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RioLife Acai Challenge – Day 8

Day 8

It is so incredibly balmy in Phuket and I just love Thailand. The weather, food, beaches, and health retreats – it has everything that I love! I haven’t had much sleep, probably about 3 hours and didn’t sleep on the plane either. It must be the excitement of having a holiday and seeing my beautiful family again. My Acai made it through customs despite some strange questions and raised eyebrows. I convinced them that it really was a berry and I had to use all my NLP rapport building skills to stop them confiscating it!

For breakfast I had a big plate of fruit with yoghurt and Acai. I adore the tropical fruits of Thailand and have a Detox breaky of papaya (also great as a face mask with egg whites), pineapple, dragon fruit and mangosteens with fresh lime juice. I could literally feel the vitamins and antioxidants hit my bloodstream! I am really starting to feel the benefits of my Acai Challenge as usually I wouldn’t be so energetic on such little sleep.

 

By |May 13th, 2011|Detox, Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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RioLife Acai Challenge – Day 7

Day 7

Am off to Thailand today for work as well as my sister’s wedding. I am taking my Acai powder and aim to mix it with fresh coconut juice daily. I am going to load up on immune food and supplements today as I will be on a plane for 9 hours and don’t want to get sick! Echinacea, andrographis, vitamin C and zinc and some garlic, ginger and chilli in my green vegetable stir fry. I took my Acai in a smoothie today as it is so quick and easy when I am on the run.

 

By |May 12th, 2011|Detox, Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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RioLife Acai Challenge–Day 6

Day 6

I had about 4 hours sleep as a TV show I am working on asked for some last minute menu plans – have been dreaming about food all night as a result! I have a radio gig today and need to present as well so my energy needs to be really high. I had my Acai powder in some fresh juice this morning and it tasted fine. I must admit that even though I am running on minimal sleep I look ok and also feel really calm and relaxed. Not sure if the Acai is working or my meditation at this point but it does seem a little unusual. Let’s wait and see……..

This is a photo of my gorgeous make-up guru David, who also jumped on board with the Acai challenge!

 

By |May 11th, 2011|Detox, Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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RioLife Acai Challenge – Day 5

Day 5

I have a large group to present to – they are all suffering from caffeine withdrawal headache, look grumpy and I am going to have to work to get them excited about losing weight! I feel great and have a bowl of yummy Golden Door muesli, some sheep’s yoghurt and add my Acai on top. I am finding it really easy to include Acai into my diet so far. I power through the morning and by the time it comes to my cooking class I decide to have another serve of Acai.

I love doing my cooking class and my aim is always to inspire people to become connected to their food and fall in love with ingredients. Executive chef Mark was full of interesting facts and by the end we had three gorgeous dishes made. Guess what ingredient was the standout? Acai of course!

 

By |May 11th, 2011|Detox, Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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RioLife Acai Challenge – Day 4

Day 4

I am off to guest present at the Golden Door Health Retreat for the next 3 days so have packed my bags today and hit the road. I have forgotten how much I love cruising through the Hunter Valley. It is simply a gorgeous part of the world and with my favourite music pumping it makes my heart smile with joy. I arrived to the reception of a kangaroo and a rabbit as I pulled up to the gates. What a welcome!

After catching up with the crew I made my way to my villa and sighed in appreciation. A massive bath tub awaited me and I had a big bag of lavender bath salts to relax into. As I don’t have a bath at home I really love being here!

I had already prepared an Acai face mask and it was a combination of Manuka honey, avocado and Açaí powder. As I relaxed in a hot bath I put on some nice music and applied the mask. HEAVEN! After 30 minutes of meditating I washed off the mask and hopped out. My skin was glowing and felt incredibly smooth! Love this Acai for the aesthetic benefits

By |May 11th, 2011|Detox, Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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RioLife Acai Challenge – Day 3

Day 3
I have some stewed rhubarb & pear with vanilla bean in the freezer so have decided that I would mix my Acai with sheep’s yoghurt and add to the stewed fruit. On the top I have put a combination of toasted linseeds, sesame seeds, buckwheat, sunflower kernels and almonds. As I have another big day in clinic this should keep me fortified for a while. What I do notice is that I feel rather alert today. Is it the Acai or my immune boosting food and herbs?

By |May 7th, 2011|Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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RioLife Acai Challenge – Day 2

Day 2
Today is another big day and by the end of yesterday I had a sore throat so I made an immune boosting dinner with lots of fresh shiitake mushrooms, Brussels sprouts, Enoki mushrooms, sugar snaps and black quinoa. I have woken up feeling good so hopefully I have avoided anything nasty. I also dosed up on my acute herbal tonic of andrographis, olive leaf and Echinacea.
I made a slightly different smoothie today.
Ingredients

200ml oat milk
2 tablespoons sheep’s milk yoghurt
1 teaspoon probiotics
1 tablespoon brown rice protein powder
2 teaspoons Maca powder (great for healthy hormones)
1 tablespoon chia seeds (high in omega 3 essential fatty acids and keeps me feeling full for ages)
½ cup frozen raspberries
1 tablespoon Acai powder

 
 

By |May 6th, 2011|Detox, Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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RioLife Acai Challenge – Day 1

Day 1
After 5 ½ hours of sleep I cringed as my alarm clock started ringing at 6.30. I became caught up on my computer last night writing and before I knew it, it was 1am! Eeeeek, I have a huge day in clinic and need to feel sharp and snappy. I decided on a quick smoothie to make my morning easier so I assembled my ingredients, blended them and ran out the door. Here is my recipe for Day 1 of my Rio Life Acai challenge.
Ingredients
200ml oat milk (great alternative to cow or soy milk)
2 tablespoons sheep’s milk yoghurt (easier to digest that cow’s milk yoghurt)
1 teaspoon probiotics (boost my immunity)
1 tablespoon brown rice protein powder (stabilises blood sugar levels)
2 teaspoons Ultimate greens (chlorella, spirulina, barley grass – detoxifying)
½ cup frozen raspberries (antioxidant and who can resist a raspberry!)
1 tablespoon Acai powder
Blend well and throw into a SIGG travel mug and hit the road! It tastes delicious and I felt myself coming alive as I sipped it in the car and by the time I was at work I felt ready for my day!

By |May 5th, 2011|Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition|0 Comments
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My Interview With RioLife…

After carefully researching RioLife Acai, I decided to give them a call and meet up with founding partner, Andrew Cameron. Here is my interview with him. I can’t wait to start my Acai Challenge!
How did you fall in love with Acai?
I first fell in love with Acai through my travels on the beaches of Rio De Janeiro where it is eaten religiously, local friends (carioca’s, as they call themselves) of mine said it was the best thing on the planet and after adjusting to its unique taste I simply couldn’t get enough of the stuff, eating it every day after a surf or a long day in the sun I just felt my body responding so well to this amazing fruit. You could see how the health and energy obtained from Acai blended so well with the Brazilian culture and seemed crazy that we didn’t eat this in Australia. It wasn’t until I got back to Australia in 2005 I realised all of the amazing health properties of this fruit, it’s no wonder I felt so good from eating it.
Teaming up with friends Andrew Maciver who discovered Acai in California and Jeremy Liddle who ran juice bars in Singapore we got together after travelling the world and RioLife evolved. We had seen the love for Acai in Brazil and also all over California where Oprah herself named it as the number 1 Superfood for antiageing back in 2004, it made complete sense to bring this great fruit into the diets of Australian’s. RioLife today is the most established Australian Acai brand in the country and merging with NuFruits in 2007 gave us great strength to the company. Nufruits specialising in all […]

By |May 4th, 2011|Detox, Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Research, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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The RioLife Acai 2 Week Challenge!

I have made the big decision to take the RioLife Acai Challenge. This involves consuming Acai, an Amazon berry, on a daily basis for 2 weeks straight! I come across Superfoods all the time and they receive so much marketing push that it takes a lot to impress me. I have seen so many fads come and go – many claiming to cure everything or be the next weight loss/Detox miracle.
So after some careful research I came across Rio Life. They ticked all my boxes – Australian company, sustainable farming methods, charity affiliation, extremely high antioxidant level and certified organic! Yay!
Follow my daily updates over the next two weeks…

By |May 3rd, 2011|Detox, Health & Wellbeing, Naturopathy, Nutrition, Sustainable and Green|0 Comments
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