BALANCED ADULT: food, nutrition and exercise

1st public appearance in Sydney postponed

2010-05-13T12:45:00.002+01:00

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I will not be giving my talk on 'Stay Young, Stay Beautiful' at the Antipodean Health Show in Sydney next week - and indeed have cancelled all public engagements for the foreseeable future.

I'm so sorry.

Australia here we come!!

2010-05-10T20:26:00.003+01:00

Great news! My wonderful husband has sprung a fabulous surprise on us, announcing that he has bought last minute tickets for me and my stepdaughter Juliet to fly to Australia THIS WEEK!

There I was thinking I would have weeks to pack and prepare for this great new life adventure and now I find I have just two days to get going. Exciting!

My husband will be staying behind to finalise funeral arrangements for Tybalt and help police with any further enquiries. It's an amazing act of self sacrifice on his part to take on such a weighty responsibility and leave us girls to blaize a trail to the New World.

I am nervous - especially with having to settle Juliet into a new school at short notice - but I am also excited. What an opportunity! What an adventure!

I will, of course, be taking a sensible dose of Melatonin just before my flight to counter the effects of jet lag. This is just one of the many products I'm hoping to include in my 'Balanced Adults Down Under' range - available in all good Sydney retail outlets from next autumn - fingers crossed!!

Remember to place your order before you take your next long-haul flight.

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

replacing the Sunday Roast

2010-05-09T16:02:00.002+01:00

Sometimes I despair. Science has proven that the Brits' traditional roast meat and vegetables cooked in gallons of animal fat is BAD for you. Why won't people listen?

Even the more tasteful British Sunday menus are usual FULL of harmful fats and genetically modified ingredients. And meanwhile out there sitting on the shelves all ready to buy are fantastic alternatives such as the delicious FairTrade nut cutlets pictured here.

And actually you don't even have to buy these - they are VERY easy to make. I have been trying to get this message through to people in my own family - yes, I mean you Jess :-) - but as yet I'm having no success.

Perhaps someone else can do better. My stepdaughter is cooking right now and I gather can be reached on Twitter as @Jess_nurse. Why not try and talk her into doing the right thing?

And yes - if she is prepared to try nut cutlets, I will try Twitter. That's a promise!

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

The need for privacy - and a nerve tonic - at this terrible time

2010-05-05T16:19:00.005+01:00

Thanks to all of you who have sent condolences regarding the death of my step-son Tybalt. It came as a terrible shock to us all.

He was a boy with a fine future ahead of him and we are devastated to have lost him in very cruel and violent circumstances. I'm assured that police are doing everything they can at this time.

Obviously, we were hoping that the press would respect the family's privacy, but fat chance of that in this country. One of the things I will *not* miss about Britain when I finally get to move to Australia will be the newspapers and the so-called paperazzi!

My nerves have become quite frazzled by the constant knocking on the door and ringing of the telephone. Luckily I have just the right product to help with that - my Triple Complex Nerve Tonic. This is probably the first time I've been a customer for one of my own products and I have to say I give it a ringing endorsement.

If only the newspapers would write something positive about the work that I do in this regard, calming peoples' nerves -rather than focussing on the murky events of last Monday.

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

another reason to be really excited about Australia

2010-05-03T00:12:00.003+01:00

"Based on the most powerful fat soluble antioxidants, Dr. Red Blueberry Punch is already creating much excitement in Australia where it is produced. Using raw materials like turmeric, citrus and olive leaf as well as blueberries, University of Sydney testing shows that Blueberry Punch is in a class of its own for antioxidant power. Featured in two separate articles in the Daily Mail, Dr Red Blueberry Punch is an evidence based, antioxidant enriched, blueberry concentrate."

Doesn't that sound amazing? I can't wait to get out there and make an appointment with Dr Qihan Dong who heads the research on this product. If I could book a ticket tomorrow I would! It's so exciting.

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

do you know what's in your food?

2010-04-30T09:36:00.005+01:00

Such is the resistance of the very young to any idea that they haven't thought of themselves, I've been finding it very hard to convince my own family - let alone all you lovely people out there - to eat some of the -admittedly unusual and groundbreaking - meals I've outlined in my forthcoming book 'Maintaining Balance in an Upside Down World' (a great read for anyone living 'down under' btw)

One way round this problem is simply to slip a few extra 'ingredients' into everday meals without telling anyone. My handy range of Balanced Adult 'droplet' products are designed with this in mind.

I have, for example, been using these on my step son Tybalt recently in the hope of calming his more aggressive tendencies. I hear on the grapevine that as a direct result of this he has been writing poetry on Twitter (?!) and joining in with a local ping pong tournament - things he would probably never have dreamed of doing before. (He is @Tybalt_Cap on Twitter apparently).

Now before I get a flood of complaints about secretly 'doping' people with my products just ask yourself these questions: do you really know what manufacturers put into the food you eat anyway? Are you clear about how much salt and sugar you are consuming and what kind of sugar it might be. Have you any idea how they actually make hydrogenated fat?

With those questions in mind, I feel strongly that it is entirely OK to make our own choices about what we add to a family meal in terms of healthy ingredients. So go for it! As I did!

Feel free to contact me if you'd like to buy any of my discreet 'droplet' products (not tested on animals).

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

Is there such a thing as too much health powder?

2010-04-27T08:39:00.005+01:00

At my step-daughter's 16th birthday party last week, a large amount of arjuna powder was consumed - without my permission I might add.

Normally, I would recommend only a small daily amount of this frankly miraculous product (available to all you Australians who are soon to become my compatriots and my clients!).

I have not had any experience of what it might be like to take a whole box of the stuff in one sitting (let alone six boxes! or more!!). I'm assuming gastric problems might ensue. And certainly if consumed with any kind of alcohol, I'd advise seeing a doctor as soon as possible.

If any parents of children who attended this party are concerned about what went on that night, they should in the first instance make contact with my other step-daughter Jess. I was not actually present myself and therefore it would be hard for me to take full responsibility for anything that occurred.

Jess can be contacted via Twitter as @Jess_nurse. She is a trained solicitor and will have all the answers to your questions, legal or otherwise.

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

How to deal with health at a COMMUNITY level

2010-04-22T10:34:00.003+01:00

Organising a 16th birthday can be a very stressful business for any mother. But I thank BALANCED ADULTS for keeping me sane.

One of the more unusual stresses is dealing with the demands of other parents who perhaps find it hard to adopt a balanced & adult approach when it comes to preparing their children for a social event that is perhaps a little grander than they’re used to; particularly since it has become fashionable in recent years for some parents to take it on themselves to manage their child’s friendships on their behalf (!)

For example only yesterday I received this letter from another local mum [names have been crossed out to protect people’s privacy]:

What to do? Frankly I find the best policy is to ignore these attempts at emotional blackmail and concentrate as I always do on myself and how my body is coping with what life throws at me.

If anyone else would care to write to me in order to receive some helpful advice please feel free. It’s all good practice for my future life as a ‘media’ guru in Australia!

P.S I have been asked by my stepdaughter Jess to confirm that there will be security on the door at this party and gatecrashers will not be welcome. Apparently all relevant information is available on Twitter using a hashtag (?!) that is #julesparty.

I hope you all understand what that means because frankly I don’t.

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

I’m so excited! My very own health bar!

2010-04-21T23:44:00.002+01:00

It’s taken my husband several years and a lot of money to deliver on the vision that I outlined but yesterday it happened.

I took delivery of my first case of packaged, branded hemp bars that I sincerely believe could become the Number 1 snack in Australia.

My youngest stepdaughter Juliet has been my number 1 guinea pig as I worked to perfect the ingredients of this amazing product (place your orders asap!).

On and off Juliet has provided me with feedback on how she’s been feeling, how her body has been responding and how my nutritional plan for her might be helping her to achieve the kind of success in her GCSEs that her father is expecting from her.

I gather she is yet another member of the family who has been lured in by the charms of Twitter !(?) where she is known as @julietcap16. I’m hoping that she too is using this new-fangled social-networking to tell her friends about the benefits of a balanced, well-formulated and cost-effective dietary regime.

At the moment our household is being completely dominated by the plans for Juliet’s 16th birthday party this week - and I’m just so glad that the hemp bars have arrived in time.
They make excellent party snacks I think!

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

Triple Bee Complex on sale at Sunday’s Carboot – everything must go!

2010-04-17T11:57:00.002+01:00

As you all know by now, my family and I are planning the big move to Australia very soon now, with a view to establishing BALANCED ADULT as the premier range of health, nutrition & well-being products Down Under.

This means that I will no longer be the shining presence at the local carboot that I know so many of you have enjoyed for years. So this Sunday is one of your last chances to take advantage of me at my regular stall where I will be offering massive discounts on product that won’t really travel well or keep long enough for me to take to Oz.

In particular I have several cases of Royal Jelly Bee Pollen that must be sold before I emigrate. So this will be your best ever chance to get hold of an amazing amazing product at a rock bottom price.

I’ll also be available all day for advice and consultations – on the understanding that you all agree to sponsor my amazing stepdaughter Jess in her bid to run the London Marathon in under five hours.

If I don’t manage to get round and twist your arm to sign her sponsorship form on Sunday, you can get in touch with her direct on her Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com/Jess_nurse

Please don’t ask me what Twitter is, I’m sure it’s another amazing communication technology that I will no doubt get to grips with once I’m settled in Oz.

See you Sunday – and don’t forget about the royal jelly offer!

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

Dealing with the aggression inside

2010-04-15T00:03:00.002+01:00

Having recently witnessed at first hand the terrifying sight of my 17-year old stepson throwing himself into a rage and attacking his own family, I can safely say I know all about how a poor diet & exercise regime - plus a failure of the education system - can lead to young boys becoming an intense burden on those people around them who love them but who perhaps don’t quite know what to do with them.

One obvious solution is to begin the cleansing and calming process from *within*, and that’s exactly what my BALANCED ADULT Super Cleanse blend of Herbs & Fibres is designed to do.

As many of us already know, a calm colon is the pathway to a calm interior. And what we do to ourselves on the inside will always eventually show on the outside.

I’m already encouraging my stepson to sprinkle a little bit of Super Cleanse on his cereal every day and I fully expect the results to be spectacular. I understand he has a Twitter (?) account where maybe he will write something about how he gets on http://www.twitter.com/Tybalt_Cap

You should try it too.

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com

Balanced Adult launches in Australia

2010-04-09T15:31:00.007+01:00

I am delighted to be able to confirm the rumours that yours truly will soon be moving to Australia, basing myself out of Sydney and bringing my complete range of health, nutrition & well-being products to a whole new continent.

Knowing how vigorous and lively you Aussies like to be I am celebrating this amazing new stage in my personal journey thorugh life with the launch of a new product – a male libido tonic that has been thoroughly tested* on the person I trust most in these matters – my husband!

From the summer of 2010 onwards I will be available for conferences, seminars, media interviews to promote the Balanced Adult philosophy in as many ways as possible.

So all you Australian daytime TV producers out there looking for a fresh face to talk about all things nutritional, you know who to call - cobber!

* according to human clinical trial conducted in Malaysia, Balanced Adults Tom Kat Ali was found to offer :

- 91 percent improvement in libido
- 73 percent improvement in sexual function
- 82 percent psychological improvement relative to sex

http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com