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Hearty Wholesome Porridge

Start the day feeling fantastic with the Hearty Wholesome Porridge!

Sometimes all you need in the morning is a comforting, hearty and wholesome porridge. You can also trust this one to fill all the nutrient needs your body may be craving.

Our porridge is a treat, it is full of nutrients, and it is incredibly simple and easy to palette! 

The Method

  1. Choose one ingredient from each food group in the table below.
  2. Soak your choice of Grain overnight in any milk of your choice or in some water. 
  3. Bring your Grain to a boil in your chosen liquid in the morning and let the porridge simmer for 10 min.
  4. Add your favourite fruit and flavour from the list below.
  5. Sit back, relax and enjoy!!
The Grain The Fruit The Liquid The Flavour
30g Rolled Oats Handful of Nuts 250ml Almond milk 1 tsp Cinnamon
60g Hulled buckwheat ½ Grated apple 250ml Water 3 Drops Stevia liquid
30g Quinoa ½ Sliced banana   1-2 tsp Maple syrup
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The Overnight Pudding

The overnight pudding might just be the healthiest and most delicious pudding on earth! It is also incredibly fun and easy to put together. Use this little treat if you have friends or family over for dinner, they won’t even realise that their pudding is this good for them!

You and your family will love this little creation.

All you need to do is choose one ingredient from each group in the table we have put below.

The Base:

Soak your Base in 120ml water/milk of choice overnight.

The Topping:

Add your Topping, Superfood, and Flavour when you are ready to eat your tasty dessert treat and enjoy with friends and family.

The Base The Topping The Superfood The Flavour
30g Rolled Oats Handful Of Nuts 1 tsp Acai 1 tsp Cinnamon
60g Hulled Buckwheat ½ Grated Apple 1 Tbsp Raw Cacao 3 Drops Stevia Liquid
4 Tbsp Chia Seeds ½ Banana Sliced 2-3 Tbsp Goji Berries 1-2 tsp Maple Syrup
4 Tbsp Ground Flax Seed ½ Grated Pear 1tsp Maca Powder ½ tsp...
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The power of superfoods [part 2]

Just in case you forgot what makes a superfood food SUPER, here is a small reminder:

Superfoods have extra-large doses of essential vitamins and minerals in them which can help us ward off diseases and live a longer, healthier life. They are also fantastic for your gut health, superfoods can be a great source of antioxidants. Antioxidants are incredible as they work at shielding our bodies from cell damage and helping prevent awful diseases.

In this blog, we have listed some of the more ‘exotic’ Superfoods that are available for anyone and everyone! You can incorporate them easily into your diet in many different ways. 

Benefits of Cacao Nibs & Powder

  • Cacao contains the highest concentration of antioxidants in food
  • It is the number one source of magnesium
  • Improves heart health
  • Relaxes muscles
  • Protects your body from disease-causing free radicals
  • Improves cognitive function 

Maca Root

  • Rich in antioxidants
  • Enhances energy, mood, and memory
  • It...
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Gluten-Free Pancake

Pancakes like you have never experienced before. Enjoy these delicious treats as a dessert or as a deeply satisfying breakfast.

The Base

First, you will need the base: Blend 2 eggs together with the ingredients in the table below. If you’re a vegan, swop the eggs for 4 tablespoons of soaked, ground flaxseed. (You can soak the flaxseed in water for 25 min.)

You will need one of each of the following food groups in your base. A fruit, a fibre,  a bit of milk, something to bind the ingredients together and something to add a touch of flavour.

Choose one of the ingredients from each group in the below table and blend them together with the eggs or the flaxseed to create your delicious pancake base.

The Fruit The Fibre The Milk The Binder The Flavour
½ Apple 1 Tbsp Chia seed 4 Tbsp of the Milk 30g Protein powder 1 tsp Cinnamon
½ Banana 1 Tbsp Flax seed 4 Tbsp of the Almond Milk 100g Almond flour ½ tsp Nutmeg
½ Pear 1 Tbsp Rolled Oats 4 Tbsp...
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The power of superfoods [part 1]

The word Superfood has been spoken about so much in recent times, as people have become more and more conscious of all things relating to health and wellness. But, what is a Superfood? Is it an elusive expensive sachet filled with micronutrients? Or perhaps, superfoods are easily accessible to everyone! 

What is a superfood?

A Superfood according to the Oxford Dictionary is a nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being. Superfoods have extra-large doses of essential vitamins and minerals in them which can help us ward off diseases and live a longer, healthier life. They can also be a great source of antioxidants, shielding our bodies from cell damage and helping prevent awful diseases in the long run.

As much as there are many particular foods which fall into the Superfood group, there are no set criteria by the FDA and American Heart Association as to what is and what is not a superfood. We do know that certain foods are highly...

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What's So Bad About Processed Foods?

Isn't it all too easy for us to walk through the shops, and pile up our trolleys with foods that are well packaged and attractive, not realising that they could be causing and contributing to a serious level of unwanted illness?

In this blog we will unpack why chemically processed foods have a directly negative effect on our bodies, and why we should avoid them if we want to live a healthy life.

Click here to check out this quick clip on how food can really affect your brain!

Processed Food And The Brain

Our bodies have been designed and made perfectly. Each of us have been made with mechanisms in our bodies and brains that are supposed to regulate how much food we eat and how much food we burn, this is known as energy balance.

There is, however, a lot of evidence to suggest that the “reward value of food” can bypass our natural defence mechanism. This causes us to eat much more than we need to. This is also known as the “food reward hypothesis...

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What Is Food Processing?

If you walk down the aisle of the shops these days, you will find that most of the food we consume has been processed in some way or another. Whole foods, such as fresh vegetables and fruits, nuts, seeds, and whole grains, have likely been cleaned, trimmed, shelled, husked, ground, or wrapped and this is a type of processing.  

Processed food is any food that has been altered in some way during preparation.

The real question you want to ask is, how has the food you eat been processed? The answer is pretty simple, it is one of two options. There is mechanical processing and then there is chemical processing:

Mechanical processing includes food that has been peeled, cored, and/ or cooked, this is a more natural processing method.

Chemical processing is when anything is added to the single ingredient food, for example, sugar, artificial flavours, colourants, etc.)

Processed food can fall on a vast spectrum from minimally to heavily processed.  

Minimally Processed Food

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A Healthy Mind & Body Starts In Your Gut

Our gut is responsible for turning food into fuel for our bodies. It absorbs nutrients that support our body’s functions — energy production, toxin and waste elimination, hormone balance and overall health and wellbeing.

If we have a sluggish, “unhealthy gut” our body will not be able to absorb the nutrients we need for optimal health. This can impact our weight, mood, mental wellbeing and a number of other ailments.

Keeping our gut healthy boosts energy and ensures a healthy immune system.

Let’s talk digestion:

Digestion is how our body turns food into nutrients for the body to use. It starts in the mouth with our first bite. As we chew, we break the food down making it easier for our gut to digest it. At the same time, saliva mixes with our food and begins the digestion process changing our food into a form our body can absorb and use.

Many of us don’t chew our food for long enough, we wolf it down, skipping this important step in...

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Sugar-Free Ice Cream Recipe

We’d love to share our family recipe with you for AMAZING sugar-free ice cream that tastes delicious and avoids the nonsense!

Ingredients

You will need:

1 can full-fat coconut milk or cream
¼ cup honey (maple syrup)
¼ cup almond butter
1 tsp pure vanilla extract 
¼ tsp sea salt

Instructions

1.   Place all the ingredients into a high-powered blender.
2.   Blend on high for 30 seconds, or until the mixture is smooth.
3.   Turn on your ice cream maker.
4.   Pour the mixture directly from the blender into the ice cream maker while it is moving.
5.   Let the mixture churn for about 20-25 minutes until it becomes a firm ball or the ice cream maker stops rotating.
6.   Transfer it into an airtight, freezer-friendly container and freeze that for at least 1 hour, or until it is completely frozen.
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5 guidelines to intuitive eating

With a lot of conflicting movements in the health dialogue over the past little while, we at YOUnique Life have settled in on the concept of intuitive eating.

Intuitive eating is a lifestyle take on health, more than a set of rules to follow, and foods to avoid. It is based on the foundational idea that you know best what your body needs most.

It is a way of thinking about food differently, keeping track of the signals your body communicates to you and then eating accordingly. Intuitive eating is quite simple. When you have the right information available to you it’ll be easy for you to trust the natural way your body responds to certain foods.

Once you have mastered the art of listening to your body, you’ll find yourself with a fresh, new and open outlook on healthy eating and living. 

Here are 5 guidelines to an intuitive eating lifestyle: 

1. Listen To Your Body

Our bodies are designed to tell us when we are hungry and when we are full. It is important...

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