Food Irradiation – Why I Say ‘No’
The war on germs has gone unchecked. Last year, the narrative was to wash your hands, wear a mask and stay 1.5 metres from each other. This narrative may work if we support the theory that a virus causes disease. However, what about the terrain theory which says that...
Fermenting Foods on the Healthy Keto Way
Sometimes I feel like I’m fighting an unwinnable battle regarding the health and safety of our foods. Irradiation of fruits and vegetables in Australia is now on the agenda and more and more genetically modified microbes are being created to manufacture plant-based...
12 Steps To an Impactful 2021
In her latest blog, Cyndi explains why (and how) we should use the last twelve months as a catalyst to create impactful change in 2021. Read more here.
Why I Still Eat Fructose
Fructose is one of a long list of foods to be demonised. But it's not that black and white. To understand why fructose is not all bad, first, let's take a look at the food norms a few decades ago, when I was growing up.I was born in 1960. My Mum was American and the...
Plant-Based Meats – A ‘Healthier Choice’?
I received a press release from Frontier Foods with the heading ‘Plant-Based Meat: A Healthier Choice?’.Immediately I frowned at the audacity of the suggestion that this could have any truth behind it - the suggestion that plant-based meats are healthier than meat,...
Thaumatin and Monk Fruit: The Truth About These Sweeteners
I was talking with my daughter Tarnea the other day, she had something in her pantry that had thaumatin and monk fruit in it. I shared my research about thaumatin with her and she got mad at me. I decided not to go on with telling her about my monk fruit...
When Eggs Aren’t Eggs: Beware Fake Foods
We had someone ask us about the new JUST plant-based egg substitute. I hadn’t seen it but now that I have, I cannot un-see the shitstorm of chemicals that make up this egg substitute!My advice is don’t go there. Remember, the food industry are masters at making food...
Nutritional Yeast: To Eat or Not to Eat?
Back in the 1980’s in order to get natural B vitamins the trendy thing to do was to consume brewer’s yeast or torula yeast.Brewer’s yeast was my choice because it was the byproduct of beer brewing. Torula yeast, on the other hand, was grown on wood liquor, rich in the...
The Healthy Keto Way – Our NEW lifestyle program!
I studied Dietetics at Deakin University in the early 1980’s. Looking back I learnt nothing that is appropriate for today’s health debacle. What I learnt about was low-fat diets, the food pyramid, nutritional labels, calorie counting, recommended daily allowances, and...
A Synthetic Route to Natural – Don’t Be a Lab Rat!
I was researching vegan collagen (which is an oxymoron in itself) and I went down a rabbit hole that scares me to the core. Let me explain. Synthetic biology, bioengineering, bio-design and biotechnology are just some of the names that are being used to describe the...
10 Simple Tips to Boost Your Immunity
These 10 immune boosting tips will not only improve your immune system but your whole physical and mental wellbeing. Read more here.
Don’t Blame the Diet – Change Your Habits…For Good
Many people try, and fail at, diets. A common story is people sticking to a diet for six weeks or so, losing some weight, and then going back to their old ways, believing that they won't regain the weight. Delusion sets in thinking that they can do the same thing and...
Children’s Health: Be the Change
Childhood illnesses are on the up. Unplugged from nature and forced into a world of ultra-processed foods, the future looks even bleaker unless we make changes. And those changes start at home.
The Two Ingredients for Change
Cyndi explains how two vital ingredients are needed for successful change – education and action.
Solomon Islands: Could a Local Food Solve the Health Crisis?
I was invited to go on a business trip to the Solomon Islands by Kirsty Wirth, founder of Kultured Wellness. Kirsty is working with a company called Kokonut Pacific, run from the Solomon Islands but owned by an Australian business.When oil is pressed out of the...
What Have We Done to Dairy?
Dairy is, inherently, a great food for humans – it’s what we’ve done to this food that is the problem, as Cyndi explains.
