by Andrea Southern | Aug 29, 2017 | Paleo Recipes, Recipes
This easy to make, decadent and delicious caramel sauce is sugar and (optional) dairy free. It is high in fibre and essential minerals and vitamins such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium, folate and B vitamins. Remember though, it is still high in...
by Andrea Southern | Aug 14, 2017 | All Health, Nutritional Health
“Drinking one artificially sweetened drink a day could triple your risk of having a stroke or developing dementia” This is a powerful statement, published in various newspapers around the world since it was reported in April 2017. The statement was from recent US...
by Andrea Southern | Apr 22, 2017 | All Health, Mental Health
Every year, about one in 25 Australian adults meets the criteria for being diagnosed with depression, with women more likely to be diagnosed compared to men (9.9% for women compared to 5.6% for men) More than 1 in 10 people are currently taking anti depressants, with...
by Andrea Southern | Mar 23, 2017 | All Health, Nutritional Health
Arsenic is a chemical element present in the soil, water and air. There are 2 different types of arsenic – organic and inorganic (nothing to do with farming practises). When arsenic atoms bond with carbon atoms, the arsenic is referred to as “organic”. When the...
by Andrea Southern | Mar 7, 2017 | All Health, Mental Health
As with depression and other mental health issues, anxiety has a rather chequered past. The Ancient Greek philosopher Plato described anxiety (coined as hysteria) as being caused by the female uterus, which would travel around the body “…blocking passages, obstructing...