The New You - Living a Healthier Lifestyle

07/02/2026

I decided to have a more ‘cafe-style’ breakfast of homemade soy yoghurt with nuts, seeds and freshly picked blueberries.

What did you have?

07/02/2026

One of the deadliest things about our diets is not eating enough fruits. Worldwide, if humanity ate more fruits, we might save an estimated 1.7 million lives a year.

What about the sugar in fruits?

The fructose found naturally in fruits is packaged with fiber and antioxidants, which may help to explain why people experience positive health benefits when they eat fruits. Adding berries to a meal can help blunt an insulin spike from high glycemic foods, for instance. The fiber in fruits can help slow the release of the sugar, and fruit phytonutrients can help inhibit the transportation of sugar through our intestinal walls into our bloodstream.

Industrial fructose, such as added sugar, table sugar, and high fructose corn syrup, is associated with declining liver function and hypertension. Additionally, industrial fructose may impact body weight, blood pressure, insulin levels, and lipid levels. So, we should strive to cut down on processed, added sugars in our diet.

Learning to use fruits as sweeteners is one way to add more fruits into our diet while also lowering the amount of added sugars. Swap in date paste, dates, or ripe bananas, for example, in place of maple syrup or table sugar. At first, recipes may not seem as sweet, but, within a few weeks, your taste buds will adjust.

See the following videos to learn more:
"If Fructose Is Bad, What About Fruit?" at https://bit.ly/2nPCyZw
"How Much Fruit Is Too Much?" at https://bit.ly/3kGLPP4
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07/02/2026

Why food prep saves the day!

06/02/2026

It’s all in being prepared! Living the healthy lifestyle…
🔹What I’m cooking
🔹My 3 top tips to living a healthier lifestyle & reducing your weight.

04/02/2026

01/02/2026

"Lifestyle change is like driving - one wrong turn doesn't mean you're lost. U-turn when needed and continue forward."

01/02/2026

Reasons to buy Be a Plant Based Woman Warrior cookbook. Great recipes like this cauliflower salad. See below for an idea of what goes into it ⬇️⬇️

We are entertaining this afternoon so it’s a wonderful addition to the table with the other 2 salads I’ve made - potato/hummus & chives and a big green garden salad full of colourful veges.

One head of cauliflower, spinach or rocket greens, 2 cups of grapes, 1×400 g of lentils rinsed.
Coat the cauliflower (broken into small florets) in a paste made with curry powder and water, bake in the oven for approximately 25 minutes until just tender, when cooked tossed through the lentils & grapes, then combine with a dressing of lemon juice, hummus and apple cider vinegar. Serve over a bed of greens.

31/01/2026

Dinner last night:
Back from being away there wasn’t much to choose from and also yesterday was super hot! We were all feeling a bit wilted! Dinner was a simple meal of baby potatoes with some hummus and smoked paprika, steamed broccoli and sautéed beans with garlic, soy and sesame. I wiped my cast iron pan out with sesame oil so I could get the flavour. They were super tasty. Sometimes the simplest meals can be the best.

31/01/2026

A new month!
What choices are you making this month & beyond?

30/01/2026

Amazing plant based dinner last night, the good husband & I shared a chargrilled greens & mushrooms, cauliflower steak (no it’s not fish!) and the spinach & broccoli small plate.