About

The Lifestyle 4Health Blog is run by Colleen and Michael Thornhill, supporters of a mostly raw, vegetarian diet, organic food, chemical-free environment, exercise at any age and, emotional, spiritual and mental growth.  Colleen has been a vegetarian for more than 20 years and Michael for just over 30 years and together  they have been building Healthmakers, the Healthy Lifestyle Equipment  Company for over 14 years. Prior to that they were manufacturing and marketing a home organic vegetable gardening system, known as the Grogard System, under the banner Organics Unlimted and were  founder members of the first official Organic Agricultural Association in South Africa.

On the diet front, Colleen, through having her liver damaged by the age of 3 by anti-biotics, was put onto a fat free, chemical free diet that turned out to be a strong foundation to her future health. Michael on the other hand was not as lucky. He was fed by the British School feeding system and suffered hayfever, his allergic reaction to lots of bread (wheat) and to the great gift of Government sponsored milk.  As a teenager he thought that his traumatic weekly bowl movement was a normal human occurrence.

Currently their diet is 100% lacto vegetarian, mostly: raw;  dairy and wheat free; complex carbohydrate free; yet filled with exciting gourmet salads, pates, nut milks and cheeses, dehydrated vegetable biltongs, fermented and pickled vegetables, green and fruit smoothies and freshly extracted juices. Oh, I forgot to mention that sometimes, they indulge in a gourmet vegetable pizza, Chinese food and a curry – vegetable of course.

For exercise, they play tennis, hit some golf balls, cycle, do yoga and chi gong, and their latest passion is paddling their duo kayak together.

Both have a personal interest in quantum and emotional healing and practice radionics,  pranic healing that they studied in India, and EFT (Emotional  Freedom Technique).

The Mission of this Blog

To speak with people through the articles, to create a communication forum between lovers of health , seekers of health , to exposing the myths and lies, create lively response to controversial subjects and to expose the truth.

The raw food movement is a small nucleus of dedicated people worldwide that will, through their knowledge, experience and efficient networking grow a web of exposure that will lead hundreds of thousands to a new and happy life.  Perhaps you don’t want or need to take it on 100% BUT there is a lot that you can learn from them so this blog supports the Raw food movement.

And then for the millions out there that know that their lifestyle is not beneficial to their physical, mental or spiritual health,  and, actually do know what is healthy but REALLY just do not know what to do to take the first step toward a slimmer, healthier, happier, energy-filled life.  Perhaps, locked into cultural diets where they feel that they will be offending friends and family by refusing to eat their food.  This blog wants to offer you the knowledge and the strength to improve your life and that of your precious family.

This Blog wants you to know the tricks of how to get the children that you fed junk food to, back on track so that you don’t have to be responsible for their diabetes later in life. How to forgive yourself for the disease you created and to take back your power from the clutches of the advertisers of junk food. To learn what feeds your body (and mind) and how you can free yourself frombeing caught up by your emotions in a cycle of illness, depression, junk food, and stimulants.

The blog wants you to know that you don’t need academic qualifications to have a slim, healthy body, and balanced mind and emotions – all it takes is the love of life and a keen interest in learning and putting into practicing what makes it work.  It is a combination of information on equipment  and products plus general discussion on health for kids, sportspeople, men and women’s health, healing – and it’s not all about food.

Doing their best to walk their talk it is the mission of Colleen and Michael. To touch the lives of many with health through their example, the information shared in this Blog, the Healthy Lifestyle Equipment and food resources they offer on Healthmakers and Health Parcel