Wellness Blog
Smoothie recipes: How to make quick and healthy smoothies
Smoothies are such a typical 21st century food – compact, abundant in nutrients and quick and easy to make! And what a great way to start the day! Freshly made is best but if mornings are hectic, you can make your smoothie the night before, refrigerate it and then re-mix [...]
Top sleep enhancing nutrients: inositol and L-theanine
I'm always on a lookout for effective, safe and readily available sleep enhancing nutrients to test them myself as well as make effective recommendations to my clients. In my previous post I talked about how calming minerals magnesium and calcium promote more restful and uninterrupted sleep. In addition to magnesium [...]
Adrenal fatigue and sleep connection
Sleep and cortisol levels are closely related Both stress and adrenal function affect sleep in many ways, therefore adrenal fatigue, sleep and cortisol secretion are closely linked. In this blog I'd like to clarify and explain how they influence each other. To start with, a lack of sleep itself is [...]
Top nutrition tips for insomnia and interrupted sleep
Did you know that sleeping better is one of the most underrated as well as the easiest and most simple things you CAN do to improve your health fast - starting today? I'm confident my top nutrition tips for insomnia and interrupted sleep discussed in this post will make a [...]
Gotu kola: uses and benefits for skin, stomach ulcers and memory
Gotu kola - aka 'botox in a bottle Gotu kola (Centella asiatica) is a native herb of South Africa, India and Sri Lanka which has been a major herb used in Ayurvedic medicine for the last 3,000 years. Its leafy greens are an important food source in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh [...]
Constipation and letting go remedy: Bottlebrush flower essence
Australian bush flowers are so remarkable in their beauty, colours and shapes! One of my favourites is Bottlebrush (Callistemon linearis), a common native tree that can grow up to 3 meters. The beautiful, brilliant red or dark pink flowers appear during spring and last for 2-3 weeks making the parks [...]