Since introducing a bit of bread into my diet six months ago I have been constantly battling with candida again, which once it flares up is incredibly difficult to get rid of. I have since removed the bread from my diet again, but once our bodies are harbouring a yeast infection it doesn’t just go [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/80-10-10_vs_rainbow_green/
A storm has been brewing for a while in the raw food movement and that is the question of fruit vs fat. Yes, we all love fruit. We’re hardwired for sweetness. Its moist, hydrating, tasty, aroma-filled and beautifully coloured. It appeals to all our senses. But fruit comes with a surprise package called sugar and [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/why-a-high-fruit-raw-food-diet-requires-exercise/
I found this medical journal abstract today, and I thought it was very interesting. It explains the effect that almonds and walnuts have in improving the symptoms of PCOS. The people in the study ate about 50g of their allocated nut each day. Walnuts lowered cholesterol and increased insulin response by 26%! (Insulin response is [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/scientific-study-showing-almonds-and-walnuts-can-help-pcos/
On the weekend I decided to work out what raw foods give the most bang for the buck in terms of nutritional value for fixed calories and price. I thought it was more interesting than by weight as we normally look at it (certainly for anyone who wants to lose weight and save money). So [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/nutritional-data-revealed-and-the-winner-is/
Like the Law of Attraction, what we get from our relationships with others is what we focus on. This is a lesson I have learned this week from Complaint Free Relationships: How to Positively Transform Your Personal, Work, and Love Relationships by Will Bowen. What does that mean exactly? Bowen explains ‘focus’ as the type [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/what-questions-do-you-ask-yourself-about-other-people-in-your-life/
This week I’ve been reading Complaint Free Relationships: How to Positively Transform Your Personal, Work, and Love Relationships by Will Bowen. After a few years of marriage I have been wanting to make some improvements in communication and I have been finding it hard going without a good role model. The usual advice from other [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/complaint-free-relationships/
I love to learn. For some time I have been considering doing some further studies around one of my favourite topics which is health. I can either continue my private studies in health and share what I learn through my blog, or I can enrol in some formal studies so that I gain accreditation in [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/learning-and-studying-health-working-towards-accreditation-and-sharing-with-others/
I went out for a Thai dinner last week and I was blown away by the entree. It was iceberg lettuce leaves on a plate, some tamarind sauce and then an arrangement of raw apple, raw ginger, coconut, raw chillies and some nuts. It was great!! It wasn’t 100% raw, but it was the closest [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/the-power-of-simple-food/
Well something came up only one day after my last post about breaking through obstacles, and it was a big enough issue that I had to stop everything I was doing and focus all my attention onto fixing the problem. It was such an intense pressure that afterwards I needed a few days of complete [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/goals-are-just-a-direction-of-focus-if-we-dont-succeed-the-first-time-try-again/
Looking after my endocrine system Reducing my weight back to normal after gaining 3kg Completing four weeks of C25K Creating a balcony garden This is the first time in a while where I’ve set goals to focus for a full 30 days. I have been allowing myself to be scattered and start a lot of [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/day-18-goal-achievement-recognising-and-breaking-through-obstacles-that-are-standing-in-my-way/
