IN VOGUE WITH HEALTH & SPAS
Food for Vitality
Showcook explores the way forward!NEW! BEHIND THE BOTOX
By Marc de Chazal
There is tremendous interest worldwide on the subject of botox. Marc de Chazal has an in depth discussion with the aesthetic physician Dr Dunéstea Prinsloo of L’Institut on the Bay on the merits or otherwise of botox and non surgical procedures.
HEADACHES! A CAUSE FOR CONCERN?
By Annette du Toit
What triggers the cause of a headache? Annette du Toit, who has been advising on health matters for over twenty years, explains your options and how you can help yourself.
By Sally-Ann Creed
A trigger for a cascade of bodily symptoms that need instant response.
The thyroid gland, is one of those glands in our body which doesn’t always give overt symptoms to alert us that something is wrong.
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With Viviane Bauquet Farre
Creative New York chef and food writer Viviane Bauquet Farre, a lifelong vegetarian, joins SHOWCOOK with delicious dishes; Hummus with Garlic and Scallions, Roasted Vegetable Wrap with Heirloom Tomatoes and Black Olive Tapenade.
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With Viviane Bauquet Farre
Creative New York chef and food writer Viviane Bauquet Farre, a lifelong vegetarian, joins SHOWCOOK with delicious dishes using fruit, vegetables, salad leaves, grains and pulses. Viviane adds a stylish and elegant touch to her recipes that makes each dish a culinary adventure!
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New age eating at a glance... food for thought!
How colour provides food for thought and a blue print for new age eating. We are looking at what stimulates, builds, heals, gives you energy, joy, gaiety and warmth as well as vital cleansing.
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By Susan Peters
New York chef Viviane Bauquet Farre, who is a lifelong vegetarian chats to Susan Peters about her creative, plant-based diet, dishes that please even her carnivorous customers.
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WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE SUMMER
DETOX & CLEANSE
by Mary-Ann Shearer
As we enter into a change of seasons (Spring in the Southern Hemisphere and Autumn/Fall in the Northern Hemisphere) it is a good time to take stock of your health and get back on track.
I find the best way to do this is to go on a detox program for 3 - 30 days. This will help prevent you ‘catching’ the latest seasonal flu.
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THE PERFECT SLEEP
How to get enough of it!By Sally-Ann Creed
Natural sleep, a blessed state that many neither enjoy nor have enough of. Sally-Ann Creed tells us how to manage this stress related problem.
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By Mary-Ann Shearer
Mary-Ann Shearer tackles the questions of fats; the good, the bad and the ugly! What are they, why should we not be eating them and what are we to do?
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By Sally-Ann Creed
By Sally-Ann Creed
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Healthy Cooking Secrets of Spa Chefs
By Susan Peters
Susan Peters, an Atlanta-based food and travel writer, shares healthy cooking techniques used by some of America’s top spa chefs.
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By Oded Schwartz
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Sub-tropical Ballito, the pearl of Natal's Dolphin Coast with its glorious golden beaches and vistas of sugar cane, is the backdrop and setting of the gracious and intimate Hotel Izulu, the essence of luxury from spacious suites and superb cuisine to a tranquil spa.
'I thought it was, as Mark Twain so eloquently put it, “The food that angels eat.” The first time I can remember sinking my teeth into a cold slice of watermelon was when I was about five...' Donna Brousseau brings you up to speed on the luscious melon family. See
the glorious summer issue of Flavors magazine,
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A MARRIAGE OF TOMATO AND FENNEL
By Susan Peters
The aromatic union of tomatoes and fennel is a classic combination that provides great flavor along with good nutrition.
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by Mary-Ann Shearer
Starting from the top of your body and moving down, Mary-Ann Shearer brings us best kept secrets on how to keep our body functioning on full power!
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By Oded Schwartz
You either love it or hate it, but the aubergine has been with us for thousands of years. Very versatile the humble aubergine can be fried, roasted on embers, baked in the oven or cooked in a stew.
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ADDITIVES
GIVE FOOD FOR THOUGHTBy Linda McCourt-Scott
Prepared and processed foods may offer convenience, but they are also likely to contain some of the 3000 food additives around today. Additives have a host of adverse effects – and children are especially susceptible.
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By Mary-Ann Shearer
Both sunlight and water contribute significantly to countless aspects of well-being, so let’s take a closer look at these often overlooked but vitally important health boosters.
TAKE CONTROL The Natural Way with Mary-Ann & Mark Shearer with Sylvia Walker
Mary-Ann and Mark Shearer felt that the time had come for one of their tri-annual detox programmes...
Join them!
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Sally-Ann Creed plans supper dishes for Easy Evenings and explains that when preparing your menu it is excellent to include ingredients that will provide strong antioxidant activity.
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With Barbara Flax
It is countries such as Italy, Thailand and Morocco that celebrate vegetables with a special style and an instinctive flair for flavouring that have fired Barbara Flax's imagination.
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From the Kitchen of Oded Schwartz
"Since the beginning of history," explains Oded Schwartz, "root vegetables were the basis of winter food. Being hardy, they kept well, supplying nourishment when nothing else did."
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True sardines, minute in size but great in taste, are a Mediterranean delicacy. Prepare them simply with lemon and olive oil or try them baked the way they do in Sicily.
Life in Southern Africa's two oceans!
By Thomas P.Peschak. Join us in Cook's Corner as we follow the legendary sardine run - the greatest shoal on earth.
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HEALTHY EATING
Designing a Mood Food DietBy Patricia Godfrey, RD, LD, CFCS
There may be some truth to the adage “You are what you eat.”
Are you moody or depressed, in need of revitalization and energy, or notice your behavior and mood changes from day to day? Do you have those days that are perfect and you feel on top of the world whereas other days you feel like you have hit rock bottom? Your mood and energy levels may be related to your diet.
FLAVORS - The source for dining in Atlanta - A Toast to Traditions - Restaurants, Chefs, Recipes Wine Tastings and More... in the Winter issue 2004
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Your date with...
MARY-ANN SHEARERMary-Ann Shearer, author of best selling Natural Way series, chats to SHOWCOOK about her approach to healthy living. "Natural nutrition, regular exercise, adequate sunshine and sufficient rest are the key" says Mary-Ann.
By Mary-Ann Shearer
When it comes to nutrition and health, almost anything you read today mentions the important benefits of “dark green leafy vegetables”
Mary-Ann Shearer, author of best selling Natural Way series, chats to SHOWCOOK about this vital topic and how it affects our lives and diet!
PERFECT WEIGHT THE NATURAL WAY
Mary-Ann Shearer's fifth book in her NATURAL WAY series, tells us about how to get off the merry-go-round of constant dieting and how you can achieve a real and permanent change to weight and health.
DO YOU RECOGNISE ANY OF THESE SYMPTOMS?
Low energy, sleeplessness, PMT, mood swings, constipation, indigestion, headaches, irritability, low productivity, no libido, weight problems, loss of hair, aching joints, skin problems, blood pressure and blood sugar problems, lack of mental clarity.
Mary-Ann Shearer, author of best selling Natural Way series, chats to SHOWCOOK about this vital topic and how it affects our lives and diet!
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SALAD DAYS Dazzle from Monday to Sunday with the scents and flavours of summer.
