Get Healthy with Tina

Are you wanting to save your self-time at the supermarket. Are you like me over it, after numerous year of food shopping for the family. Simple shop around the edges of the supermarket, that is where we find our fresh consumable items, fruit and vegetables , meat, and dairy products. The middle isles are fill of processed foods that is shelf stable with food additives. With that in mind have a think about what you do fill your trolley up with in the middle isles, is there an isle or two t...

Are you taking a yoga class for the first time and wondering what it maybe like or you think you have to be flexible to come along. Then think again, yoga is about taking the time to connect to your body, often in our busy life we only notice when something doesn't move or causes us pain.

In my hatha yoga classes I encourage you to connect to your body and feel how the body is in the physical pose , where are you limitations and your strength. To create movement in the bo...

 The impact of stress on the digestive system is very real. Simply blood is not supplied to the digestive organs, so we can’t digest and assimilate our nutrients. Becoming aware of our stressors is really important and making changes so they have less impact on our lives. Sometimes we can’t remove the stress but we can change the impact of it on our lives. Developing a yoga practice introduces us to mindfulness of our body, by connecting with our body thru our breath. A...

 Okay Woman do you suffer from PMT every month, mood swings, breast tenderness, irritability, food cravings, anxiety and depression. There are many causative factors but doing a liver cleanse or using Gethealthy’s Herbal drop for Liver/Gallbladder will help to reduce the liver load and increase excretion of estrogens from the body. Reducing processed sugar, meat, alcohol and processed foods can all have a profound effect. Woman suffering from menopausal hot flushes may find this...

 Lagoo, what’s she talking about, it is a gentle intestinal cleanse, a yogic tradition that may help suitable to alleviate indigestion, constipation, flatulence and acidity. We practice this in the mornings, we drink a prepared saline solution and do a series of yoga poses to open the 7 valves of the digestive system and evacuate the bowels. Results will vary, the more you practice the more your body will relax and bowels will evacuate. This practice is offered monthly at my ho...

The impact of stress on the digestive system is very real. Simply blood is not supplied to the digestive organs, so we can’t digest and assimilate our nutrients. Becoming aware of our stressors is really important and making changes so they have less impact on our lives. Sometimes we can’t remove the stress but we can change the impact of it on our lives. Developing a yoga practice introduces us to mindfulness of our body, by connecting with our body thru our breath. Attendi...

Thai Chicken and Vege Red Curry

• oil spray, to grease

• 1 large red onion, thinly sliced

• 400g skinless, lean chicken breast, cut in 3cm pieces

• 2 tablespoons red curry paste

• 500g pumpkin, peeled, cut in 2cm pieces

• 200g green beans, trimmed, halved

• 125g cherry tomatoes, halved

• 227g can sliced water chestnuts...

QUINOA, the supergrain, it is an ancient south amercian grain. It is gluten free, can often be used where you would use rice, or bulgar wheat in tabuleh. It is also high in protein and fibre. Nice nutty flavours, comes in white and red. Low GI, why would you not try it.

Sweet Potato and zucchinie pie

1 cup quinoa grain, rinsed and drained

2 cups water

1 T olive oi...

Quinoa, beetroot and goji berries deliver a pro-immunity kick. 

This red quinoa salad is so packed with goodness that other salads will wilt with envy around it - and it's a perfect immune system booster. Goji berries are high in antioxidants and loaded with vitamin C while quinoa is high in protein, calcium, iron, vitamin B and vitamin E, and is gluten-free.

This week's recipe was first publi...

Italian Rice with Spinach and Tofu Loaf

Camile, this recipe is for you, takes a bit of time to make, but so delicious and nutritious

1 cup mashed tofu

Beat in

4 large eggs or replacement

4 T olive oil

2 tsp oregano

2 t basil

1 t nutmeg

1 t marjoram

1t sage kelp or herb salt to taste

Stir in

2 cups cooke...