Writer Profile

Lara Havlik

Subject matter:Food and Nutrition of the heart mind, body and soul. The body and all that goes into it or onto it.
Lives in:Melbourne, VIC Australia
Website:http://www.larahavlik.com
Email:Lara.Havlik@gmail.com

Working professionally as a qualified Chef, has given Lara insight into just how little many people, including professionals themselves, really know about the food they eat. Strong moral, sustainability and ethical approaches to food and living, within her own home and environment, have led her to question. Skills acquired whilst attaining a BA from Melbourne University, have helped her to look closely at the food we eat and the homes we keep.

A desire to learn as much as she can for herself, and to then make this information avaliable has lead her to write.

Lara is passionate above all things about food, family and friendship. Her Czech heritage has taught her the balance embodied in the philosophy of: ‘first we eat, then we drink, and then we sing’. Food and family are linked. Just as we cherish the company, so to should we cherish what we consume.

Submissions

Karmic Path To Balance Karmic Path To Balance
In the final of this 'Karma' series, Lara Havlik urges us to seek to change our paths or re-define habits. Confronting that which challenges us leads us to finding our Karmic path to balance.
Four White Foods Four White Foods
White flour is one of four food culprits most detrimental to our health and mentality. This article by Lara Havlik looks at the origins of wheat and how it has changed over centuries.
Seeking Balance Seeking Balance
Balance is a complicated and conflicting concept, yet it is something we all seek. Lara Havlik encourages us to seek our path and forge our way forward.
Define Your Own Path Define Your Own Path
As you define you own path in life, you define yourself. Lara Havlik invites us to look at where our beliefs are leading us.
You And Karma You And Karma
There are so many definitions and descriptions of what Karma is. Lara Havlik explores these descriptions of Karma and challenges us to find the role of Karma in our own lives.
The Pitfalls of Sunscreen The Pitfalls of Sunscreen
Sunscreen is meant to shield us from the sun's harmful rays. In the second instalment of an expose on cosmetics, Lara Havlik derails this commonly-held notion of the safety of lotion.
Cosmetics can make you age Cosmetics can make you age
Skin care products are meant to make us look younger, they promise and advertise as much rather loudly. But as Lara Havlik reveals, we might look superficially prettier, but there are grave risks to our health.
Freezer Burn Freezer Burn
In this chilly article, Lara Havlik gives a guideline of what types of food to freeze, and how! Simple foods freeze best, learn a trick or two from 'Betty Crocker' and cook to feed the future.
Changing Plates Changing Plates
A guide to changing your whole pantry, extending it out into the garden; to change the way you live and eat.
The cost of eating well 2 The cost of eating well 2
Last week we looked at the importance of frugality. Putting this into practice will be the focus of today. Changing the way you eat and increasing the helpful information we have about food will benefit us inside-out.
The cost of eating well The cost of eating well
In this article by Lara Havlik we look at how to feed a family or yourself on good, wholesome food for a reasonable and affordable price.
Weigh It Up - Part 4 Weigh It Up - Part 4
Taking things 'ad absurdium' Lara Havlik professes the benefits and delights of 'raw' chocolate. As well as looking in depth, and taste, at dark chocolate in general.
Weigh It Up - Part 3 Weigh It Up - Part 3
There are so many different kinds of media feeding us bad facts about refined sugar... but what's the alternative? Lara Havlik opens the sweet world of agave, yacón and a different form of cane sugar.
Weigh It Up - Part 2 Weigh It Up - Part 2
This week we tip the scales when it comes to fat. Lara Havlik gives the low-down about fats to help you lose weight, lower cholesterol and even act as deodorants.
Weigh It Up - Part 1 Weigh It Up - Part 1
Some chocolate confectioners advertise an 'antioxidant' benefit to their product, but Super-foods are more complex than they are made out to be.Lara Havlik looks at how to weigh things up.
Country Of Origin Country Of Origin
Insight into what goes into your food before it hits your local supermarket shelves. Lara Havlik discusses the impact on food nutrition and price when buying imported foods.
Choices Spin By Us Choices Spin By Us
In the third article on nutritional truths, Lara Havlik looks at both sides of the coin when it comes to choices you have to make about food. An analysis on how to decide where to put your dollars.
Bad Science Of Bad Foods Bad Science Of Bad Foods
Confused about trans, saturated or unsaturated, long and short chain, poly, mono and all the different omegas? Unfortunately many people do not have access to realistic and meaningful food information. This is where Lara...
The Nutritional Truth The Nutritional Truth
Find out what actually goes into your body before you next visit the supermarket shelves. Lara Havlik demystifies the spin doctor’s take on food terminology in the first of a series on nutrition and food.

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