A wonderful winter season little Christmas beauty the tart, tangy cranberry is high in antioxidant vitamin C making them great immunity boosters. Native North Americans first introduced cranberries to Europeans to help them combat scurvy and it became recognised that the acidity of cranberries increases the natural acidity of urine thus preventing bacteria from thriving. [...]
Are you ready for another delicious snack recipe? Well, your luck is in. This fabulous recipe is naturally sweet yet spectacularly healthy so yet another perfect little number to nibble on whenever you feel a snack attack coming on, or post workout recovery. Ingredients: Crust: 1 1/2 cups whole raw almonds (soak them for a [...]
Here’s the second in the series of weekend recipes for you to rustle up a healthy snack without any of the nasty additives, preservatives, colourings, e-numbers, high sugar content or unpronouncables. This granola can be chopped up into bars or bite size pieces to snack on after a work out or to reach for when [...]
It can sometimes to be difficult finding a healthy snack on the go. Alot of pre-packaged supposedly healthy bars, cookies, etc contain a heap of sugar, bleached flour and numerous ingredients you can’t even pronounce. So, in my continued effort to find healthier options for followers of the Fresh Start Health ethos, here is the [...]
With an increasing number of friends succumbing to colds and flu recently I thought now might be a good time to provide some really simple ways to boost your immune system and keep the flu and cold bugs at bay using the humble lemon as the powerful weapon of choice. Originally used by the Romans [...]
A couple of days ago we talked about the fabulous beetroot and all it’s amazing nutritional properties. So how about a couple of delicious recipes to take full advantage of everything they have to offer? There are so many to choose from I’m spoiled for choice about which ones to share with you, but I’ve [...]
A couple of days ago we talked about the fabulous avocado and all it’s amazing nutritional properties. So how about a few delicious recipes to take full advantage of everything they have to offer? There are so many to choose from I’m spoiled for choice about which ones to share with you, but I’ve picked [...]
So this week we’ve talked about parsnips and their wonderful bone building and blood clotting properties, mostly through one the many vitamins and minerals they contain – Vitamin K. So let’s get on with a couple of ‘souper’ simple recipes to get that vitamin K coursing through your veins. To the kitchen! Soup-A-Juice What do [...]
So this week we’ve talked about carrots and their incredible cancer beating qualities, namely in the form of one of their ingredients – Betacarotene. So now it’s time to get an injection of goodness with a nutrient packed juice and a simply ‘souper’ winter warming soup. To the kitchen! Beta Carrot Juice What do I [...]
So this week we’ve talked about oranges and amazing wealth of vitamins and minerals they contain and we’ve looked more closely at just one of those ingredients – Vitamin C. Now let’s get on with getting some of those fabulous nutrients into our body with a simple yet incredibly powerful juice and a creamy smoothie. [...]
