Blackmores Wellbeing Blog

The warmer weather is the time to get creative with the season’s fresh produce, and put the more heavy meals such as soups and casseroles on the backburner. Gone are the days of the standard iceberg lettuce, tomato and cucumber salad (although, hey, there’s nothing wrong that), but these days, salads are a creative meal of their own. Check out my favourite salads to serve up on these warmer days:

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Do you have trouble sticking to your New Year’s resolutions despite your best intentions?

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Now that the silly season is officially over, I can’t help but notice my ‘post-holiday’ fatigue, lack of muscle tone, and developing spare tyre, that if left unattended, may soon be of 4WD proportions!

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by Simone Du Toit. Many of us aspire to treat our body like a temple, eat a balanced diet, never miss a gym session, and get to the bottom of that big jug of water sitting on our desks every day, but I for one must admit, I sometimes let it slip.

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The French, it would seem, do not snack. I should know. I’ve been living in France for six weeks and when I offered my language teacher a pear to beat his 3pm slump, he quickly exclaimed: “I am Frrrrrrench! I do not eat between meals!”

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Hungry for some more info on our bodies’ appetite regulation? Read on.

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Back at work and feel like your holiday never happened? Petrea King, author, naturopath and founder of the Quest for Life Foundation, explains why we approach holidays the wrong way (and shows us how to feel their effects for longer).

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We all know that increasing our fruit and vegetable intake is good for health, but how much time are we spending on looking at where we should source them from? There is much debate between organic vs non organic, but I’m here to throw another factor into the mix. Are your fruit and veges local? And are they fresh?

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By Simone Du Toit. Off the back of an atrocious hangover, Chris Raine decided to do something that would change his life forever. He committed to a 12-month break from alcohol and shared his story through a blog he called Hello Sunday Morning.

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For those of us out there who are fascinated by the workings of the body, I imagine that this blog will provide some stimulating food for thought. I read an article recently on the regulation of appetite and body weight, so read on to find out how our bodies might know that it is time to put down the fork.

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