by Jo Formosa | Apr 20, 2018 | Health Tips
Are you one of those people who hits snooze on their alarm, before rolling out of bed, grabbing a coffee on the way out the door and then hitting the road cranky and stressed. If you are, by the time afternoon rolls around you are probably stressed and not quite...
by Jo Formosa | Apr 17, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips, Recipes
Ingredients: • 1 cup cooked moong beans • 1 small onion chopped • 2-3 cloves of garlic • 1/2 cup of chopped coriander and parsley • 1-2 tsp each cumin seeds and coriander seeds • 1 tsp each red pepper flakes and turmeric • 3-5 tsp potato starch (optional) • Salt to...
by Jo Formosa | Apr 13, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips
Like the gut, the mouth also has a delicate balance of good and bad bacteria and conventional mouthwashes tend to be alcohol based which do little more than wipe out all bacteria, upsetting the delicate balance of bacteria in the mouth and body. So this post is for...
by Jo Formosa | Apr 6, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips
The best way to get rid of these poisons is tongue scraping, or cleaning – probably not something you’ve ever heard of unless you’ve done an Ayurvedic detox or spent some time in India. The tradition, which involves dragging a U-shaped tongue scraper across your...
by Jo Formosa | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips
By * Peter Elliot For the last decade I’ve led a pretty active lifestyle – cycling, competing in triathlons and running around after my three girls. I’ve been feeling great, until recently things starting to go downhill to in terms of my health. I started...
by Jo Formosa | Apr 3, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips, Recipes
Serves 4 Ingredients: • 3 cups cooked millet, cooled • 6-7 small zucchini, sliced into thin coins • Handful mint leaves • Handful lightly toasted pumpkin seeds Coriander (cilantro) dressing: • 1 large bunch coriander, stems, roots, all roughly chopped • Juice of 1...
by Jo Formosa | Mar 23, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips
Stories in the media about a five-foot-long tapeworm crawling out of a Californian man’s body earlier this year or the brain eating amoeba which thrives in warm fresh water across large parts of inland Australia sound like they might be straight out of a horror film....
by Jo Formosa | Mar 20, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips, Recipes
Ingredients: • 1/2 cup cooked quinoa • 3 large beetroots, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes • 1/2 butternut pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes • 2 handfuls of spinach, chopped • 12 eggs • 150g Goat’s feta • Sea salt and pepper to taste Method: 1. Preheat the...
by Jo Formosa | Mar 16, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips
The number of people diagnosed with arthritis has risen to an all-time high and sufferers are not just in their senior years either. Arthritis is becoming much more common, and affecting younger people than ever before, because our systems are being overloaded with...
by Jo Formosa | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog, Health Tips
Are you getting the sleep you need? Do you feel sleep deprived, are you making mistakes, forgetting things or feeling a bit foggy? If this sounds like you, you may not be getting the deep restful sleep that you need for physical and mental wellbeing. After a day of...