Being active

Being active is essential to enjoying a healthy lifestyle, and provides many benefits such as increased energy and mental awareness.

Individual exercising:

• Join a Karate class
  
• Join a Yoga class
• Go for a run
• Buy a skipping rope and skip for 1/2 an hour
  

With friends:

• Go for a bushwalk
• Go to the beach
• Play a game of Squash
• Play a game of Table Tennis
  

In a team based sports environment:

• Play Basketball
• Play Netball
• Join a Fencing class
  
• Join a Dancesport class
• Join a Volleyball class
• Join a Waterpolo class
  

Not sure what exercises are right for you? Take this quiz.

The simple rules

Eating from the source is very simple. Eat food as close the 'original source' as possible and any food that has over 50 billion ingredients, preservatives, additives, flavours or numbers of any kind - avoid it!

But, just to make sure we are clear, here are a few rules to follow:

• No coffee or alcohol
• Avoid all processed products
• Use honey as a substitute for sugar, and if you must use sugar, use raw sugar
  
• Use organic products as much as possible
• Watch out for hidden salt or 'sodium' in food labels. If you must use salt, use organic sea salt
  
• 40% of your diet should comprise of vegetables
• Eat plenty of brown rice as your main source of carbohydrate
  
• Drink soy, rice, oat or organic milk
• Drink at least 2.5L of spring or distilled water daily

Highly recommended snacks

Eating naturally is one thing, but trying to stay away from naughty foods is another. Here are some snacks that I regularly eat that taste good as well as stick to my natural rule of thumb. Enjoy!

• Fruit
• pears, bananas, apples, mandarins
  
• Nuts
• almonds, brazilian nuts
• Carrot/celery sticks
• with tahini or natural peanut butter
  
• Organic popcorn
• with sea salt and/or nutelex butter
  
• Rice cakes
• with honey, tahini or natual peanut butter
• Organic corn chips

Potato and Leek Soup

What you need:

• 450g nutelex butter
• 4 organic leeks, sliced
• organic sea salt
• grinded pepper corns
  
• 15g cornstarch
• 2L natural chicken broth
  
• 1.2 organic potatoes
• 950ml organic cream

Directions:

1. Peel and dice all of the potatoes.
2. Dice the leeks.
   
3. Get a very large pot, place it over a medium heat and melt the butter.
4. Place in the leeks and stir frequently for about 10 minutes until soft.
5. Pour the natural chicken broth in to the pot.
6. Then stir in the cornstarch, ensuring a nice even consistency.
   
7. Add the potatoes in to the pot and bring to the boil.
8. Season with sea salt and pepper to taste.
9. Reduce heat.
10. Pour in the cream.
11. Leave to simmer for about 30 minutes until the potatoes are tender.

Notes:

I purposely made the ingredients of a large proportion so that you can freeze what is left over to eat another time.