Anna and em with a friend walking on beach
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Decision fatigue: Why making so many decisions could be harming our health?

Stay in bed or get up and run? Eggs or oats? Cardio or weights? Peanut butter or Vegemite?  Tea or coffee? Potato chips or chocolate (JK – obviously, both!)? Netflix or Stan?

Honestly, as silly as these choices are, we know that making even the teeniest decisions can stress out even the bossest of humans. You may find yourself swirling around in the whirlpool of decision-making shouting at the heavens, “Can someone just decide FOR ME!”  It’s called decision fatigue and as we said, even the best of us can struggle under the weight of making a seemingly endless number of decisions, every day.

Chocolate and berry cake
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Not ready to quit sugar? Why not try these 5 easy ways to eat less.

While the jury is out on whether we should all completely quit sugar, the benefits of reducing our consumption of the sweet stuff are innumerable. While we might not be sucking down a serve (or more) of soft drink each day – most of us are eating more sugar than we realise – even in our “healthy” foods. Why not try these four super easy hacks to reduce sugar intake day-to-day. You’ll see just how simple this low sugar life can be.

three green smoothies
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Our 6 favourite ways to get more veggies into your smoothies

It can be really challenging some days to get the recommended serve of vegetables in, every day, let alone with our kids.  So we try and get veggies in wherever we can – smoothies are no exception! They are much loved and the perfect place to add in a serve or two of veg, without anyone realising it!