SINCE 2014
Hi, we are Tracey and Joanne, two mothers, both wives and both into living the healthiest and happiest lifestyles we can. Together we created Sistermixin’ which has now grown to become Additive-Free Lifestyle.
We are passionate about changing the way you look at food by spreading the message that additives and preservatives can be toxic to your health.
Our mission is to educate everyone (especially our own families) on exactly what you are eating, what is in our food and some of the harmful effects this can have on your health.
Growing up our mother baked and made things from scratch, we spent our teenage years on a dairy farm and had access to organic, grass-fed meat. We had free-range chickens and grew lots of veggies ourselves, however, there was certainly packet food in the pantry, just not like there is today!
REDEFINING OUR MISSION
As we grew up and moved out of home, things started to change and convenience foods made their way into our diets. It wasn’t like we ate terribly, we certainly had fruit, veg and home cooked meals. We both baked biscuits and cakes etc, but we didn’t think about what we put in our supermarket trolley.
A typical day would look something like:
– Vegemite on toast with margarine, or cereal.
– Ham salad sandwich or spinach wrap.
– Meat and veg with instant tinned gravy for dinner.
– Snacks was fruit and packet options like Shapes, or Tiny Teddies, or something from a ‘snack bag’. Maybe even kabana and cheese on crackers or a homemade treat.
We had some starter packets for Beef Stroganoff and the like and the occasional 2-minute noodles.
Little did we know that we were consuming multiple harmful additives a day, some heavily linked to bowel cancer, hyperactivity, headaches, restlessness, and more!!!
It was 2013 when Jo started to look into additives to help her daughter who was going through some pretty horrible behavioural issues. As soon as they took the ‘additives’ out her daughter calmed right down and things improved out of this world!
REDEFINING OTHERS
We have now gone on to release four cookbooks, everyday additive-free, everyday additive-free lunchbox edition, everyday additive-free party edition and everyday additive-free camping edition. These are full of family-friendly, budget-conscious recipes as well as scientific information about additives and preservatives. We also have more cookbooks on the horizon so stay tuned!
We launched our podcast show, The Additive-Free Lifestyle Podcast back in May 2016 and have recorded over 180 episodes which have had over 100,000 downloads!
Our signature program Addititive-Free Made Easy retired in 2022 as we have our additive-free lifestyle App!!
You can check that out here.
Life has become a lot more in control for both of us and we are loving it… so what are you waiting for, come along for the ride, it’s pretty amazing and you won’t regret it!
OUR TRIBE
OUR VALUES
