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I’m sure this comes as no surprise, or at least not a big surprise, but there is now enough evidence to implicate alcohol in the development of 7 different types...

Planting things properly probably seems like a pretty straightforward and simple process, but I’ve lost track of how much time I’ve wasted over the years because I haven’t planted things...

I’ve been back on my bike in an effort to support my new knees and working up quite a sweat. I used to go to the gym for years and...

I kept beehives at my house in Auckland for a brief period in 2011. Unfortunately, every time my husband got stung, he became more and more allergic, so we ended...

Splitting my time between Auckland and the Far North means I get to see a lot of New Zealand wildlife—especially when I’m driving through the Waipoua forest. I’ve never really...

Here’s a really handy list of foods that have been scientifically proven to be good for brain health. It was put together by nutritional epidemiologist, Mary Clare Morris, as part...

What I think healthy food is, what I’m told healthy food is, and what healthy food really is has always been confusing and still remains a largely grey area for...

Ever wondered what brands the multi-nationals own? Well wonder no longer. Click on this link and you’ll see that all the biggest product brands in the world are owned by...

If you’re needing to go on a course of antibiotics, you might want to find out if there are complementary herbs for them, too. I’d never thought of this before,...

I’ve always loved green tea—hot or cold, so I’ve never needed any reasons to convince me to drink it. It seems to have gone in and out of health-food-fashion over...

I recently had my DNA analysed through www.ancestry.com. It’s a really interesting thing to do—especially if you have a few gaps in your history. My mother was adopted, so I...

I’ll always try a natural alternative before I give in to taking pharmaceuticals when I come down with something. So if you’re like me, this article might be useful to...

Here’s an interesting study done here in New Zealand at the University of Otago about thumb sucking and nail biting children being less prone to developing allergies. I can only...

I know many people suffer from rosacea and I am one of them. Unfortunately, the only thing that clears it up is a long three month course of antibiotics, which...

I’d only let my kids eat colourful and cartoonish looking cereals as treats when they were young. It was quite obvious to me that there’d be more nutrition in the...

Here’s a great post about all the “Health Foods” out there that are hyped or fashionably marketed as healthy, or candy in disguise, or just intentionally mislabelled as healthy in...

I already knew that using electronic devices like phones, Ipads, and laptops is horrendous for our sleep patterns. I find the screens a bit much to look at in the...

A couple of these are obvious, some of them are difficult, and some of them are time consuming—but I’m sure we can all find one perfectly timed week every once...

Remember the Lynx ad where a guy puts on some Lynx and then is chased by hoards of beautiful women? That is one of hundreds of ads we will no...

Thanks to everyone who has sent me videos of hens – one man even offered me some free hens! My hen house isn’t quite ready yet, so I’m having to...

I always talk about how bad we have it here in New Zealand with all the hidden chemicals we have being sold to us in misleadingly “green” or confusingly labelled...