About Jacqueline Harvey
Author, fitness expert and passionate advocate for total health, Jacqueline has been creating customised fitness programmes for more than 18 years. She believes that true health integrates mental, physical and emotional well being – a belief backed up by both training and long experience. Her company, Crystal Clear Health is acomplete health and lifestyle management centre on a mission to provide complete healthcare to all - nourishing the body, stimulating the mind and energising the spirit.
Waste Not, Want Not
July 22nd, 2010
Posted by antonia on July 22nd, 2010
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This was a well-used phrase when I was younger. My mum always tried to get us to eat all our meals without having to throw food away, often pointing out that ‘children are still starving in the world’. And today we’re in a completely different situation – we waste millions of tons of food each year without giving it a second thought. Not only do supermarkets throw out perfectly edible food to maintain high prices, but also due to regulations about the ideal shape or size of our fruit and vegetables.
Yesterday I attended a recording of the BBC’s Great British Waste Menu to highlight how much food we’re throwing away and to feast on a menu cooked by top celebrity chiefs, Richard Corrigan & Angela Harnett that was an example of using foods that are often normally destroyed.
It was great to meet up with like-minded folk to discuss practical ways of getting around the problem. In fact, what I love about this campaign is that everyone can get involved immediately by becoming aware and taking action about how much food you throw away.
On an everyday level, I know most of us are so busy our meal-planning goes out the window. And it doesn’t help that we’re bombarded with pre-prepared food on every street corner inviting us to eat there, instead of cooking a meal at home. I’m constantly throwing food into the freezer if I’ve fallen behind my cooking plan.
We rely heavily on sell-by, best before and use-by dates, which are really just a guide – I’m a big believer in smelling food to check if it’s off and poking it a bit to see if the texture has deteriorated.
Here are a few of the ideas from that came up on Saturday to help us reduce food waste:
- Food is a natural resource and wasting it is an environmental issue we can all take part in correcting immediately by becoming more aware.
- Planning your meals and eating at home helps to cut down excess waste and cuts costs.
- Freeze left-overs, or turn them into new meals for the next day.
- Don’t buy the 3 for 2 deals on perishable items in supermarkets, unless you can use them quickly or again, freeze them to use later.
- Don’t always go by the dates on packets – a lot of prepackaged fruit and vegetables are picked before they are ripe and remain edible for days after their use-by dates.
Drop me a line in the comments section, if you have more ideas to share on how to stop waste!
Take control …
July 22nd, 2010
Posted by antonia on July 22nd, 2010
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Forgive me for not being entirely enamoured of the new coalition – as each day passes I hear about more and more cuts in our services by the Government to pay off the Nation’s debt. Little did I know when I wrote Your Health is Your Wealth that we would be faced with such dwindling NHS resources or, indeed, that our health really would become our own responsibility.
My days are filled with clients seeking to achieve just that. And each time someone begins that journey of self-discovery – by training, changing their eating patterns and dealing with their emotional issues – I feel blessed to be in a position where I can facilitate their healing. Far too often we rely on institutions or other people to take up the slack – now it’s clear that we can no longer afford such luxuries.
I’m not saying that doing right by yourself is an easy process – far from it.
Having your weaknesses thrown in front of you can be a painful experience; you may come to realise what little support you actually get from your nearest and dearest, and feel angry that you’ve left it so long to make the changes. Best not judge yourself too harshly though – even if you can’t perform 20 press-up or run 5k in 25mins at the start, remember that you’ll have such a high sense of achievement when you do reach your goals. And at the same time you’ll be learning patience, discipline and self-control – all great personal skills.
Today, I had the opportunity to train Calum Best in the park as part of his lifestyle change and health kick. No small feat for someone with a well-documented playboy reputation and very public family history of addiction. I was so impressed to see the natural level of physical potential that Calum possesses and I’m sure that, because of his commitment and dedication, he will become part of the fitness elite! If he can get started and take responsibility for his health, I’m sure many of us can do it too.
Remember that I’m here to help so please let me know if you need any information about starting a holistic health plan through the comments links.
These are exciting times…
February 12th, 2010
Posted by admin on February 12th, 2010
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At last I’m up and running – able to talk to you about my world – to talk honestly and passionately about health issues in a non-airbrushed, non-stretched, non-media-sexualised fashion. I want to share my dynamic life experiences with you – whether at work or play.
For my whole life, health has meant MIND, BODY and SPIRIT to me – some of you will already know how strongly I feel about this from reading my book Your Health is Your Wealth.
No one can doubt that we are in the process of radical and challenging change and, in fact, creating a New World Order in many areas. These changes – although perhaps unpopular and possibly even traumatic – should be viewed as opportunities. In many instances during these turbulent times, our only guide is to remain true to what is in our hearts.
Forecasters predicted the arrival of this period in our planet’s history – yet we need to accept that this process is taking place now, in order to grasp the many new options and ways of living open to us.
The re-ordering of the world’s financial systems, the election of Obama, increasingly erratic climatic changes and, in England, the refreshing stimulation of a third major political party under the inspiriting leadership of Nick Clegg, all indicate a rebalancing of power and environment.
And while this is all very positive, on a personal level what can you and I do? Preparation is the key to survival, and fundamental to this is a solid foundation in ourselves through our health. Only then do we stand a chance of dealing with the radical forces of change in the long-term.
For me these dramatic changes over the past few years have largely been positive. For instance, this month I realised a long-held dream of successfully launching a number of services at Crystal Clear Health, including beauty treatments, products and special packages – take a look at the site to find out more.
I look forward to catching up with you later this month.
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