Read the latest from Louisa in Salvador..
Pelourinho is the Historic Centre of Salvador and the original Portuguese colonialist architecture is still prominent. Cobblestone streets pave the way with street vendors and small shops spread sporadically throughout the town. You can walk between elaborately colourful buildings and admire the magnificence of the most elaborate churches in [...]

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Soup has to be one of the easiest, healthiest dishes to cook. Take vegetable soup. Chop all the vegies, chuck them in a pot of boiling water, season and voila. If that alone isn’t exciting enough, you could get creative and add some tomato paste or spice to liven things up. But on the whole, [...]

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With 3-4 weeks to go until the half, I’m following a dedicated plan to get me through, which goes a little sumthin’ like this:
M - Stretch & rest
T - 8km run
W - 4-5 k run or cross
T - 8km run
F - Rest
S - Rest
S - 10 km race/16km run/18-19km run/ half marathon
This is the first [...]

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Okay, so here I am back into the training after 2 weeks’ break in New Zealand for snowboarding and wine-drinking. I only managed one run during that time, but since I returned last Friday I have gone for 2 - another long one on Saturday for about 1 hour 20 mins, and a shorter one [...]

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I was interested to read that scientists have created a super-broccoli which contains up to 40% more anti-oxidants than regular broccoli. 
‘Great!’ I initially thought. Then I considered this, and found myself asking the obvious question: why is that great?
So far $20 million has been invested into developing the super-veg project, which is also looking at [...]

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