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Paleo 30 Day Challenge — Story from the Trenches

July 1, 2012 : Paleo, Weight Loss

It still amazes me that a mere 30 days has the power to totally change the course of your life. Sure, it takes longer than this to completely shake off the shackles of an outdated mindset and useless beliefs about food and nutrition, not to mention cravings and addiction to processed foods. But 30 days is definitely […]

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The 7 Best Answers to the Question of “What is Paleo?”

June 24, 2012 : Eat, Paleo

This is a multi-media round-up of what (I think) are the best answers to the question of “what is paleo?” by some of my favourite bloggers, from around the Paleo Blogosphere and beyond.

If you are totally new to the whole idea of Paleo then this is a great place to start.
On the other hand, you may have been doing this whole thing for awhile but are struggling to explain to your family and friends why you have chosen to overhaul your lifestyle in ways that can seem overly dramatic and restrictive to those who are looking in from the outside.…

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What is the Paleo Diet?

June 15, 2012 : Eat, Paleo

Often definitions for what the Paleo Diet is all about and the ‘rules’ or guidelines for what to eat and what to avoid on a Paleo Diet, start with explanations of what Paleolithic Man (aka our caveman and cavewoman ancestors) might have eaten for the many millions of years before we started cultivating crops, farming animals […]

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Grass-fed Gippsland Cows

How to Make Your Own Blackout Blinds

November 9, 2011 : How To, Sleep

In my role as a medical representative I am often on the road away from home. When I used to look after the East Gippsland region of country Victoria, I had the pleasure of staying in a beautiful bed and breakfast just out of Sale. Minnie’s B&B is a self-contained house on a 10 hectare farm. It is better than most ‘home away […]

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The E.S.M Top 5 Tips for Weight Loss

October 8, 2011 : Eat, Move, Sleep, Stress, Weight Loss

In the southern hemisphere where I live, spring has sprung.  The trees are in blossom, the days are getting longer and warmer and the scent of freshly mown grass is in the air. People are starting to look at their pasty bodies with growing remorse and regret for all the stodgy tummy-warming pastas, curries and roasts that […]

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