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Artificial Sugars and Your Health

Just when you think it’s safe to assume the world has moved on from Splenda, Aspartame and other unpronounceable toxic artificial sweeteners available in your local café or supermarket someone comes along from mid- field and blows that theory right out of the water. Given the amount of negative press that has been aired for some time now, you would think that health publications whether online or magazines would be aware of the many dangers of consuming these sachets of chemical missiles. I was flicking through a well-known health magazine recently and saw an article that encouraged women to embrace

Written by Lee Holmes, May 2, 2012

Why We Should Detox The Best Way To Do It.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I hope 2012 will be a great year for you all. I recently was thinking about how I like to... Read More

Written by Sally Joseph, January 16, 2012

Supercharged Food

The time has finally arrived and my new book will be released on 13th December, just in time for Christmas! It’s been such an... Read More

Written by Lee Holmes, November 28, 2011

Real Food is Medicine

Good nutrition and what you put into your body is the foundation for good health. “Food is Medicine” is a term which was originally... Read More

Written by Lee Holmes, November 21, 2011

Portion Control of Eating Food; Fallacy or Truth

I am often asked about portion control and how much protein, vegetables, fruits and cereals can be eaten at a meal. It seems everyone... Read More

Written by Cyndi, October 10, 2011

Are spuds your buds or duds?

Many would vouch that potatoes are the ultimate comfort food. Baked, fried, boiled, mashed, sliced or diced, they’re also the ultimate in convenience in... Read More

Written by Renee, October 4, 2011

Cashew Nut Mylk – an awesome alternative.

Hi All! Hope everyone has had a rockin’ good week! Another week of blue skies and warm weather here in Sydney – who could... Read More

Written by HeidyJameel, September 26, 2011

From The Nutritionists

Travel Tips to help keep the waist line down

Throughout my career as a Nutritionist, I get to see a lot of folk who travel regularly and mostly for work. Travelling for work usually entails to staying in lonely hotel rooms, dining alone and moving about regularly, whether it be by train, plane or auto mobile and it’s probably classified as one of the most difficult environments to eat healthily. Being away from home takes you away from your creature comforts , not to mention fresh, home cooked meals and this is often the time that our diet falls by the way side and we are most at risk

Written by Sally Joseph, February 13, 2012

Chilled Mexican Avocado Soup

Picture different from outcome There is so much potential within the Mexican cuisine; healing herbs and spices, a variety of colourful fresh ingredients bursting... Read More

Written by Lee Holmes, January 16, 2012

Tomatoes Stuffed with Cashew and Spinach

Picture make look different from outcome Tomatoes are one of nature’s true super foods. They can be cooked in a variety of ways, added... Read More

Written by Lee Holmes, December 5, 2011

Vegetable Curry with Quinoa

Picture Different from outcome Don’t you just love a meal that you can sit down to with the complete assurance that what you’re eating... Read More

Written by Lee Holmes, November 28, 2011

What’s The Healthiest Way To Consume Your daily Juice?

We hear so much debate about juice in the media and whether or not we should avoid or consume it as part of a... Read More

Written by Sally Joseph, November 16, 2011

Should Australia Impose A Fat Tax?

You have probably heard the recent stories in the media about the push for Australia to follow suit with Denmark in imposing a fat... Read More

Written by Sally Joseph, October 24, 2011

Some Advice For Sufferer’s of Auto Immune Disease

Some Advice For Sufferer’s of Auto Immune Disease In my last blog, I talked about ‘Hypothyroidism’, or under active thyroid and how many sufferers... Read More

Written by Sally Joseph, October 10, 2011

Live in My Skin

Serena Williams – Food by Omid Jaffari & Loving Earth

Many of you will have had gotten to know our raw chef Omid Jaffari through his Loving Earth recipes for our blog, where he’s been providing us with two recipes weekly for over six months now, a handful of which have also found their way onto the KORA Organics blog. We caught up with him last week to hear all about his latest gig as a celebrity chef. Somehow or other former World No.1 Serena Williams heard about our Omid and requested his services during her visit here for the Australian Open, which the Botanical Cuisine maestro was only too

Written by Special Guest, February 27, 2012