Tag Archives: Auckland

Paleo diet in New Zealand: Seminars, new blogs, meetup groups…

I’m working on a new post on diet and celiac disease. In the meantime here is an update on the state of Paleo eating in my home New Zealand, and information on seminars and resources. The Paleo Diet is soaring in popularity in New Zealand as it is on other countries, primarily in the main [...]

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Celiac disease: How gluten invades and sets up an auto-immune reaction

Celiac disease: Why your body thinks gluten is a nasty invasive antigen or ‘bug’. And how – if you keep eating gluten a vicious cycle of damage will ensue. In this post I will set the scene for future posts on dietary strategies to treat celiac disease. A number of recent studies have shown that [...]

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Paleo Nutrition Seminar: 11th March Auckland

Paleo Nutrition seminar, scheduled for March 11th. If you are in Auckland and have not yet been to a seminar – I invite you to attend. The seminar is constantly evolving and I’ve had great feedback with respect to current seminar contents: Adam Brakey of BrakeFit had this to say after I delivered a seminar [...]

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Paleo reverses Psoriatic arthritis. Paleo seminars January

This comment blew me away when I read it a couple of days ago. It is from Anya, who has an extremely painful auto-immune condition called psoriatic arthritis. “Thanks for a great website it was extremely helpful to me in 2011 when I was diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis! I just turned 41 and was back [...]

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Nutrition seminars: Paleo Diet – Dec 5 Auckland

Paleo Diet Seminar – Grey Lynn Community Centre, Auckland December 5th 6.30 – 9.00pm Australia – Paleo Seminar with Jamie Scott “That Paleo Guy”and Dr Anastasia Boulais scheduled for January in Cairns, at the brand new Paleo Cafe Paleo Seminar – last one for the year – Grey Lynn Auckland 5th December Learn about the [...]

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Paleo Seminar – Wednesday August 22nd Auckland, NZ

The  Next Paleo Seminar scheduled in Auckland. If you are in Auckland – I do hope you can take part. I’ll be taking it, I’d love to see you there. Date: Wednesday August 22nd Time: 6.30 – 9.00pm Cost: Just $45.00 (includes Paleo info booklet) Place: Grey Lynn Community Centre, Richmond Rd, Grey Lynn, Auckland [...]

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If you feel like you have a permanent cold – it could be dust mite allergy

Recently I’ve been waking up feeling a bit like I’m about to get a cold. At night my nose got stuffy and irritated, in the morning I’d have itchy, puffy eyes, and thick head. However as the day went on, my eyes got better and my nose and head felt normal. Only to happen all [...]

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Touch Compass – inspirational dancers with and without disabilities

Many of us are fortunate that our bodies, despite the bits we don’t like, for the most part are whole and complete. We can move it in ways we want and exercise with ease. Not so with everyone. Back in the ’90s I flatted (that’s a room-mate) with an inspiring woman, a dancer – Catherine [...]

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Beautiful Art from Animal Guts – Jude Graveson

I live in a pretty cool neighbourhood, there are cute  cafes with great coffee, organic whole food shops, and a butcher with award winning gluten free sausages and bacon. It also has a beautiful park with a lake, a zoo, and a fair few creative people. One of those is artist is Jude Graveson who [...]

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Your BMI – is it fat or muscle? Surprising pictures – your weight has little to do with your body fat

Here is a compilation of body images to (hopefully) shock you into exercising, especially if you are older. And – if you already are, give yourself pat on the back. Did you know that after the age of 30 – you lose 250 grams per year of muscle and gain 500 grams of fat? (reference) [...]

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