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Thai Patties

Ingredients:
2 cups almonds soaked overnight
½ cup sunflower seeds soaked overnight
2 carrots
1 zucchini
½ cup chopped parsley and or coriander
1 tbs ground cumin
1 tbs turmeric
1 tsp salt
½ tsp grated ginger and/or garlic (optional)
1 tsp basil paste
Tbs lemon juice
Method:
Process all ingredients with either a food processor or juicer on solid plate. Form into round balls with hands about [...]

Life Force Newsletter May 08 from Sue Kira

Life Force Club Newsletter Winter 2008

From Sue Kira
Welcome to the Winter newsletter

In this edition of the newsletter the feature article is on Self-love. Lets face it, we could all do with a bit more. This article explores what self-love is and shows you ways you can give yourself the gift of self-love.

This month’s case study will feature a special article  [...]

Life Force Newsletter August ‘07 from Sue Kira (Pollock)

Life Force Club Newsletter August 2007

From Sue Kira (Pollock)
Welcome to the August newsletter

This month the feature article is on ‘Super-foods’- what  they are, why eat them, and how to use them everyday to support good health. (Includes a ’super-food’ chocolate recipe-so delicious yet so healthy).

Please click onto the links on the right to read this month’s case [...]

Brazillian carrot cake

Brazilian carrot cake

Ingredients
7 carrots
2 ½ cups Brazil nuts
½ cup flax seeds, soaked with 1 cup water
1 cup raw honey or agave syrup
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup raisins or sultanas
3 tbs Psyllium hulls powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
Directions
Grate carrots. Grind nuts and seeds to meals in seed/coffee grinder or juicer on blank attachment. Process these with [...]

Breast Cancer

The connection between stress & tumour activity
by Geraldine - previous ‘Life Force Retreat’ participant
I chose to treat my diagnosis of grade 3 metastasised breast cancer alternatively. As such, I became the overseer of my case and had to be diligent about recording all my treatment protocols, notable stress situations and any clinical observations that may affect [...]

Self-Love

Self-love. What is self love?
The Self
Firstly let’s look at some positive ‘self’ words.
Self-love
Self-respect
Self-esteem
Self-belief
Self-worth
Self-confidence
Self-empowerment
Self-assurance
Selflessness
Self-expression
Self-value
Self-knowledge
Self-aware
Self-nurturance
Self-content
Self-trust
The above list doesn’t need defining. We all know what they mean, but do we have these qualities? Maybe we have a certain degree of all of these but we probably could do with a higher level of all of these.
I could actually [...]

Healthy Choc Balls

 HEALTHY CHOC BALLS
Tools: Food processor or powerful blender
Ingredients:
1 cup soaked dates (30mins) dates contain tryptophan a neurotransmitter amino that helps settle the nervous system.
7tbs cocoa powder (organic preferably raw cacao - see qualities of raw cacao under ‘super-foods’)
2-3 cups almond meal depending on how wet the dates are. Almonds are high in calcium, magnesium and [...]

Ross River Virus

 The art of being ‘Gentle’ - a story of my journey with Ross River 
(p.s if you don’t want to read about the pain you can skip to the happy ending of the last 7 paragraphs.)
I was trying to get fit from spending too much time sitting down at work, so I had embarked on daily [...]

Super-foods

                             
WHAT ARE SUPERFOODS & WHY EAT THEM?
Foods which are very high in essential nutrients are called super-foods and they can help us reach optimum levels of health by providing us with the vitamins and minerals which are missing from our diet.
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Super-foods are an excellent way to make up for dietary deficiencies. Even if you are [...]

Life Force Club Newsletter April 2007

Life Force Club Newsletter April 2007

From Sue Kira (Pollock)
Welcome to the Autumn newsletter
Before we start, please let me ‘re-introduce’ myself. I have changed my surname (no, I haven’t remarried)! I simply wanted to select a new surname for myself that felt right, rather than continue to use my ex-husband’s name or my maiden name. My new [...]