SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Ultimately food should be certified organic, biologically farmed, pasture fed, free range, locally grown and free from additives, preservatives, artificial sweeteners and chemicals. This is a challenge that many of us find difficult to meet, so look for these foods or purchase them here to make your shopping easier. In the case that the food is not as stated as above, it is recommended as a 'better bad choice'.

Bought at: Health food shops / markets

Bought at: Health food shops / markets

Pure Harvest Organic Oat Milk
Low GI, dairy free and certified organic. By no means does normal milk come from oats! But if the animal equivalent aggravates your system, try oat milk.

Organic Food Bar
100% raw, organic, and free of gluten, GMOs, preservatives, additives, salt, coatings, refined sugar, soy, peanuts or dairy. Yet naturally delicious. Limited varieties sold in Australia.

Aclara Health Coconut Oil
Organic extra virgin cold pressed coconut oil. The healthiest and best oil to cook with due to its stability at high heats. Prevents bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. It DOES NOT increase blood cholesterol levels, contribute to heart disease, contribute to weight problems or contain trans fats. Great to use on your skin as well!

Japanese Furikake
A tasty additive to cooked rice. Contains natural ingredients like sesame, carrot, spinach, pumpkin and seaweed. The Japanese add this to their rice like it's going out of fashion! Great way to spice up bland rice.

Basmati Sunrice
Not all rice is created equal. Basmati is a healthy low GI variety traditionally used in Indian cuisine.

Japanese Sunrice
Not all rice is created equal. Japanese rice is a healthy low GI variety.

Sun Rice Doongara Clever Rice
Not all rice is created equal. Doongara is a healthy low GI variety.

Pure Harvest Organic Brown Rice
Brown rice contains more vitamins, minerals and fibre than white rice, and has a lower GI. Brown rice is also gluten free for people with celiac disease and helps control blood sugar levels.

Stevia
If you must sweeten your food or beverage, the healthiest form of sweetener comes from the leaves of Stevia, a plant from Paraguay. Stevia is sweeter than table sugar but has a lower GI, and is calorie free. Comes in leaf, tablet and powder form.

Pure Harvest Mallee Organic Honey
Great tasting certified organic honey. A natural way to sweeten your food or tea, if you must.

Manning Valley Free Range Eggs
From a free range farm in Western NSW. Check their site to see photos of the farm and chicken conditions.

Lilydale Free Range Chicken
Never buy commercially raised chicken. Although not organic, Lilydale chickens are at least free range, and at a decent price.

Supermarkets Organic Products
Ideally, organic food from farmers markets and local producers are fresher and better quality than the multi conglomerate's organic food options. However, it is good that consumer demand for organics is starting to be listened to, and more organic food is appearing on supermarket shelves.

Melrose Nut Buttters
Delicious and healthy addition to any diet. They take natural, whole nuts, lightly roast them to bring out the flavour, then grind them to an easy-to-use paste. Nuts are a well-balanced source of essential nutrients, protein and fibre. A fantastic addition to a piece of fruit or carrot / celery to snack on between main meals.

Apple Cider Vinegar
Melrose supplies a choice of two Apple Cider Vinegars made from whole ripened apples: the double strength Apple Cider Vinegar with 8% acetic acid and our Organic Apple Cider Vinegar with 6% acetic acid. They are unpasteurised and unfiltered in order to preserve nutritional value. Natural sediment is the true sign of raw, unfiltered vinegar. Anti-fungal properties. Great to add to oil as a salad dressing.

Organic everything!
Global Sov is a unique company selling unique wholefoods. You can be guaranteed that everything they sell, they personally make themselves and are of high quality. Visit their stand at the Sydney Organic Food Markets and their shop in Bondi.

In-Liven - Certified Organic Probiotic
If there was one 'supplement' to consume on a regular basis, this is it. In-Liven is designed to re-colonize the gastrointestinal tract with the complete family of Lactobacillus (friendly) bacteria. You need a ratio of 85% friendly bacteria to 15% un-friendly bacteria for your digestive system to function properly. The majority of us have the opposite.

Mucoid Plaque Cleanser
All disease begins in the colon. You clean the plaque from your teeth every day, but how often do you clean your colon? With most of us, our colons have to put up with a fair bit, so it's no wonder we're fighting disease. This is a natural way to help clean up the digestive system plaque that builds up on your the walls of your intestinal tract. The same way it builds up on your teeth!

Homeopathic Melatonin
Helps provide stamina and endurance when taken in the morning, and helps relieve insomnia when taken before bedtime. Useful for establishing sleep patterns to overcome jetlag. Does not contain any: cane sugar, salt, starch, gluten, yeast, wheat, corn or other cereals, artificial colours and flavour, or preservatives.

Australian Bush Flower Emergency Essence
Excellent for any emotional upset as it has a calming effect during a crisis. Combines these Bush Flower Essences: Angelsword, Crowea, Dog Rose of the Wild Forces, Fringed Violet, Grey Spider Flower, Sundew and Waratah.

Activated Charcoal Capsules
Activated charcoal is a natural internal detoxifier commonly used to help cleanse the body of unwanted material and naturally absorbs the toxins that cause gas and flatulence. Not good to take long term as it affects vitamin and mineral absorbtion. Great for assessing colon transit time.

Arnica for Bruising and Sprains
A natural homeopathic solution to relieve the pain and inflammation associated with soft tissue injuries. Available in capsule form as well. Each 1g contains Arnica montana tincture equivalent to 13.5mg dry flower.

Melrose Omega 18/12 Fish Oil
Though we know that Omega 3 Fatty Acids
are essential for our optimum health and wellbeing, it is increasingly difficult to obtain these oils from eating fish, as our seas become more polluted with deadly toxins such as mercury. A safer alternative is this fish oil supplement, which uses modern processing methods of smaller fish to minimize mercury and PCB content.

Automatic Rice Cooker
The easiest way to cook rice, pasta, and other grains, and even steam vegetables at the same time. Automatically switches to 'keep warm' setting when cooked.

Pyrex
Instead of using plastic to store and cook your food in, use glass to prevent plastic chemicals leaching into your food. These oven and freezer proof glass cookware and tableware products are are suitable for cooking and serving.

Juicers
The only juice you should ever drink is freshly squeezed to order. Not only is the flavour superior; fresh juices are nutritionally superior as well, as most commercially bottled juices are pasteurised, which kills all the important digestive enzymes.

Meyer Select Cookware
Avoid cookware which has teflon that scratches off and into your food over time. This cookware has bonded stainless steel and full aluminium cap bases which create an even heat distribution so food gets cooked evenly. They also have a unique glass straining lid so you can strain liquid straight from the pot.