Cleanse and Revitalise Your Mind and Body Through Juice Fasting

JuiceFast

By Curtis Aiken. Candice and I are on day three of a juice fast right now. We watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead on Thursday night and made the decision to complete our own fast starting on Saturday. This gave us one day to eat any non-juiceable foods in our house that would surely go [...]

15 Documentaries That Will Change Your Life

Documentaries

By Candice Aiken. There have been some truly defining moments in my life over the past 27 years. The moment I made the decision to move out of home and across the country and then back again, the moment I said ‘I do’ to the man of my dreams, and then there was the moment [...]

Simple and Natural Skincare Recipes

Skincare

By Candice Aiken. I used to adore designer skincare brands for their innovative and quick-fixing solutions. Who wouldn’t? There is a product designed for absolutely every skin related “problem” you can think of. Wrinkles? Age need not get the better of you, there’s a youth defying cream for that! Blemishes? Don’t change your diet, there’s a [...]

Mastering the Art of Meditation

Meditating by the Sea

By Candice Aiken. When you think of meditation, you might imagine Buddhist monks in robes sitting cross legged in complete silence for hours on end. You’re not alone on this one; my thoughts were much the same for many years which could explain why it took me so long to give it a go. How [...]

Can Placebos Actually Heal You?

Placebo Effect

By Curtis Aiken. Thomas Lee had been working with a number of pharmaceutical companies for more than 25 years; he had been directly involved in testing thousands of new drugs before they were released onto the market. The testing procedure for all drugs was called “Randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial”. Basically this meant that neither the [...]

Multiple Sclerosis: It is what it is. Or is it…?

Diagnosis

By Curtis Aiken (If you are wondering why I am writing about MS, check out our About page.) Traditionally we are taught that multiple sclerosis is demyelination of the nerves. In layman’s terms this means that the protective coating (myelin) around the nerves in our body is like the protective plastic around the wire of [...]

Is Fluoride Safe? – Interview with ‘Perth Fluoride Free’

Is Fluoride Safe?

By Curtis and Candice Aiken. Fluoride is the topic of many health debates. In the UK fluoride is not added to city water supplies’ because the government decided it was unethical to mass medicate the entire population. Then there are examples of selective statistics being published regarding population’s teeth health and the addition or absence [...]

7 New Years Resolutions Worth Keeping

2012 Calendar

By Candice Aiken. We have all been guilty of making unachievable resolutions in the past. They normally strike in the heat of the moment New Years eve when you realise you’ve had one too many. Or the following morning whilst hugging the toilet after you realise again that you’ve had one too many! At the [...]

Colon Health – It’s time to clean out your poop chute

Colon Health

By Curtis Aiken. It is very hard to rate one organ in the body above the rest as they all work in perfect harmony with each other but if there is one organ in particular you need to pay attention to, it is the colon. That’s right, I said it, the unmentionable ‘C’ word nobody [...]

15 Amazing Uses for Coconut Oil and its Benefits

coconuts

By Candice Aiken. Miranda Kerr caused a bit of controversy in the media recently for her apparent daily “over consumption” of coconut oil. Unfortunately, many people still view this miracle oil as nothing more than a saturated fat and dangerous when consumed often, though this is far from the truth. If you have read most [...]