Treat the Body Naturally

Happy guests after a week of juice cleansing ☺ Here we are on a day trip out to the coast, on the clifftops at Ponte da Piedade 😎

Heaven on a plate. Straight from the garden, with rose petals and love 💖💗💕 Is it not a basic human right to be able to eat fresh healthy food, drink pure water and breathe fresh air? Yet for those of us who live in cities or in the kind of lifestyle where we do not have space or time to grow our own food, this is increasingly challenging. We are now in an era of increasing awareness as to what extent our food supply has been poisoned by mass production and how this in turn is ruining our health and wellbeing. Fake, poisonous and chemical laden "food like products" and inferior quality fruit and vegetables which may look perfect but have little to no nutritional value but instead many chemicals. Feeling blessed to have access to such fresh organic food... 😇

I am so grateful to be teaching yoga and assisting with the juice detox programs the last 3 months at this beautiful retreat in the Algarve, Portugal... bliss 😀😇

Find your inner balance at Moinhos Velhos Detox Juice Fasting Retreat

Tryptophan foods: Did you know that eating foods rich in tryptophan can help to boost your serotonin levels and therefore your mood? Try increasing your intake of the following foods:
-chocolate (that is raw cacao, not dairy milk!!)
-oats
-dried dates
-fish
-eggs
-sunflower / pumpkin / sesame seeds
-chickpeas
-almonds
-buckwheat
-spirulina
-bananas

All about the cholesterol myth...

7 Factors to Consider if You're Told Your Cholesterol Is Too High Here are seven important things you need to know about cholesterol, and how it affects your heart health.

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Every morning I start the day with a spoon of Chinese 5 Spice Powder in some hot water... I love the taste plus it helps to warm and wake up the body much more effectively than a jolt of jittery caffeine. Not that I'm averse to a shot of espresso, but try this and you'll see what I mean! Plus it's packed with health benefits and contains each of the 5 flavours we should eat daily to nourish our internal organs, according to TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) – sweet, salty, sour, bitter and pungent.
http://katjuju.com/homehealth/food/health-benefits-of-the-chinese-five-spice-powder/

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Lovely post about the beautiful Spas I manage in the Maldives and Naturopathic treatments I do there... thanks to And A Thousand Words

Discovering the amazing Spas at Conrad Rangali Maldives I promised a separate post about the wonderful spas I enjoyed so much during my recent stay at the incredible Conrad Maldives Rangali Island and here it is. Once you’ve read this report, I hope you...

My work in Wellness at Conrad Maldives Spa...

Conrad maldives rangali island guests to relieve stress_Vacation Village_i'm... the Conrad maldives rangali island sea yoga along with the increasingly complex hustle and bustle of modern life, the concept of "healthy" tour also increasingly popular.Many people choose to focus o ...

Love this quote from Buddha as it emphasises the body-mind connection and our personal responsibility to keep ourselves healthy.

No-one can do that for you nor indeed fix you with some pills once symptoms (aka warning signs) start to appear. We each need to do what it takes to stay well including eating whole foods, physical activity, educating ourselves and staying positive.

Wishing you good health!

Hippocrates circa 400 BC

One of our most favorite quotes of all time!

Gluten free egg free dairy free banana pancakes - yummy for breakfast: makes two large pancakes: 1 cup buckwheat flour, 1 cup soya milk (or other non-dairy milk), 1 ripe mashed banana, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp vinegar, cinnamon to taste. Whisk it up and pour into pancake pan, cook until bubbling and golden, flip and cook other side just 1 minute, and done!

Buckwheat crackers - simply mix one cup buckwheat flour with half a cup of water and 1/4 cup oil, pinch or two of seasalt. Spread thinly on a baking sheet and score into cracker shapes with a pizza cutter. Bake at 170 deg for 15 minutes, and voila! Healthy gluten free replacement for bread :-)

Been experimenting with cooking with Buckwheat flour - a great alternative to wheat flour - it has a great nutty flavour and is gluten free. High in protein and high levels of antioxidant polyphenols - especially rutin (a bioflavonoid), which supports the circulatory system and helps strengthen blood vessels, (helpful for those prone to haemorrhoids and varicose veins). Rutin also acts as an ACE inhibitor and contributes to buckwheat's ability to reduce high blood pressure. Traditionally prized as a "blood-building" food, it also helps to lower blood cholesterol and blood sugar. Compared with true grains, buckwheat is high in minerals: especially zinc, copper and manganese. Buckwheat has more protein than rice, wheat, millet or corn and is high in the essential amino acids lysine and arginine, in which major cereal crops are deficient... A real superfood!

Add your doctor to the list!

Yep!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2k4yj8

Great documentary about eating for longevity... enjoy!

Feeling great on

Great article :-)

Yoga, Chakras & Advanced Awareness Yoga - Union of the Self and Universal Consciousness
The practice of yoga was first developed in India over two thousand years ago as a way to...

What we do with our mind affects our body
What we do with our body affects our mind.. Choose your thoughts and actions wisely!.. and of course... DO your YOGA!

Worrying tends to cause problems. Only action can solve them.

Making some healthy juices for our guests! ... what's your favourite juice combo?

Abdomen: El segundo cerebro que regula las emociones - Emprendiendo Vuelo Hacia el Conocimiento Un “segundo cerebro” funciona en el abdomen y regula emociones. Su red neuronal no elabora pensamientos, pero influye en el estado de ánimo y hasta en el sueño. Que se use la palabra “entripado” para referirse a un enojo podría no ser del todo metafórico. Que el estómago “se cierre” en una situación estresante o que parezca poblado de mariposas ante el amor también tendría una explicación científica.El aparato digestivo está tapizado por una red de neuronas (células nerviosas) de tan amplio alcance que algunos científicos la han denominado “segundo cerebro”. [ 2090 more words. ]