The Healthy Temple

Coping with Holiday Binges

Holiday binges. It starts with the chocolates, sweets and snacks of Christmas Day and New Year and continues all the way to the chocolate bunnies of Easter. Those bite-size chocolate bars and mini mince pies look so inviting. Just one won’t hurt, will it? But it sets off a binge and you can’t stop until [...]

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The Geen Light for Veg

It is time to spit at the roast and prepare yourself for a green invasion. March is the time to veg it up. For those of you who shun the green for lean, then Veggie Month may well be a mission impossible. However, before you slam dunk that beef burger into your salivating mouth, [...]

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Protein Power

While the nation has become aware of the role of fats and carbohydrates in healthy eating, few recognise the importance of protein. Even fewer carefully monitor daily levels. Surprisingly little is known about protein and health, compared with fats and carbohydrates, but experts do know that it’s vital for life. Take away your body’s water and [...]

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Fruitarian Diet for Weight Loss

In a fruitarian diet for weight loss, the only parts of plants used are the fruit, nuts, seeds and other plant matter that can be gathered without harming the plant. In other words, ‘culinary’ fruit (apples, oranges, pears etc) and ‘botanical’ fruit or seed-containing reproductive parts of flowering plants (beans, berries, capsicums, cucumbers, grains, nuts, [...]

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Green veg may help fight breast cancer

Eating plenty of green vegetables has been known to be super-healthy for many generations. More recently, it has also been known that eating a balanced diet, including fresh fruit and vegetables, can help prevent some cancers. Now evidence is emerging that a substance in green vegetables can actually be used in the fight against breast [...]

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