Eat like an athlete to stay slim by Paola Bassanese Inspired by aerial circus artist Julia who kindly kept a food diary sharing her healthy recipes, here’s some practical and delicious meal plans that will boost your energy and help you stay slim. Julia believes in and follows the traditional German eating philosophy: breakfast like [...]
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Why I need my cappuccino fix
By Paola Bassanese As a hard-working, workaholic self-employed massage therapist, most of my waking hours are dedicated to my business and my clients. When I am not massaging clients I write blogs on health and wellbeing, including nutrition. I often extoll the virtues of healthy eating and condemn sugar and caffeine abuse, yet I am [...]
Featured on Spa and Pampering: In Praise of the Detox, blog
Paola Bassanese is guest editor at Spa and Pampering in the November issue writing about detoxing. “A warm croissant. A frothy cappuccino. A chilled glass of wine. As tasty and delicious as they may be, these foods and drinks are all responsible for weight gain, diabetes, heart disease. Ultimately they all work against you when [...]
New Wahanda blog: super soups to beat the bulge
What do the Mighty Boosh and Snowhite have in common? Soup. The English comedy duo dedicated a song to soup (aptly called “The Soup Song”) and the cartoon character makes a delicious soup for the Seven Dwarves to cheer them up after a long day at the mine. Why soup? We are not talking gimmicky [...]
Are new year’s resolutions a good idea in winter?
Being February, most of us may have forgotten our new year’s resolutions to be healthier, lose weight or learn a new language. While it is good to put in a framework for the year ahead, it is important to remind ourselves that if we had decided to lose weight, nature may be slightly working against [...]
