Are You Eating Your Way To Beauty?

 

Can foods really make a difference to our looks?

Not wanting to sound vain, but I think we’d all be lying if we said we had no interest in beauty – the beauty industry can set the record straight if need be. Everyone is buying new creams, lotions, potions, trying new regimes, treatments, and facials, every day in this country, all in the name of beauty. Well what if I told you there are much cheaper, simpler, pain-free, and health-boosting ways to make sure you’re always walking the path of beauty? Interested? Read on.

Touching Base

Well I finished my 2 week ACAI CHALLENGE I presented myself with and what since - I'm still having it. I love the stuff! I feel FULL OF BEANS when I have it. And now I can tell customers at work how I feel on it instead of just what I've read about it.

That's the way I like to do things. To try things. To be my own human guinea pig. I've tried, tested and tasted so many new superfoods, herbs, and what-this year, I'll give (almost) anything a go!

I like to see how my body reacts - do I have more energy? Does my skin improve or get worse? How do my nails fair? Are my eyes sparkling? What are my bowels doing?
Maybe not such fun stuff for some people, but I LOVE it! I'm always trying something new...

Recent newbies include:

- liquid chloropyll
- acai
- camu camu powder

Does sour cherry and acai chocolate count? Felt GREAT on that one! ;)

But seriously, I figure how will I know what does or doesn't work for ME without trying? I'd love to know what things you guys have been trying lately?

And I also know that Friday night pizza and ice cream is good for anyone. And that's exactly what I'll be having tomorrow night if I get off my bum now to make my buckwheat pizza dough!

You are what you eat

This past week I was blessed by being able to attend 2 different lectures in the city both on health, wellbeing and particulary nutrition, which is my passion.
On Thursday I went and saw Don Tolman who is an author, public speaker, trainer, educator, entertainer and experimental nutritional-eating researcher and all about wholefoods. I hadnt really heard much about him before Brock asked if I wanted to go, but my closest friend Maya is a big fan so I thought OK I'll see what he's all about. And I'm so much more than glad I went along. Fascinating to listen too with a wealth of knowledge under his belt, I really resonated with alot of what he spoke about;

Your bodys' only purpose is to maintain life and health.

Noone can heal you - only your body can heal itself.

And then on the weekend I went and saw David Wolfe who I do know about, have his books, and love his work. To sum him up is impossible as the list of work, credentials, experience, travel and everything else he has done is AMAZING, but any raw foodie would know him as either the "avocado guy" or the "chocolate guy" - he won’t be shy to tell you why chocolate is the greatest, most prosperous, nutritious, mood-elevating, highest energizing, and top weight loss aphrodisiac food on the planet!

... by 'chocolate' I mean RAW, organic, unsweetened, vegan CACAO... a source of calcium, omega 3, zinc, iron, copper, sulphur, beta-carotene, protein, potassium and stree relieving magnesium - the reason women crave chocolate every month. Food of the Gods.

And I'm happy to hear it!!



Seeing him was INCREDIBLE! Just sitting in the university lecture hall where he was speaking, surrounded by 450+ like minded individuals, immersed in raw nutrition education, there was an energy in the room and I myself was buzzing!! That's my thing. My purpose. My BUZZ! It's what I live for!

He spoke about superfoods liks goji berries, cacao, noni, maca, mangosteen, bee pollen, MSM, avocados, spirulina... working with your strengths, eating raw foods, LIVING! I loved how he said "we've survived the worst... now it's time for the best". Forward movement. Get into LIVING! LIVING FOOD. LIVING BODIES.


YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT :)