Articles
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Organics, Certification and Trust
People often ask and comment about Organic Certification... "What's the point?"; "Is it worth it?"; "It's just another piece of red tape bureaucratic pointlessness." We are a business that has...
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WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF ACTIVATION?
In case anyone has forgotten the very real benefit of eating our activated nuts, we thought it timely to give you a quick refresher... The first thing to remember is...
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The Almond Tree - Revered throughout ancient cultures
Almonds originated in North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Levant. Archaeologists have found almonds in sites that date back to 8000BCE, particularly in the region of Greece. Almonds and almond...
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Pumpkin Seeds - Ancient Medicine in Modern Times
Pumpkin seeds have been used in traditional medicines all over the globe for thousands of years, from Mexico to China to Ireland. There are, unsurprisingly, common threads as to their...
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Are Nuts Low in Histamines?
I have been asked this question a few times over the last months at the market. And I did not have an answer. I understood that histamines were part of...
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KNOW YOUR NUTS, IN A NUTSHELL
We are often asked "What is the healthiest nut?". To which there is of course no answer, because every nut provides different nutrients and has different qualities. All contain quality...
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Walnuts - food for the brain!
Many people have heard about how walnuts look just like a brain and therefore are good for the brain. Some dismiss this as fanciful imagination - but it is actually...
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Eat Healthy - without the Stress
The chances are fairly high that if you are reading this blog, you are interested in eating healthy organic food and making conscious lifestyle choices. But... there is a lot...
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HEMP - THE NUTRITIONAL SUPERSTAR
Hemp is a truly amazing crop that I have said before quite possibly has the potential to change the world. It offers so much and takes so little, which...
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Introduction to Oxalates
INTRODUCTION TO OXALATES Oxalates are another type of so-called 'anti-nutrients', similar but different to the lectins I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. These substances are only 'so-called' anti-nutrients...
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Why are Macadamias so expensive?
Macadamias are the only global agricultural product to have come out of Australia. They are also creamy, buttery, tasty, delicious, and from our own local area here in South-East Queensland....
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The Lowdown on Lectins
We get asked some interesting and often challenging questions at our market stall on Sundays. One that comes up more and more is which nuts are low in lectins. Once...