Candi’s story is one that many women can relate to: Basically, Candi started her family and had her three children in quick succession. As with most pregnancies, those 3 pregnancies really took a toll on Candi’s body and once she and her family decided not to have more children, Candi decided it was time to…
If you have been out for breakfast lately, I bet you have noticed that one of the choices on the menu is an Acai Bowl. Their popularity has absolutely boomed (as did smoothie bowls and coconut / whip bowls), and they are touted as being a healthy breakfast choice – but are they really? This…
Spring is such a lovely time of year – after spending the last 3 months rugged up in our tracksuit pants and jumpers, we can now remove the excess layers of clothing and feel the warmth in the air. Not only that, the sun is rising earlier and the flowers are beginning to come out: …
If you are trying to lose weight but feeling frustrated by your efforts, maybe it’s not what you are eating that is the problem. If you are regularly drinking alcohol, then this can have a very negative effect on your ability to shed the excess kilograms. Alcohol contains empty calories – the term ‘empty’ literally…
Once you make the decision to lose your excess weight, there is usually one BIG reason behind it. In fact, at The Natural Way, we ask all of our new clients, “What is the reason why you want to lose weight?” The answers usually vary from client to client, but most often, it usually is ‘to improve my health’,…
In our modern world toxins are almost impossible to avoid. Environmental toxins include things like pesticides, food additives and colourings, air and water pollutants (just to name a few). However, toxins can also be generated within your own body. For example, if you have an overgrowth of harmful bacteria in your intestines, these can produce…
It is winter…you can always tell when it gets more and more difficult to spring out of bed and start the day. This is the time of the year that you can hide in your baggy clothes like tracksuit pants and jumpers, and seek out nice, warm comfort foods like pies, hot puddings etc. While…
It is really easy to get stuck in the rut of cooking ‘meat and 3 vege’ for dinner most nights (not that there’s anything wrong with that…). Studies have shown the health benefits of vegetarianism, but if you are not prepared to go from carnivore to herbivore, then maybe you should start with aiming to…
Ginseng refers to eleven different varieties of a short, slow-growing plant with fleshy roots. Ginseng is believed to restore and enhance wellbeing. It is one of the most popular herbal remedies. Ginseng has traditionally been taken to aid a range of medical conditions and regular use may result in improved wellbeing; Ginseng has had beneficial…
Congratulations – you have made it past the winter halfway mark, which means there is only about six weeks of shivering & walking around in your Ugg boots to go. How is winter treating you so far? I hope you are being consistent with your weight loss efforts but I know at this time of…
If you would like to lose weight with us, but have no The Natural Way clinic in your local area, there is some good news! Our fantastic program is available to you no matter where you live…via our ‘Stay At Home’ service. That’s right; you can be a weight loss champion WITHOUT visiting a clinic,…
One of the questions we ask a new weight loss client is ‘What is your main reason to lose weight?’ Answers to this question vary from person to person, however the most common responses are comments like ‘to improve my health’, ‘to fit back into my clothes’ and ‘to look good on the beach in…
Now that Winter has well and truly set in, you have probably found that the prospect of eating a cold salad for lunch is not so appealing. Your body definitely talks to you when the weather cools down, and it is saying ‘feed me warm foods’. Soup is the perfect meal for this time of…
Throughout history, salt has been used not just as a food additive, but also as a means for trade. This led to the formation of “salt routes,” through which merchants transported and sold salt in countries where it was not produced. While the earliest recorded instance of salt being harvested for human consumption happened in…
It’s Friday night, you’ve had a LOOOONNNGG week at work and the last thing you feel like is cooking. Buying dinner sounds like a great idea but you are a little worried – you have been so good all week on weight loss regime so you don’t really want to ‘blow it all’ on greasy…