Jessica Sepel

Helping individuals achieve optimal health and wellbeing

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A Winter Warmer: Tasty Zucchini Soup

Delicious winter warmer! Perfect starter to a meal. Zucchinis are a fabulous source of  Vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory properties. Ingredients: Makes 1 large pot of soup. 6 zucchini’s 3 tbsp olive oil 2 leaks 3 chicken stock cubes 1 tsp chilli flakes 1 tsp Himalayan salt 1/2 tsp cumin cracked pepper bunch parsley chopped grated parmesan- optional Method: 1. Slice zuccini’s 2. Slice leaks 3. Add chilli flakes, cumin salt and pepper 4. Fry the [...]

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Your Unique Diet- One Diet Does Not Fit All

We have been led to believe that there is a certain diet that works for ALL.  Its absurd! We are so biochemically unique. Your nutritional needs are very different to your friend, sister, cousin and mother, yet our diet these days is based on numbers- counting calories and grams of carbohydrates/protein rather than looking at food as a source of nourishment and healing. Sadly this has caused us to have a very broken relationship with food and our bodies. And [...]

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4 Fat Myths Busted

By Dr Gould from Shrink Yourself- The End of Emotional Eating.  Misinformation about fat and weight makes losing it more difficult. And it’s this kind of misinformation that can really leave you feeling deflated and hopeless as you either 1. Find yourself overweight again after yet another failed diet, or 2. Have simply given up and resigned yourself to believing that you are fat, and fat you’ll stay. Getting the facts, then, is crucial in achieving any kind of successful [...]

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Delicious winter warmer! Perfect starter to a meal. Zucchinis are a fabulous source of  Vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory properties. Ingredients: Makes 1 large pot of soup. 6 zucchini’s 3 tbsp olive oil 2 leaks 3 chicken stock cubes 1 tsp chilli flakes 1 tsp Himalayan salt 1/2 tsp cumin cracked pepper bunch parsley chopped grated parmesan- optional Method: 1. Slice zuccini’s 2. Slice leaks 3. Add chilli flakes, cumin salt and pepper 4. Fry the [...]

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We have been led to believe that there is a certain diet that works for ALL.  Its absurd! We are so biochemically unique. Your nutritional needs are very different to your friend, sister, cousin and mother, yet our diet these days is based on numbers- counting calories and grams of carbohydrates/protein rather than looking at food as a source of nourishment and healing. Sadly this has caused us to have a very broken relationship with food and our bodies. And [...]

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Jessica Sepel Beauty Health Routine

By Dr Gould from Shrink Yourself- The End of Emotional Eating.  Misinformation about fat and weight makes losing it more difficult. And it’s this kind of misinformation that can really leave you feeling deflated and hopeless as you either 1. Find yourself overweight again after yet another failed diet, or 2. Have simply given up and resigned yourself to believing that you are fat, and fat you’ll stay. Getting the facts, then, is crucial in achieving any kind of successful [...]

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Sometimes very misleading! If you take health seriously it is vey important you understand how to read a food label as it is not always what you think! Look at the product in front of you… 1. First- Check the date for freshness 2. The products content appears in descending order from the main ingredient, then the second biggest and so on. You will be able to see what percentage of the product’s characterizing ingredients constitutes. So for example: Peanut [...]

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ginger tea

  Before taking the medication route why not try the natural path first! 1 lemon, juiced- vitamin C 3-4 drops of liquid Echinacea- immune boosting herb 1/2 Tbsp turmeric- anti-infkammatory Dash of cayenne pepper – anti- inflammatory + anti-viral Dash of cinnamon- anti-inflammatory 1/2 ginger peeled and crushed- antimicrobial (kills bacteria) and anti-inflammatory 1 tsp manuka honey- anti-microbial – great for fighting infection. (optional) Combine ingredients in some filtered water! I would recommend to do this 3x/day until symptoms go!

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