Spring marks the cycle of new beginnings. This is a good time to make a fresh start from a cooler, inward and reflective Winter to a warmer, outward and sunnier Spring, with blue skies, green foliage, pretty blossoms, the fragrance of jasmine and freesias and new season fruit and vegetables! It’s a time when we [...]

  A new Australian study has found that eating full-fat dairy may reduce the risk of cardiovascular-related death. The paper is available on line for you to view. http://www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v64/n6/abs/ejcn201045a.html My comments: This is of course is wonderful news and if you read my blog on skim milk and follow my Health School 101 on dairy you will [...]

WHOLE FOOD Cut out all sugars and processed simple, packaged foods which utilise and inhibit vitamins and minerals as they act as catalysts to breakdown carbohydrates into glucose. Basically sugar eats up all the good stuff! Sugar is also found in the form of malt, honey and syrups. Eat whole fats – avoid diet, low [...]

WHOLE FOOD Cut out all sugars and processed simple, packaged foods which utilise and inhibit vitamins and minerals as they act as catalysts to breakdown carbohydrates into glucose. Basically sugar eats up all the good stuff! Sugar is also found in the form of malt, honey and syrups. Eat whole fats – avoid diet, low [...]

Definition: Milk from which the cream or fat that has been skimmed or removed. The fat is added back at a pre-determined percentage. The fat that has been taken out can be used for other purposes in the dairy industry. Why is milk skimmed of fat? Why alter a natural whole product? Dairy Farmers take the [...]