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Jewels and Jill Elmore

Jewels and Jill Elmore are Hollywood’s finest sister chefs, and  have spent most of their time cooking in the homes of Jennifer Aniston, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver, John Travolta and Kelly Preston, plus many other celebrities. So they know a thing or two about getting your body in shape through a healthy way of eating, but without [...]

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Sun Chlorella

Sun Chlorella Green Smoothie

This delectable green smoothie will keep you full of energy throughout the day and is also an excellent Liver cleanse! (recipe from Sun Chlorella “A”) Here’s what you need….. 1-2 cups of filtered or spring water 1/2 chopped cucumber (with skin and pips) 1/4 to 1/2 avocado (without skin!) 1 clove of garlic (optional!) 8 [...]

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Skin Boosting Avocados

The Avocado is technically a fruit as it contains a seed. This unusual looking fruit  is native to Peru/Central America and is rather unique because half of its weight is made up of its natural oil. This glorious bright green oil is “monounsaturated” which means it is one of the “good“ fats and beneficial to our bodies – [...]

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The ORAC Score

ORAC Score Measures the Antioxidant Capacity of Foods ORAC is an acronym for “Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity“, and is a way to measure different foods antioxidants. Foods with high ORAC values are more desirable for their ability to neutralize Free Radicals, so will greatly inhibit the cell damage that is done by Free Radicals. The [...]

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Red Onions

Know Your Onions!

Onions are a true Superfood and we should try to include some in our everyday diet. Onions, Shallots, Chives, Leeks and Garlic belong to the “Alium” family and contain some potent properties reputed to cleanse your system and have unique anti-bacterial properties. Onions also contain naturally occuring antiseptic oils “Allyl Disulphate” and “Cycloallin”, research has found that Cycloallin [...]

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Super Nutritious Seeds

Super Seeds

Seeds are a pretty amazing source of concentrated energy, so don’t be fooled by how small they are! Seeds are the life source of plants and absolutely bursting with nutrients, including protein so great for vegetarians. They are also packed with Essential Fatty Acids, Vitamins ( lots of skin friendly Vitamin E) and bursting with and Minerals. The variety [...]

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Dr Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid

Dr Weil’s Food Pyramid

Dr Andrew Weil is a health and ageing expert, he has developed a common sense eating guide that is Anti-Inflammatory and therefore anti-ageing.  The Anti-Inflammatory food pyramid is a practical eating guide for people of all ages to follow, to stay healthy and reduce the risk of age related diseases. You will also look better and have more [...]

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