Photo by Matilda Angus It must be more than a year already that we are following a food combination diet. Which simply put, means separating proteins and starches in meals and not having fruit with or soon after meals. This was brought on to see if it would help with George's low blood sugar problems and I knew from before that it helps me loose weight rather quickly and easily. It did. George never comes in from the workshop anymore ready to devour the entire contents of the fridge, and I lost quite a few kg which made me feel great on our wedding day. Generally we feel much healthier and more energetic and we are now used to picking dishes carefully. But George still was plagued by a spastic colon and we decided to take it one step further and eliminate all gluten. This is proving to be quite a challenge for me, and add to that our aiming to keep the GI count low on everything we eat, I often get anxious just thinking of what to serve at meal times. ...
The Restory is a Retreat Centre nestled against Tafelkop, a singular mountain head near Wakkerstroom, South Africa. Here we live a simple life as contemplatives. It is a place of re-connection: with ourselves, people, Nature, Silence and Creativity. Our retreats are aimed at this. Our conversations, writing and art centre around the univocity of life. We need a place that reminds us that we are all one. The Restory hopes to be such a place and space.