Blog

After years of struggle with my health I found what worked for me and I want to share my experiences, recipes, helpful tips and even snippets from my day-to-day life in this blog.
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Why I believe in eating plant based protein powder

When I first had a stab at being vegetarian in my 20s it was a disaster. I ended up anaemic, under nourished and ill. I was advised to return to eating poultry by my doctor, who, to be honest probably had no nutritional facts to back up his suggestion that poultry was the answer, but I duly did it. I tried it again some years late with better results having educated myself on all things nutrition and immersing myself in book after book on wholefood plant based diets, vegetarian recipes and vegan foods. But I’m not sure I really knew what I was doing and I certainly had some fears that my diet

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What are superfoods?

We’re all bombarded with healthy claims about the latest ‘super food’ but what are these so called superfoods and are they so super? I say ‘so-called’ because there is no official definition of a "superfood" and the EU has banned health claims on packaging unless supported by scientific evidence. But as we all know, that hasn't stopped many food brands from funding academics to research the health benefits of their product. We’re all very aware that healthy lifestyle choices, including eating a wholefoods based diet and reducing highly processed and refined foods together with reducing stress

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Skin detox with Rescue & Renew

Arbonne have just launched their new Rescue & Renew range to reinvigorate and help detox your skin and your mind. Having just returned from Las Vegas and Arbonne’s Global Training conference I really see the power of detoxification. My skin is in a mess. My legs and arms are really dry from sun exposure, chemicals in the swimming pool and generally over doing it! You know what I say - put rubbish in and you get rubbish out. All that chlorinated water, burning the candle at both ends, a long haul flight and too many cocktails are showing up now that I’m home! You may feel that this is your skin

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Arbonne product launch review

I’m so excited by the changes happening since I returned from Arbonne’s global training conference in Las Vegas... I loved the original RE9 skincare than Arbonne produced but the latest launches are just amazing. Here’s a roundup of my favourites and how I’m working them into my normal skincare routine. Arbonne’s RE9 Advanced collection was developed to address the specific needs of ageing skin – I know you don’t need me to tell you we all need this! I’ve been using it consistently, twice daily since the launch and have noticed an improvement in the appearance of skin firmness, elasticity and

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