed to not pay too much attention to all the glorified...

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Thu, Sep 29, 16

Roadside Rose Cuttings

One of the things I love about driving up north in the early summer is the abundance of a really bright, almost fluorescent pink rambling rose which grows on the...

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Thu, Sep 29, 16

Sweet Butternut & Kumara Couscous Salad

This salad is a wonderful combination of flavours, spicy, sweet, earthy, fresh and delicious! **For the vegan version replace the honey with pure maple syrup or agave and use vegan...

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Thu, Sep 22, 16

Sugar Industry Not So Sweet

I’m always on the lookout for scientific studies on the effects food food has on us even though sometimes, it is all a bit contradictory and on one day coffee,...

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Thu, Sep 22, 16

Detox Your Scalp for Beautiful Hair

Having a healthy scalp is harder to achieve as we age. We often hear of men suffering hair loss, but it’s also common amongst women (especially as we head towards...

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Thu, Sep 15, 16

Teeccino

As you all know, I don’t drink coffee or tea anymore, so I am always on the lookout for a coffee substitute. I recently met a friend at Unbakery Café...

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Thu, Sep 08, 16

Spring Gardening

If your garden is anything like mine after winter, there’s a fair bit of work to do. This year my broccoli and cabbage were not a great success, so I’m...

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Thu, Sep 08, 16

Bird Scare Tape

Some of you keen gardeners may be planting out seedlings at the moment and I thought I’d share a great trick I learned recently. My garden up north was completely...

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