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Coconut Oil Treats Dementia & Alzheimer’s

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Coconut Oil Treats Dementia & Alzheimer's

Coconut Oil Treats Dementia & Alzheimer’s You have probably heard of the benefits of taking virgin cold pressed organic coconut oil for blood lipids, correcting cholesterol and losing weight, but did you know that coconut oil also treats dementia & Alzheimer’s? We have known of this for a few years now when we first heard about a US doctor who had treated her husband who had severe early onset Alzheimer’s at only 58 years old. We have just listened to this doctor, Mary Newport MD, being interviewed on the “Awakening from Alzheimer’s” free docuseries currently available at this link. She Continue Reading →

Raw Beetroot & Carrot Cake – Gluten & Dairy Free

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Raw Beetroot & Carrot Cake – Gluten & Dairy Free It is so good to have a cake that you can rely on to please everyone whether or not they eat gluten or dairy. This raw cake is delicious and the ingredients listed will make 9 large servings or these can be split to provide 18 smaller serves. Try to use organic or spray free ingredients where possible, especially for the grated beetroot & carrots. Raw Beetroot & Carrot Cake Ingredients 1 large grated beetroot 3 cups/450 gm grated carrot 2 cups/120 gm shredded Coconut flesh 1 cup/150 gm walnuts Continue Reading →

Who Wants Optimal Health

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Who Wants Optimal Health? Seems like a no-brainer question, doesn’t it? But you would be surprised how many people settle for a life of “not being incapacitated”, which is why optimal health is more about mindset and values than anything else. Despite all that has been written in recent decades about how to improve health through lifestyle changes and food choices, there is an ever increasing percentage of people taking subscription medications (usually several) and they will be on these for the remainder of their sub optimally healthy lives – think medications for diabetes, high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, acid Continue Reading →

Grain Free Garlic Naan Bread

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Grain Free Garlic Naan Bread

Grain Free Garlic Naan Bread Last week in True Gluten Free Benefits we spoke of the negative effect that all grains can have on us and how simple it is to make delicious grain free breads, and we pictured a grain free garlic naan bread and promised you the recipe – well, here it is. Recipe for Grain Free Garlic Naan Bread Preparation Time: 10 mins  Baking Time: 7-9 mins Ingredients – Makes 4 large naan breads 5 tablespoons of Whole Psyllium Husks (not powdered, use only whole pysllium husks) or flax seed meal can be substituted 5 large eggs Continue Reading →

Delicious Easter Treat

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Delicious Easter Treat – Bounty Bites As we settle in for a long weekend and a welcome break with family and friends over Easter, here is a delicious Easter treat of bite size Bounty bars. Enjoy this sweet treat instead of some of the not so great Easter chocolate on sale in the shops. Makes: Approximately 24 bounty bites Ingredients: Coconut Filling: 1 cup organic coconut cream 3 tbsp organic raw honey 2 cups desiccated coconut Chocolate Coating: 150 grams organic cacao butter 1 ½ cup raw organic cacao powder 2 tbsp raw organic honey (depending on desired sweetness) 5 Continue Reading →

Turmeric Latte Recipe

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Turmeric Latte recipe

  Delicious Turmeric Latte Recipe Now that the summer temperatures have gone in Australia and we are in autumn heading into winter, the thought of a luxurious warm drink is becoming very appealing again after the heat of summer. This delicious turmeric latte recipe really fits the bill as it is full of healthy ingredients and the good fats will give you plenty of energy. A great drink after lunch to fuel you through to dinner time, or taken at any time of the day. Ingredients for one mug (300ml) – ideally all organic especially coconut milk and oil 150ml Continue Reading →

What’s on Your Plate

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What’s on Your Plate? As part of the process of positive intentional living, one naturally changes shopping habits, especially food, over time, and we wonder if you have noticed this and realised that what’s on your plate now is different from a few years ago. We certainly have noticed this and how our food shopping habits have changed in the last few years. The main food exclusions or changes for us have been:- No conventional breads, cakes, biscuits of any kind for over 5 years (except very occasionally, maybe once in 3 months, when out). No so called “gluten free” Continue Reading →

Benefits of Ghee

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Benefits of Ghee 5000-Year-Old Super Oil We could learn a lot from the ancient, 5000 year old Indian science of healing known as Ayurvedic medicine. They knew back then (and still do) how to treat illnesses using diet, herbs, spices, exercise and spiritual practices, and they certainly knew the benefits of ghee. What is Ghee? Ghee is clarified butter, which means butter that has had the lactose and milk solids removed. This leaves a clear golden liquid, which is effectively the oil of the butter. In addition most of the natural water content will have evaporated in the heating process Continue Reading →

Dietary Fat Is Not The Villain

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Dietary Fat Is Not The Villain In recent posts, we have tried to demonstrate to you that sugar is the enemy of health, causing inflammation and potentially leading to type 3 diabetes (cognitive decline, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease). Despite many medical practitioners and scientists publishing studies for several decades and saying that dietary fat is not the villain previously thought, there is still a widely held belief that we should aim for a low fat, high carbohydrate diet. The Problem was the Food Pyramid This emerged in the US in 1977 and around the same time in the UK and Continue Reading →

Gluten Dairy Free Date Slice

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Gluten Dairy Free Date Slice Easy quick Tumeric Date Slice Recipe (8 serves) This is a very healthy, delicious, raw, guilt-free, and gluten dairy free date slice that you can make in under 10 minutes. Perfect as a last minute simple dessert that can be setting in the fridge or freezer while you eat your main course. It is packed full of good quality fats and protein, and many active healthy components from the tumeric, cinnamon and nutmeg. So delicious that the gluten dairy free date slices will not last long!! Ingredients – Base 1 cup shredded coconut 1 cup Continue Reading →