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Winter beauty food – a guide to bone broth with Primal Junction

June 24, 2014

bone broth

Have you noticed these two words flying around a lot lately?

Bone broth is a regular occurrence in a Primal Junction household, and if you haven’t caught on yet, here’s our guide to why you should dust off the stockpot and learn a trick or two from our frugal ancestors. They sure knew not to waste any part of the animal.

Not only is bone broth incredibly nutrient dense, it’s jam-packed full of minerals that nourish skin cells and reduce inflammation in the body and skin. Gelatine-rich bone broth is often recommended for clear and firm skin and is believed to be helpful for reducing wrinkles and cellulite.

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Morning beauty rituals – the green smoothie

June 10, 2014

Today we are going to continue our morning ritual series by sharing with you a practice I can thank my mother-in-law for – the ever popular green smoothie! For me, the ritual started with a bang not long after she gifted us a Vitamix a couple of years ago.

As you may recall, our resident beauty food expert – Lizzy, shared with us her favourite green smoothie a few months back which you can find here. But today, I thought I would explore with you what this practice means for me, my body and primarily my skin.

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Morning beauty rituals – the art of oil pulling

June 3, 2014

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Beauties! Have you heard the fuss lately around oil pulling?

It seems all the “whose who” of the wellness industry are all into it, and if they’re are doing it then there’s a good chance it probably works. When it comes to improving your health and wellbeing, life is one big self-experiment right? In our household that is certainly a mantra. And so the oil-pulling journey began…

I’ve always had a strong fascination for Eastern medicine, especially the realms of Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Herbal medicine. For me personally, medicinal practices that have a few thousand year history should have a complimentary place in the Western world. I knew if oil pulling originated in one of those two realms, there’s a good chance it is well founded, and well, it probably works.

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How to make your own nut mylk goodness with Lizzy of Primal Junction

May 27, 2014

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Nut mylks (as they are fashionably called) are an easy, healthy and affordable substitute for pasteurized dairy milk.  Not only are they delicious and creamy, most people will digest and absorb nut mylks much more easily, without the inflammatory and digestive side effects.

Why go nuts about nut mylk?

The high-heat processing of pasteurized cow’s milk destroys almost all of its nutritional value. This is a way of increasing the shelf life of a product that can be sold commercially. In our opinion, cow’s milk from the shelf is not a real-food. Pasteurization destroys the beneficial bacteria and natural enzymes found in raw dairy milk.

After exploring nut mylks – I have found these are an even tastier start to the day and can be added to smoothies, porridge, coffee and recipes.

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How to travel and be a conscious beauty

May 26, 2014

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Holidays for many, including myself, are a time to cut loose on our clean living ways and indulge a little more than usual. However, as the body goes into holiday mode and we hit the ground at our new destination I feel sluggish and sometimes the sniffles will follow.

My husband and I recently spent 7 glorious days travelling through Tasmania for our honeymoon and there was certainly plenty of indulging on local cheeses, ice-cream and chocolate to name a few. However, as I’m married to a holistic health coach (the big brother half of Primal Junction) there was a lot of conversation around how we could travel, indulge a little and still return rested.

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