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General Wellness

Reform or face ‘a pay cut’

The National Health Care System in Australia is changing on many fronts. In this article we see doctors are told to reform or face ‘a pay cut’. Change breeds fear and I suspect over the

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Children's Nutrition

How and Why our family Avoids MSG

As you’ll note within this blog it is fairly hard to “always” avoid MSG (number 621) and obviously there will be times where we throw caution to the wind and “consciously choose” to wear the

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Children's Nutrition

BAD FATS Versus GOOD FATS…

Fats can be divided into a number of different categories which require lengthy explanations. For simplicity’s sake and for the purpose of this blog, I will divide fats into ‘BAD Versus GOOD’. The primary building blocks of

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Children's Nutrition

Avoiding Trans Fatty Acids (TFAs)

The most harmful fats you can put into your body, pregnant or not, are transunsaturated fats. Wev’e all heard of them but what are they? Trans fats (TFAs) are listed on products as hydrogenated or

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Children's Nutrition

Dangers of Hot Chips or Fries

Dangers Of Hot Chips Or Fries! McDonald’s and most all other fast food restaurants use MSG to help sell their foods. MSG is used because it is inexpensive and generally makes food taste particularly good.

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General Wellness

Gluten Free Chocolate Beetroot Cake

This is a delicious recipe for a chocolate cake that I made recently and modified with gluten free flour. The beetroot makes the cake light and moist, which is always a bonus when using gluten-free

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General Wellness

Dairy-Free Banana Ice-Cream

Friends shared this recipe with us recently and it makes for a great dairy-free desert. Mind-you, you do need to like bananas! Dairy-Free Banana Ice-Cream (you may like to add berries or chocolate to the

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Children's Nutrition

A Cost Effective Easter

Goodness how quickly this year is flying by. I love Easter time. For us, Easter is always a time to check-in with how we are navigating the year to date and to take the time

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Children's Nutrition

Food Irradiation & your Family

I am sorry to say that unfortunately today’s parents now ALSO need to be aware of Food Irradiation. Over the last decade food irradiation has been linked with health problems such as cancer, chromosomal damage resulting in

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Coke
General Wellness

COKE IS A HEALTHY BEVERAGE?????

COKE IS A HEALTHY BEVERAGE !?!? – yeah right! However this has been the recent promotion angle here in Australia and unfortunately when these messages are endorsed by celebrities more and more people are likely

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General Wellness

It’s Been Too Long

So, indeed it has been quite some time between blogs. As I mentioned with the previous entry- my tardiness has been due to the creation of the ‘2nd Edition of Well Adjusted Babies‘ and not

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