Over the course of the eight weeks you’ll only be using rice malt syrup and stevia as substitute sweeteners. They are both fructose free and safe to eat. You can read more about them in Week Six, when you’ll be adding safe sweeteners back into your diet.
During Week One, you might like to simply use a little stevia in your tea or
coffee, or drizzle a little rice malt syrup as you would use honey. The other fake sweeteners (in diet drinks, chewing gum and many “sugar-free” snacks) are not recommended, but for this first week, if you need help to ease off your soft drink/soda or your power bar or chocolate addiction, feel free to swap to these “diet” versions. We’ll be sharing more on this topic later in the Program.
Kate Holm our naturopath, and nutritionist has put together her tips on how to build a healthy meal. She’s passionate about creating a healthy foundation for future generations and believes it all starts with the way we eat.
What is it that you hope quitting sugar will help you achieve? Dietician Sydney Greene, Guides you through an intention-setting exercise.
Use the "Download as PDF" button to save this week's Meal Plan and recipes, or print them off to keep with you in the kitchen as you cook.
Each day, we recommend you drink a glass of hot water and slice of lemon upon rising to alkalise your bodyand stimulate digestive enzymes.
Oh, and don't worry, we haven't forgotten the ingredients for Sunday night's dinner! We'll include these on the Week 2 Shopping List to ensure freshness.
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Almost 2500 years ago Hippocrates told us that “all disease begins in the gut”. Much of modern research also suggests that the gut is the seat of health and a major way we interact with our external environment – what we put in directly affects our wellbeing.
This can be broken down into how our food is absorbed and metabolised, our balance of gut bacteria, and our gut integrity – i.e., is it letting through things it shouldn’t?
All of these factors contribute to the way we feel. This is the first in a series of articles on the gut and its relationship to our health. Today we begin with fatigue, a major symptom of poor gut health and consuming excess sugar.
Bianca Monley, founder of Lifely, shares her top 3 Ttips to get more goodness into your family.
Find more from Bianca at: @biancamonley or website Biancamonley.com, as well as @lifelyand LifelyStore.Com
Each week on the 8-Week Program, we’ll be giving you a new Movement Plan to assist with the detox process. For Week One, we’re easing you into things by explaining the IQS approach to exercise. Plus, there’s three gentle activities to try.
We’re well and truly into Week 1, so to ensure that you’ve definitely started on the right foot, IQS’s Wrap-Up this week is focused on setting yourself up for success.
It’s time to cut back on your sugar intake. Fruit, sugar and sweeteners are allowed in moderation.
Here is list of snacks you can make throughout the program that are sugar-free and delicious! You can pick your own and add to your daily meal plan.
Each week our international chef and author Sarah Glover will be hosting a live cookup where she will make an amazing meal to help entertain friends or just share with family. Click below to get the recipe and shopping list.
Sarah takes you through her delicious Lentil Shepard's Pie with Mash Topping plus gives great cooking tips in the first of our Sunday Cookup Series.
Dried fruit sounds healthy enough, right? Well, it turns out they're hiding more than triple the amount of sugar as their fresh counterparts. Here are 3 things to eat instead.
