Health Blog: Health & Fitness

Cooking can break down solid cellulose walls and making nutrients more accessible to our bodies. The loss of our fragile friend, vitamin C, is unavoidable if food is cooked, however with a balanced approach and eating a range of foods, that gap will quickly be filled

Interacting with nature inspires empathy and love, helping us to build better relationships with our partners, families, and communities. Green spaces such as parks and gardens provide the community with a space to socialise, building community cohesion and decreasing prejudices of race, economic, and educational status

Let’s be brave and discuss, quickly and with focused intent, the issue of these nasty critters, their unpleasant effect on our bodies, and more importantly, what we can all do to keep them at bay or to evict these unwanted, uninvited gatecrashers.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), as a whole, makes a study of the improvement of Qi. A practitioner will examine the body and evaluate problem spots based on complaints, skin, wrinkles, bumps on the tongue, and the colour of the eyes.

Associated with Chinese cultures, practices, and traditions, the Yin and Yang are a concept with roots in Daoism, a religion born in China. The word Yin means ”shady side,” while the word Yang means “sunny side,” which already tells us that the concept of Yin and Yang has to do with the opposites.

Simply put, detoxification is a method used to “reset” our bodies. It gives the body a rest from the barrage of toxins that we take in as part of modern life, from processed and fatty foods, sugary drinks, alcohol, and caffeine, to unexpected sources like household cleaning agents, personal care products, chemical medications, and air pollution.

Your mind, emotions, body, and spirit deserve to be nurtured, so, in turn, they can operate at optimal function.  Meditation is a powerful way to nurture yourself and a balanced approach can pour light and life into each day.

Why crazily burn yourself in gyms and torture your mouth with tasteless raw greens? To cultivate balance in body and mind does require some effort, but perhaps it doesn’t need to be a battery of discomfort, but instead a natural approach to input versus output.

While there are many available products boasting the ability to improve energy via specific formated nutrient dense super-foods and vitamins, the natural approach appears to be best. Researchers and physicians agree that the optimum strategy for increasing physical and emotional energy is diet modification.

Eight beginner poses that will release emotions, cultivate balance, relieve stress and reset the digestive tract to improve overall health

It’s not hard to argue that preventing illness is easier than treating it. Classical Chinese Medicine is rooted in this idea, excelling in wellness and prevention of disease, not just treatment of it after it becomes symptomatic.