Refreshing article about Australia from EnergyTimes...
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| Natural Treasures of Australia A Close-up look at the rich offerings in wellness from the land down under. 
May 2012 By Allan Richter If you want to take the pulse of a country’s health, make a beeline for the local supermarket. In the center of Brisbane, in the Australian state of Queensland, Trevor Allen took a break from setting out mangoes at Coles supermarket to give me a mini-tour of native Australian and regional foods and products. He pointed to local yogurt; passionfruit (a hard-skinned purple fruit with seeds like a pomegranate); and baby rocket (a peppery green leaf). Healthful, to be sure. Our tour took us to pavlova, a gluten-free angel cake whose high sugar content probably removes it from the “healthy” column. Likewise with Lemingtons, a sponge cake entombed in chocolate and coconut flakes. Vegemite, a tart yeast extract spread would probably fail the test were it not for its vitamin B content. Heading outside along the Brisbane River brought more clarity: scores of joggers, restaurants serving organic food and groups doing boxing exercises in the botanical gardens. My 600-mile drive from Brisbane to Sydney confirmed why one global health group ranked the Land Down Under among the top five countries in terms of the years its citizens live in good health. Tea Tree Oil: Nature’s Medicine Cabinet 
One balmy late afternoon in February, during Australia’s summer, Mirja Schneider was seated at a picnic table on the shore of Lake Ainsworth, slicing carrots and zucchini for the gas grill that her friend Evelyn Tschilar was firing up. The two Swiss tourists, both 26, had spent much of the day swimming in the lake on Australia’s southeast coast. They made sure they put the lake on their itinerary after reading in a travel guide about its rejuvenating waters, derived from the roots of the many shoreline tea trees, which leech tannins that tint the water brown. FULL STORY: http://energytimes.com/pages/features/1205/aussie.html |
