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#FoodWithAStory Fireside Chat: Green Queen Founder Sonalie Figueiras Interviews Raiz The Bar Founder Chef Priscilla Soligo
November 2017 Update: Raiz The Bar has now shut down operations.
On Wednesday September 28th 2016, Green Queen Founder Sonalie Figueiras sat down with Priscilla Soligo, Founder Chef of Hong Kong chocolate company Raiz The Bar at Mettā, the…
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7 Things I Learned From Reading Larry Olmsted’s Real Food, Fake Food
Us Green Queen gals are avid foodies, in the real sense of the term: what we eat and where it comes from is something we take very seriously. We strongly believe that a cornerstone of living a healthy life is eating quality food. This…
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Best Of Healthy Hong Kong: Our Favourite Salads & Veggie Bowls
The recent bounty of healthy lunch choices in the +852 means the city is awash with healthy veggie bowls and scrumptious salads. With so many new entrants on the wellness scene, we wanted to round up some of our favs below.
Curried Mixed…
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The World’s Best Vegan Apps & Online Resources
There's no doubt that making the switch to a totally plant-based lifestyle can be incredibly rewarding. It can also present some significant challenges. Basic living becomes more complicated: What restaurants to eat at? Which hotels to stay…
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Turmeric Is 2016’s Superfood Of The Year: Here’s Why It’s So Powerful
If you’re a committed health enthusiast, then you’re probably already familiar with turmeric, and there’s a good chance that you already include it in your healthy lifestyle repertoire. Or perhaps you are just starting your wellness…
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Meat Without Cows? These Game-Changing Food Tech Startups Are Revolutionizing The Way We Eat
Three years ago, Bill Gates famously stated that by 2050, global demand for meat will increase significantly as the world’s population balloons to more than nine billion people. This is not tenable: the livestock industry is responsible…
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Everything You Need to Know About Aquafaba aka Miracle Bean Water
Any vegan cook worth their salt will have war stories when it comes to vegan baking: replacing eggs is no easy feat. Sure there's apple sauce and flax seeds, but let's face it, they are hardly ideal solutions. Turns out, there's a…
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Protein Primer: Everything You Need To Know About The Muscle Macro
What Is Protein?
Protein is one of the three macronutrients that provide energy, aka calories, for the body. The other two macronutrients are fats and carbohydrates.
Each gram of protein contains 4 calories, as compared to a…
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Nutrismart Is A 30-Minute DIY At Home Food Sensitivity Test
Nutrismart is a pretty revolutionary product. The German engineered Nutrismart Food Acceptance Rapid Test kit allows you to to test your tolerance to 40 foods AT HOME and get your results in 30 MINUTES. No doctor's office, no waiting…
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Health Foods Of The Future At The World’s Largest Natural Products Expo
Thanks to our other jobs as co-founders of Ekowarehouse, a global B2B trade platform for certified organic and ecolabel products, we get to attend awesome natural and organic product trade shows all over the world. Since we are total…
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I Got A DNAFit Test And Here’s What I Learned About My Health
You know those people who tell you their genes are the reason they are overweight/out of shape/love to gorge on carbs? You can now call bullshit on those people thanks to the lovely folks at Absolute DNA, who have brought DNAFit genotype…
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Evergreens Republic: Pioneering Hong Kong’s Organic Aquaponics Revolution
After a pleasant drive into the New Territories, amidst interspersed farm fields and abandoned lots, we arrived upon an unassuming green house in Lau Fau Shan that is the cosy home of organic farming pioneer Evergreens Republic,…
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You Probably Eat Only 3 GM Crops On A Regular Basis & More GM Fun Facts
We hear a lot about genetically modified (GM) crops these days. The GM debate is fraught with controversy. However, while opinions run strong, this is an area where facts can be overrun by fiction. In order to set the record straight…
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5 Reasons Spirulina Is A Health Game Changer
Spirulina is a very ancient microscopic single cell blue green algae that grows in fresh water all over the world, though it is mostly harvested for consumer usage in Australia, India, China, Africa and North America. Spirulina is…
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Healthy Dining: Hong Kong’s Best Salad Bars
Salads might just be the most perfect lunch. Simple, satisfying, fresh and packed with nutrients to keep you going and focused through the work day. Which is why we love salad bars. There's something so satisfying of choosing what you are…
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5 Ancient Super Grains You Need In Your Life (And Your Diet)
Ancient grains, sometimes also called heritage grains, have been gaining in popularity as an alternative to the monolith that has become wheat thanks to the fact that they have not been over-manipulated after decades…
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8 Simple Ways To Reduce Anxiety Naturally
While there is no substitute for consulting with a mental health professional to address your condition, if you suffer from anxiety there are some natural options that can help improve your symptoms.
Get your heart rate up. Exercise has…
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2016 Detox Trends: What’s New In The World Of Cleansing
If January came and went, along with your healthy living resolutions, don't fret. We asked world renowned detox expert Jennifer Thompson to give us the 411 on what's new in the world of detoxing for 2016 and she shares four practical…
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Natvia Takes Sugar-Free Baking To The Next Level + 3 Fabulous Vegan Recipes
As you may have read in our inaugural Green Queen Scoop, the United States government has updated their dietary recommendations. The big news? For the first time ever, they have put an upper cap on the amount of added sugar that should…
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Four Sigma Foods’ Adaptogenic Mushrooms Will Change Your Life
You heard it here first, adaptogenic mushrooms are the next big thing in health and wellness. Why? Because adaptogens, like their name implies, naturally helps your body fight stress. Adaptogenic plants are able to thrive in nature under…
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Green Queen Predicts: Health & Wellness Trends 2016
It looks to be an exciting year for health & wellness, and Green Queen shares her predictions for what will be 2016's biggest trends.
1. Bowl Everything
Mark our words, this coming year the already-huge-on Instagram fad is…
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