Yearly archive for 2013

  Last night I caught up with an old friend for dinner who was back in town after moving to Melbourne earlier in the year.  We  had no sooner sat down at my new local and ordered some olives,  as we salivated over the mouth watering menu, when a waitress came up to me and said “excuse me, are you Sally Joseph?”…..feeling somewhat like a naughty child who was about to get in trouble for something, I sheepishly nodded my head in anticipation of why she wanted to know…Was it because we were late for our booking?  Had I parked my car illegally, had some one

Virgin coconut oil is one of nature’s original ‘super foods’, thanks to its amazing nutritional properties and versatility in maintaining our day to day health, but sadly this super food’s popularity has also been tainted by a lot of misinformed, negative press creating a plenty of confusion and angst as to whether we should eat it or avoid it! Much of the confusion surrounding the health benefits of coconut oil, stems from the rampant confusion surrounding fats in general and their links to disease and obesity, ( you can read more about the role of fats in our diet here), but although

With summer on the approach, it seems a detox diet is hottest health accessory to help us slip into that ‘silly season’ party dress or get that bikini beach bod!  But could some of these supposed detox diet methods be doing more harm than good?   People experimenting with the countless juice cleanses and fasting techniques on the market now days, or just living off raw food, could be causing you to gain more weight after the initial detox stage is over and done with! Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that drinking ‘some’ fresh juice combinations is a bad thing, in fact you have probably all heard of