Do you sometimes think that buying organic foods is just for high net worth individuals with too much cash? For the wee gullible? For the ‘Do Right’ families, keen to show the rest of us up? Do you make your “green smoothie” in the mornings and guzzle it down convinced Read more…
Have you ever wondered how often you should poo, or if your poo was healthy? Okay, after we get passed the awkwardness of this topic most of us would admit we are a little intrigued… How often we use our bowels and what our poo looks like tells us a Read more…
Parents often ask me, “How do I get my children to eat good foods?” and to this I always reply, “Pick your battles and be very clear that ‘food’ is the battle that you win!” Every family must negotiate guidelines and boundaries around many lifestyle habits but in my experience Read more…
Part 2 of 2 in our Dangers of Screen Time series. Our families are certainly not immune to the demands of our “plugged in” world and, as you will have read in Part 1 of this Dangers of Screen Time series, we too feel challenged in knowing how to set Read more…
By Matt Mahalo, wellbeing author and proud father of two. *Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. No, I’m not talking about gut feelings and intuition here. I Read more…
Has anyone else tried making water kefir and failed or felt like you’ve failed because you’re not sure that what you’ve created is actually the real deal? I can smash out an awesome Kombucha tea in a multitude of flavours, so when my 3rd attempt at water kefir was sadly Read more…
“Over the last couple of years we’ve all heard someone we know singing praises about bone broths, so let’s explore what all the ‘hoo-ha’ is all about…” What is bone broth? Bone Broth (also referred to as ‘stock’) is a mineral rich infusion made by boiling vegetables and herbs with Read more…
Hmmmm – seems The American Academy of Pediatrics have recently stated that food colourings are not the innocuous stuff most people consider them to be. What’s more, (wait for it) they may actually be dangerous to children. If you’re reading this blog, chances are this IS NOT ground-breaking news for Read more…
I know it’s easy and not that expensive to buy natural confectionery these days. Nothing however goes past making your family some jellies chock full of wholesome gelatin. With today’s modern diet we often don’t attain as much gelatin and collagen that our ancestors would have via the regular consumption Read more…
“Adaptogens are meant to bring us back to the middle” says Dr. Brenda Powell, co-medical director of the Center for Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute.1 Functional medicine guru Frank Lipman, MD,2 calls them: “Nature’s miracle anti-stress and fatigue fighters.” Chances are if you’ve been a Read more…