Category Archives for "Nutrition"

The Great Food Con

The Great Food ConCan a vegan diet actually make you (and the world) worse? was published in the June 18-19 2022 edition of the AFR Weekend and is a great read (pictured below). The article interviews and quotes Jayne Buxton who wrote The Great Plant-Based Con: Why eating a plants-only diet won’t improve your health or […]

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World Localisation Day 2022

World Localisation Day 2022 In honour of World Localisation Day, we published a special Unstress podcast with Helena Norberg Hodge, a returning guest. Helena is one of my favourite people and someone who inspires me much. Her organisation, Local Futures, has been around for nearly four decades. What goes on in our local community, how we connect both […]

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‘Game Changers’: The Other Side of the Debate

‘Game Changers’: The Other Side of the Debate You may have heard of a new documentary – Game Changers, which promotes a plant-based approach to eating. The film follows former professional mixed martial artist and military combat instructor James Wilks as he discovers and begins to research plant-based diets. We are introduced to several athletes […]

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How to Explore and Embrace Hunger

How to Explore and Embrace Hunger We have become very in-tune with our paleo past, with increasing numbers of people consuming foods that have sustained us for millions of years. However, there is an important part of our ancestral past that is rarely discussed. That is dealing with hunger and scarcity. One of the main […]

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Why healthy soil means healthy plants and food

Why healthy soil means healthy plants and food There are many reasons why I am passionate about regenerative agriculture. One of the most important is the emphasis on soil health, essential for the health of the planet and the health of the population. Soils around the world have lost so much diversity and health, Australia’s […]

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What are mitochondria and why are they essential to your health?

What are mitochondria and why are they essential to your health? If you listen to my podcast, Unstress with Dr Ron Ehrlich, you may have heard the word ‘mitochondria’ come up in a few episodes. Research surrounding mitochondria is fascinating and increasingly pointing to the major role these organelles play in many diseases. It’s a […]

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