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how I prep mushrooms and why it’s worth the bother

December 5, 2017

I cook a lot of mushrooms!   Benefits of well cooked white button mushrooms: A great alternative to carrot salad.  They lower excess estrogen, endotoxin and nitric oxide; when well cooked, mushrooms help move along in the intestine anything that … Continued

naringenin: inhibiting inflammation with marmalade

February 12, 2016

Don’t just drink your orange juice, eat the peels too, very very well cooked. Ray Peat PhD, quotes on Naringenin: “Orange juice contains the antiinflammatory chemicals naringin and naringenin, which protect against endotoxin by suppressing the formation of nitric oxide … Continued

January 2015, The Daily Telegraph Sydney

January 31, 2015

ice cream: bringing back a perfect food

April 16, 2013

Yes, ice cream is a perfect food.  You read correctly.  But not just any kind of ice cream …  I found it interesting that throughout my first pregnancy (and the second one too) it was the one constant “craving” I had.  I … Continued

me, pregnant

August 22, 2012

Yes, 35 weeks now and it’s flying by!  I wanted to post a little about my experience so far through this bizarre and wonderful time.  After working with women for years, tuning their food habits through the pre-conception, pregnancy and … Continued

defending fruit … and other NONcomplex carbs

July 20, 2012

Here is a collection of research notes, insights, scientific explanations, and clinically-founded conclusions, concerning the importance of sugar. And when I say sugar, I’m referring to the simpler carbohydrate comprising glucose and fructose; a.k.a. sucrose. In nature, this is the carbohydrate found … Continued

proof is in the pudding

November 30, 2011

There’s been a cheeky photo comparison circulating the internet, comparing these two food-obsessed ladies: Gillian McKeith (age 51) and Nigella Lawson (6 months off 51)

melbourne lunch seminar

February 1, 2011

In December, we conducted our first Ladies’ Lunch “Nutrition Q&A” at The delightful Green Grocer in Melbourne.  It was a great get-together of like-minded ladies in the most lovely setting.  The chefs put on a delicious, organic and nutritionally perfecto … Continued

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