Funky Cold Edema

All the pregnancy books were warning about pregnancy edema - swelling of the legs. I have luckily been able to avoid it - up until now. But the past couple weeks I’ve come home at the end of the day and kicked off my shoes only to be greeted to a pair of ankles that […]

Mildly Toxic?

I took this test to find out how toxic I was.  Mildly toxic was the verdict although I do my best to avoid all things synthetic in our environment.
This got me thinking, I work as a health professional, have access to top quality products and information and pride myself on practicing what I preach.  Most of […]

Edible food like substances

Good common sense  is all too rare when it comes to advice about what to eat but take the time to read this New York Times article about how food has been redefined as nutrition, turned into an industry and most of that common sense removed in the interests of profit.  This can be seen […]

Pregnancy Cravings

One of the great things about working with The LifeCo is that you get access to a lot of experts on healthy living.
Paul Harper is a Naturopath who specializes in exercise and nutrition (and contributes regularly to our blog). Every month he prepares a presentation on a different health topic for people at The LifeCo. […]

The Power of Positivity

Pretty much everyone wants to be healthy or healthier but not everyone is taking the positive steps which will provide that greater health.  So why is that?  One word I hear a lot as a health professional, friend, son and brother is “can’t.”  I can’t do that, I can’t eat like that, I cant find the time to exercise […]

Lost Valley/Vegetarian Food/Herbal Tea and Delicious Popcorn

It has been 10 days since we came to Lost Valley to learn about sustainable living. There has been so much to see and learn at the same time.
I’ve been participating in the Permaculture course for about 2 hours every day and I have been spending the rest of my time in the Lost Valley […]

Permaculture and EcoVillage Design Course in Lost Valley…(Intro)

So, finally we made it to Lost Valley Oregon/Dextor in the US, sent by The LifeCo
to document Permaculture, sustainable living, ecovillage design and other interesting things we see or hear along the way.
We are:
Yuri Radomisli: Massage Therapist and Permaculture student.
Dilek Turan: Photographer and reporter.
It was a long journey; four airplanes, a bus and a train. […]

Planet Slayer

I took this test last week out of curiosity for my carbon footprint.  I flew home to New Zealand in April to see my family so knew it wouldn’t be good but I was still surprised and to be honest a little shocked.
I like to think I’m pretty environmentally aware.  I ride a bike just about […]

What the World Eats

A colleague of mine sent an email highlighting what different families eat in different countries around the world, and their weekly food expenditure (see highlights below). I had originally seen this in Time Magazine - for more info see the full slideshow.
It’s interesting (read: shocking) to see how processed foods make up a majority of the […]