Quinoa is native to South America. The pre-Columbian Incas saw it as a sacred food, calling it chisaya mama (mother grain). They planted the first seeds of the season in religious ceremonies using golden tools. Depriving the people of quinoa was one of the means the Spanish used to conquer the Incas. In recent years, people who value nutrition have …
Breaking News: Pre Workout Supplements banned in Australia
Its official, PRE WORKOUT products containing ingredient 1.3 Dimethylamylamine (DMAA)will be BANNED from manufacture, storage, distribution and possession as from August 1st 2012. The Committee considered the referral from the medicines scheduling delegate to include 1,3-dimethylamine or 4-methylhexane-2-amine (DMAA) in Schedule 9 of the Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Medicines and Poisons( The same as Heroin Mescaline and LSD!) …
Healthy Recipes Part 15: Homemade Almond Butter
Want to save yourself some cash and look after your health at the same time? Sure you do! Well why not make your own Nut Butters, be it Almond, Peanut, Cashew, Macadamia or any other variety. For example , a small 250g jar of macro almond butter from Woolworths costs $6.95 but a 750g bag of Raw Almonds only costs …
Keys Training Tips To Beating The Beep Test
BEST EXERCISES – weighted single leg front lunges weighted single leg side lunges lateral bounds ON THE TREADMILL – The simplest type of treadmill workout for beep test training would be to set the treadmill to 1% incline (this best mimics the energy demands of running outdoors on the flat) and 8km/hr. Then each minute on the minute …
Your Healthy Living Shopping List
So you have been starting out on your new fitness regimen. You go running in the morning, you hit the gym in the afternoon and inbetween you snack on everything you have in the cupboard – all them rubbish cereals you bought for the kids, last nights left over Pizza, Chinese whatever, well STOP!!!!. All this is holding you back …
Cairns Residents – Coles vs Woolworths for Value on Healthy Items!!!!
To all you heathy concious Cairns folk, unless you had already worked out this for yourselves i just did a price comparison to see which is better value. First of all these prices are based on the Coles in Cairns Central and Woolworths in the City. I doubt they will fluctuate that much in the out of town Supermarkets. …
Healthy Recipes Part 14: Home Made Muesli
Try this recipe for home made granola without all the added sugars you would get if you bought it from the shops. Its super tasty!!! Ingredients 300g Rolled Oats 50g Sunflower Seeds 55g Walnuts Tsp Cinnamon Tsp Nutmeg 50g Shredded Coconut 3 Tbsp Stevia 3 Tbsp Macadamia Oil 30g LSA Mix 30g Cranberries(finely chopped) Directions Add …
Healthy Recipes Part 13: Chocolate Mousse
You could make this healthier option for a dinner party dessert and i guarantee your guests will mistake it for the real deal. Perfect for end of day treat to kill any chocolate cravings. Ingredients 1 scoop optimum nutrition Casein( cookies and cream/chocolate/ choc peanut putter) 1 Tbsp 100% Cocoa 200ml water 2 Tsp Stevia 150g Low Fat Cottage Cheese/Ricotta …
The 365 Workout
Ok, so i know im slightly stealing bits from the infamous 300 workout but why not, its an awesome test of fitness and strength so why not try to elaborate on it. Ok, so here it goes….. 40 Pull Ups 40 Bar Dips 40 hanging Leg Raises 40 Box Jumps (24 inch) 40 Push Ups 40 Dumbell/ Kettlebell Swings(20kg) 40 …
Healthy Recipes Part 12: Healthy Banana Bread
Ingredients:(8 servings) 4 tsp Stevia 2 scoops optimum nutrition vanilla whey protein 40g Greek Yoghurt 300g Wholemeal Plain Flour 2 whole eggs 2 egg whites 1 banana ½ cup almond milk 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp Cinnamon 40g Almonds Directions: Put all ingredients in a bowl(minus the almonds), and mix together. Place mixture in a non …