Ingredients 2 kg of organic grass-fed beef bones (knuckles and cut bones with marrow) or organic chicken carcass or fish carcass. Include chicken feet, fish heads, and scraps if accessible. 5L water ½ cup of apple cider vinegar 2-3 onions diced 2-3 carrots diced 1 whole bulb of garlic ½ bunch celery diced ½ bunch […]
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Bone Broth Purposes and Prescription
Bone broth is a traditional food as medicine technique used to repair sick bodies for centuries. Many holistic practitioners prescribe bone broth for inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, digestive disorders, bone strengthening, acute infections and respiratory conditions Here are some considerations about bone broth: It is better to use organic bones as studies have shown an […]
How to Maximise Recovery: What The Experts Say
At Health Space, we proudly take a multidisciplinary approach in the care of our clients. This ensures we are giving the best and most appropriate care for their health issues drawing on the collective knowledge from our diverse health specialities. Today we tackle the topic of injury recovery. We pick the brains of three of […]
Sarah’s Beta Glucan-Rich, Pearl Barley Risotto
Ingredients 50g of barley (soaked for at least 4 hours) 1 small onion diced 3 cloves of garlic minced 3 sprigs of thyme 1 medium dry bay leaf 5 button mushrooms diced ¼ C green beans chopped ¼ C pumpkin or sweet potato diced small 400ml bone broth (stock or water can also be used) […]
Beta Glucans
What are beta glucans? Beta glucans are soluble fibre found in the cell walls of bacteria, fungi, yeasts, algae, lichens, and plants, such as oats and barley. You have probably heard of beta glucans before. Uncle Toby’s talk about them in their television ads for oats, claiming they help with lowering cholesterol. And although it’s […]
7 Nutrients for Preconception Care You Need to Know!
Planning for a pregnancy is known as preconception care, addressing the health of mums and their partners prior to pregnancy. Poor health and diet of mums before and in early pregnancy can lead to impaired growth, poor birth outcomes and long-term effects on cardiovascular and metabolic disease. Preconception care helps to prevent pregnancy complications and […]
Recipes By Kacy: Breakfast Slice
Ingredients 2 cups pitted dates, soaked for 20 mins 1 cup raw walnuts 1.5 cups oats 2 scoops raw plant protein (vanilla, optional) ¾ cup desiccated coconut 1 tbsp 100% pure maple syrup ½ cup coconut oil 3 tbsp pepitas Method Place strained dates, oat, walnuts, protein powder, coconut, coconut oil and maple syrup in […]
Interview with The Pantry Doctor
Tell us about The Pantry Doctor We both have a passion for supporting people and years ago we struggled with our health and weight for a long time and missed the support of an easy service. Therefore, we wanted to offer people around the globe an affordable and easy to access service to start their […]
How To Support Your Liver Without Going ‘On Detox’
With our exposure to environmental toxins, medications, toxic body care products, processed foods and alcohol, our health is greatly dependant on how well our body remove toxins. The main way to detoxify our body is through our liver, one of body’s most hard working organs. Liver not only detoxifies our blood, but it also produces […]
Interview with Pure Blends
Pure Blends in a nutshell Pure Blends is a 100% vegan, plant-based protein. The concept is to use minimum ingredients for maximum benefit. We want to bring back the genuine enjoyment of natural taste and flavour of what the earth has gifted us. Our ingredients are simple: pea, hemp and brown rice – all superfoods […]
Vegetable Kugel
This is a recipe I have used many time as an accompaniment to meat or fish however it can be a meal or snack on its own. Many variations can be achieved by substituting other vegetables. Some vegetables can make the mixture a bit wet & it can end up a bit sloppy, as can […]
The Case For Eating Chocolate
Easter is a month away, and the supermarkets are full of chocolate eggs, bunnies and other furry, critter-shaped chocolates. It’s hard to resist, and you almost certainly know you’ll overeat it over the Easter period (if not before!). Clients often ask me ‘What’s your naughty treat?’, or ‘When you’re going to indulge in something, what […]
How is Chronic Inflammation Affecting Us?
How is Chronic Inflammation Affecting Us? Inflammation has been receiving more and more attention as researchers are developing a better understanding on how it is expressed in the body. Gone are the days of the idea that inflammation is just a reaction when you get a paper cut or catch the common cold. Chronic inflammation […]
5 nutrients to eat to get immune-ready for autumn
5 nutrients to eat to get immune ready for autumn Autumn and winter are the ideal times of year for picking up some nasty bugs leading to colds and flu. However, adjusting your diet to include seasonal foods can help you strengthen your immunity and help you become winter ready! Check out these top 5 […]
How to do Easter the healthy way
Whether Easter is a religious celebration or an excuse to eat chocolate for you, there is no need to let the Easter festivities get you off track from your health goals. In our home, the focus is soundly on spending quality time with family and enjoying yummy food. Each year I create an Easter scavenger […]
Banana, Coconut, and Blueberry Slice
Check out this Nutritionist approved recipe for a delicious and nutritious dessert slice. Ingredients: 4 bananas, mashed 1C coconut flour 1/2C lentil flour 1C shredded coconut Tbsp ground cinnamon Tbsp ground ginger 1/2C linseed and chia meal 3tbsp honey Pinch salt 1/2C water 1 punnet blueberries or 1C frozen Method: Mix all the ingredients into […]
Cacao and Walnut Slice
Check out this Nutritionist approved recipe for a delicious and nutritious dessert slice. Ingredients: 300g gluten free self raising flour 100g LSA 50g cacao powder 1/2 tsp salt 50g chia seeds soaked with- 150ml coconut water 100ml coconut milk 2 eggs 50g honey 1/2 cup of crushed walnuts Method: Heat oven to 150 degrees Celsius […]
Survival in modern day life-Practical Tools
Life seems to be moving at an accelerated pace in modern times. We seem to have more demands placed on us, deadlines, endless goals to achieve, constant striving and projections into the future about how we aspire our lives to be. The discourse about the need for constant expansion in the societal and economic landscapes […]
How Healing Your Gut Can Help Your Thyroid Issues
Hashimoto’s disease is one of the most common autoimmune conditions we see in clinic. It is the main cause of hypothyroidism. Although Hashimoto’s disease is an organ specific autoimmune disease, which means it affects just the thyroid, it’s cause is in many cases inflammation outside the thyroid gland, most often in the gut. Here I […]
How your brain stops you from losing weight
If you have tried to lose weight you probably know how difficult it can be. I often hear clients say, that they are exercising and eating well but still not losing weight! This is frustrating and demotivating. I can tell you that often it has very little to do with your willpower, but everything to […]
