Today I made some activated pecans (activated means they were soaked until sproutable then dehydated so that the enzymes are preserved in the nut) that were coated in wattle seed and spicy bush tomato dukkah. I orginally found these spices in Aldi, but I don’t think they are sold there anymore. Perhaps they can be [...]
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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 [...]
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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/
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/
Looking after my endocrine system Reducing my weight back to normal after gaining 3kg Completing four weeks of C25K Creating a balcony garden Well I haven’t been posting the last few days because I’ve had some other priorities come up, but now I can play catch up and share how I’m going with my 30 [...]
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Looking after my endocrine system Reducing my weight back to normal after gaining 3kg Completing four weeks of C25K Creating a balcony garden I’ve been enjoying learning all about the endocrine/ hormones system in the last couple of weeks, I’ve always been fascinated by biology, but these days with our modern technologies we are quite [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/day-10-of-current-focus-points-the-ladycomp-fertility-monitor-and-bbt-charting/
I’ve never been much on an exercise fan because I’m such a book worm and find that in the past I would more often ‘run out of time’ than actually run! But my idea of health is congruent with fitness, not just eating a healthy diet, and so inevitably internal pressures get me started again. [...]
http://www.petrasmirnoff.com/day-8-of-focus-points-moving-along-on-my-c25k-running-program/
