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Written by Alison Bell Bone Broth and Weigh Loss So, the time has come… You’ve squeezed into those skinny jeans one too many times and have decided to bite the bullet. It’s time to shed some of those unwanted kilos. It might be something you’ve been wanting to do for a while. Perhaps you’ve been through a few weight loss options already and been unsuccessful, or maybe it’s not even really about the weight for you and is about your overall wellbeing and detoxing your body from so many of the nasties we inevitably consume these days. Either way, if...

Written by Dr Josh Axe Look over the food labels of many of your packaged foods and you may notice a very common ingredient called maltodextrin. This artificially produced white powder is often used in our everyday foods, like yogurt, sauces and salad dressings, sometimes without us even realizing it. The truth is that maltodextrin can be considered a metabolism death food — it lacks nutritional value, and there are some pretty scary maltodextrin dangers to consider before opening up a bag of chips or baked goods, such as spiking blood sugar. The good news is that there are healthier, more...

LAMB UP AUSTRALIA! Pluggers, boardies, budgie smugglers, beach cricket, cane toad races, burning sun, a sizzling barbi, ice cold beer, zinc and footy. It seems, over the years these things are how we celebrate our national day. Well, these things… and LAMB. While we musn’t forget that the day commemorates the founding, on the 26th of January 1788, of the colony of New South Wales, it somehow seems easier to shift the focus towards a form of meat. Many indigenous (and non-indigenous) Australians find that the day brings up feelings of hurt and sadness – and who are we to...

New Year’s Resolutions – to achieve or not to achieve. You’ve heard it all before… ‘With a New Year comes new beginnings’, ‘New Year – New You’, ‘New Year, fresh start.’ Whichever way you put it, the sentiment is generally the same at the beginning of each year. Whether they are trying to sell you a gym membership, get you on board for a diet plan or trying to convince you to do a wardrobe reshuffle, the marketing angle never really changes. We are not the innocents in this little dance though, it must be said. It takes two, so...