Be Well Magazine

Living la dolce vita (the sweet life) is so appealing, right? But not if we take it literally. Some of the sweetest things in our lives might be doing us the most harm. Are we sugar-coating our lives? Well, yes!

Reduced fat, less fat, low fat, no fat. Every day you see the labels suggesting fat is the enemy. That’s far too simple. You hear about high fat, low carb diets. Now you’re confused. So where does fat fit into your life?…

  By Kim Scott-Puata BHSc (Comp Med), Adv Dip Nat, Dip Nut. Traditional cultures have used fermented foods and Bone Broths for their health benefits for thousands of years. Their respectful, yet resourceful way of nose-to-tail eating ensures that the whole animal…

In my experience, brain and neurological health is one of the most frequent challenges we face because of the nature of the food we have become customised to eating in general society. When I talk about neurological health, this encompasses a wide…

  We often attach an emotion to our food and this can reflect and influence our own emotions and the way we feel about ourselves. We often think and feel about food in terms of it being good or bad, sound familiar?…

It’s true, there is no denying it, to function properly our bodies need REAL food, not the packaged, processed, additive and preservative –laden goods we often find in our shops. This begs the question; How do we know its ‘real’? We can ask…

We are the only animal on the planet that feeds on another species milk well into our adult lives. For some of us that can create problems with allergy, skin conditions and congestion, especially in children. Some forms are better tolerated than…