The Top 10 Detox foods for a clean meal plan

Most of my clients who I see for a fitness nutritional consultation will ask me “what is the perfect diet I should be on?  My response is quite simple; change your eating habits, choose foods that will help your body stay metabolic, keep you satisfied in between meals and help regulate blood glucose levels. I personally don’t like using the word ‘diet’. The word diet sounds a little discouraging, if you don’t have a plan of action in place.  You have to know the “Why. It is you are seeking change, which is your first step. Secondly look at what’s inside your fridge, take out any thing that is going to hinder your progress in gym or healthy life style.  Any sweets for the kids in the pantry get them out so they are not visible to the eye.  Who is in your social group?  Do...

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Summer is SO last season

Summer is SO last season, put away those bright corals and hot pinks and check out these rich colours for autumn.  OPI’s Touring America fall 2011 collection caught our eye with their trendy taupe and deep purple.  My personal favourite is HOWEL from the Wilde fall 2011 collection from Sparitual a vegan hand and foot care line free of DBP, Toluene and Formaldehyde.  Whether you enjoy the glam colours or you opt for au natural, make sure you protect your hands and feet from the harsh weather ahead, just because we put the summer sandals away it shouldn’t be and excuse to neglect our hands and feet.  Here are some helpful hints: Look after your hands by moisturising every morning and night and throughout the day after immersing your hands in water. Once a week soak your fingertips...

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Is it the Greatest Year Ever?

Novak Djokovic is closing in on what most experts are calling the greatest tennis season ever. I believe if he goes on to win the season-ending tour championship – it will be the greatest year in the history of the sport. It has been on some levels unbelievable and incredible at the same time.  Rafael Nadal – on that final Monday inNew Yorkafter a crushing US Open loss – said this kind of year will never be repeated.  At times, Djokovic looked Herculean and immortal. Djokovic has been so good it’s almost unimaginable to be so dominant and so convincing in many of his 64 wins this year.  The competition is as deep as ever – to win 97 percent of his matches is so unlikely yet so impressive.  At this point there is no question he will win every conceivable “Sportsman of the Year”...

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