Body & Mind For Life

02/05/2024

This 100 % organic body butter hydrates, soothes and heals the skin. Enriched with lavender and rose essential oils, it promotes stress relief, calmness and relaxation.

13/04/2024

Launching my organic skin care line

03/04/2024

Using safe skin care products

Walking into the skin care aisle at a department store or cosmetics shop can be a mind-boggling experience. Everywhere you look, you see products alleging to be a magic cure for skin problems or the next wonder elixir. Claims range from "all natural" to "green" to "clean" to "organic" etc. Here is w...

05/01/2022

Goodbye 2021 - it has been an unreal year and most of us will be glad it's over. Let's see what 2022 has in store for us. I have my fingers crossed that it will be easier and we won't be locked up again. Even so in Auckland we were in full lock-down for a big part of the year, I saw an increase of c...

13/10/2021

NZ has the most highly concentrated supermarket ownership in the world - 95 % of the market is controlled by 2 companies.

https://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/Article/2021/10/12/Conflict-of-interest-NZ-food-and-grocery-sector-calls-for-restrictions-on-private-label-products?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13-Oct-2021&cid=DM982815&bid=1734866967 #

The New Zealand food and grocery industry has called for more restrictions to be placed on supermarkets’ private label products given the highly concentrated grocery retail market in the country, citing a potential ‘conflict of interest’ which could result in ‘harmful outcomes’ for consume...

23/09/2021

Newsletter is finally ready ....

Today's reality is vastly different to what it was 2 years ago. Covid-19 has had a huge impact on all of us around the world. We all had to face changes - some lost their jobs or businesses, others worried about contracting the virus, others had a hard time coming to grips with living in isolation,....

13/09/2021

Cutting down our meat consumption will not only help our environment, but also our health. It’s a Win/Win!

For centuries, the ethics of killing animals for their meat has been a bone of contention among humans. But the looming specter of climate change has given meat eaters an additional dilemma to consider.

11/09/2021

https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2021/09/10/It-s-official-plant-based-diets-make-us-gassier-so-what-s-worse-for-the-planet-cow-or-human-farts?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10-Sep-2021&cid=DM979423&bid=1704293194

We all know plant-based foods increase our wind. But with the take up of this kind of diet seen as one of the best ways for individuals to combat climate change, could these gasses potentially bode badly for the atmosphere?

01/09/2021

Not sure if you should get vaccinated? Maybe a closer look at the statistics will help you make up your mind.
This blog looks into Austrian Covid-19 cases - by age and underlying health issues.

Statistics on Austrian Covid-19 deaths by age To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? If you are as confused as I am about Covid-19 and whether you should or shouldn't get the vaccine - here are some facts that might help you decide. I live in New Zealand, but there aren't enough Covid-19 cases here to re...

13/08/2021

What we can do to better deal with covid

The Covid-19 pandemic, which started in China in December 2019, has had an enormous impact on our lives. It has had significant psychological and social effects on the worlds population. The well-being of children, students, older people, health workers and pretty much everyone in between has been a...

09/08/2021

The time for action is now!

The warning was released as part of a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

09/08/2021

Interesting read on global nutrient availability.

While overall production of several nutrients is sufficient to meet global needs, availability in many countries still fall far below requirements, according to the latest version of the DELTA model, which features new insights into the national and regional availability of nutrients.