5 Cheap, Healthy & Fast Ways to Boost Your Energy Today

Those first few days back at the office can be exhausting and overwhelming after the New Year break. Our heads are still at the beach, even if the body is slumped behind a keyboard trying to make a dent in the mountain of email before we’re pulled away to yet another meeting. But the secret to turbo-charging…

ByJames Graham12/03/20220Comments

Healthy Quick & Easy

Kamalaya Energy Salad

INGREDIENTS Baby spinach 5g Rocket leaf 5g Baby cos 15g Garlic oven dried 1g Ginger julienne 3g Avocado small cubes 15g Wakame fresh 15g Wolfberry 5g Sunflower seed 5g Millet meal 5g Asian pear, peeled, small cubes 25g Green oak 10g Red oak 10g METHOD 1. Combine the baby spinach, rocket leaves, baby cos and the green and red oak leaves until evenly distributed in a bowl. 2. Once the salad…

ByKarina Stewart22/10/20210Comments

Fitness Health Nutrition

Sam Wood’s Best Energy-Boosting Nutrition Tips

They’re unsustainable, unhealthy and rarely work. If you’re really committed to being healthy and fit for life, a better strategy is to eat real food and not “diet food”. You also need to eat the right stuff regularly throughout the day. You need to eat to feel energised and not flat and lethargic. Depriving yourself…

BySam Wood27/10/20200Comments

Environment Lifestyle & Homes News

Aussies Concerned About Rising Energy Use And Costs

Australians overwhelmingly believe that our homes are not energy efficient and are concerned about rising energy use and costs. According to a new report by Mitsubishi Electric, only 15% of Australians believe their home is extremely energy efficient. In fact, the majority of Australians (88%) are concerned about the impact our energy usage has on…

ByEmeric Brard19/11/20190Comments

Mood and Mind News Wellness & Health What's On

3 Simple Winter Reset Techniques To Fight Winter Blues

It’s cold and dark, you’re tired and just want five minutes more in bed. You’re not ready to face the morning yet your day is calling. Well actually, it’s dragging you out of bed and you finally admit to yourself you’re in the blustery Winter season. With seasons changing there’s always an adjustment. Each season…

BySimonne Lee16/06/20190Comments

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health

Five Ways Of Thinking That Could Be Sapping Your Energy

When low energy strikes you might look at your diet, your lifestyle or how much exercise you’re doing to tackle it, but would you think to assess your thinking? You should. In her new book The Energy Guide, biochemist Dr Libby Weaver pinpoints some ways of thinking that could be sapping your energy. Here’s five…

ByHelen Foster13/04/20170Comments

Careers Fitness Health Wellness & Health

5 Easy Ways To Wake Up Earlier & Maximise The Day

If you want to cram more into your days in 2017, it stands to reason that getting up earlier is one of the easiest ways to do it. But not all of us are hard-wired to rise before the sun does. In fact, sleep expert and clinical psychologist Michael Breus says it’s not really something you…

ByJames Graham10/01/20170Comments

Baking Healthy

Peanut Butter & Cacao Energy Bars

PREP TIME 10 MINUTES COOK TIME 40 MINUTES MAKES 16-20 INGREDIENTS 2 cup almond meal 1 cup rolled oats 3 tbsp natural peanut butter 2 tbsp cacao powder 16 pitted medjool dates (or 1 cup soaked dried dates) 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds 2 tbsp boiling water METHOD 1. Blend all ingredients (except boiling water), in a food processor until crumbed. 2. Slowly add boiling water until the mix…

ByThe Carousel23/11/20160Comments

Health Wellness & Health

Sleep Secret: The Best Position To Recharge Your Brain

The solution could be as simple as lying in the right position when you’re head finally does hit the pillow tonight. A new neuroscience study suggests that of all sleep positions, one is most helpful when it comes to efficiently cleaning out waste from the brain: sleeping on your side. The study, published in the Journal of…

ByThe Carousel04/07/20160Comments

Homes

When An Everyday Energy Provider Just Won’t Do…

Saving energy is now a top priority for every household. Not just to benefit the environment, but to reduce household costs. At the same time, we don’t want to compromise on our standard of living. We've teamed up with EnergyAustralia to find out how to manage the fine line. The first step is to find an…

ByEmine Mehmet02/09/20150Comments