JUNE 2010 - Editorial

Chocolate is bliss! Ahh that got your attention!

In many ways, food in its pure state is bliss for the body, mind and soul!
 We eat food to live but we also eat when we socialise and celebrate. Food has the power to give us energy or in a refined and highly processed form, it can rob us of our vitality (particularly if we continue to eat lots of these types of foods long-term). More and more research into the healing properties of wholefoods is supporting what our ancestors knew and practiced for centuries.

Yet in Australia, obesity rates have more than doubled over the past 20 years and recent research shows that Australians have one of the unhealthiest diets in the world. More people are contracting illnesses than ever before.

This month we reflect on these issues and perhaps we can even search inside ourselves for what our relationship is with food (particularly now that it’s winter), what emotions and memories are connected with
it  and how can we find a balance?

I have to say it was a joy to talk with Janella Purcell this month about these poignant issues and the re-education that is taking place. Janella has a wealth of knowledge on wholefoods as medicine, healthy cooking and how to manage weight and emotional eating but she also resonates with the old adage, ‘everything in moderation-including moderation’. Please write in and tell us what you thought of all our articles, we’d love to hear from you!

Vanessa

And now for our June articles.......

Living Foods and Ayurveda - read more

Interview with Janella Purcell - Master Chef from Big Brother - read more

Can you shift one degree? By Bridget Jane Thompson - read more

The Energetics of Food. By Clinical Psychologist - By Luke Walters - read more

Calming Cholesterol the Natural Way - By Medical Herbalist, Miriam Young - read more

The Druid's Garden with Ben Sorensen - read more

Tantric Yoga - A Tool for Transformation by Anthony O'Flynn - read more

True Skincare is Holistic - read more

Animal Communication by Rebecca Little - read more

Mr. Green - read more