Strong case for eating organic food
If you care about your food read this http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/11/how-monsanto-controls-the-future-of-food.aspx Go organic!!!
8 pillars to optimal health – sleep
We don’t fully understand why we need sleep, but we do know that sleep has an amazing restorative and regenerative process on the body. We know that certain hormones are released during sleep such as growth hormone, testosterone and melatonin and that these hormones run the repair process. Sleep is divided in to two stages: … Read more
Go gluten free
What is gluten? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and spelt that is responsible for the elasticity of dough, and for the chewy nature of breads and baked goods. Wheat in particular has been selectively bred over the centuries to make good dough. You can notice this in gluten free breads, as … Read more
Great post from Patrick Holford about cancer
http://www.bluequest.co.uk/patrickholford/emails/031110/
Breakfast cereal = junk food
More evidence… http://www.ewg.org/health-risks-from-packaging?utm_source=q3natnondonors&utm_medium=email&utm_content=twelth-link&utm_campaign=fund
8 pillars to optimal health – hydration
This is one of the most basic things you can do to improve your health. Fact is you are made of water (and other elements), it is in all your cells, your blood; you release up to 7 litres a day alone into the digestive tract as you digest and absorb what you eat and … Read more
Inflammation and food intolerance
Research by Wilders-Truschnig et al (2008) from the Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics in Austria have shown that obese children have significantly higher IgG antibodies against certain food antigens than normal weight children. These IgG antibodies are associated with low grade systemic inflammation (the silent inflammation that Barry Sears talks about) and … Read more
Canada Declares BPA Toxic. Why Isn’t the US Following Suit?
Dr Mercola’s excellent site… www.mercola.com Bisphenol A (BPA) is used in an enormous number of products. It’s in nearly everyone’s bloodstream. And now, Canada has declared BPA a toxic substance, both to the environment and to public health… http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/02/canada-declares-bpa-toxic-as-first-step-in-bpa-regulation.aspx
8 pillars to optimal health – reduce inflammation
Inflammation is a process in the body that is now believed by medical experts to be involved in all known disease processes from heart disease to cancer to Alzheimer’s disease. Most of you will have experienced inflammation before. Have you ever got a splinter in your finger? It got red and swollen, it may have … Read more
8 pillars to optimal health – Alkalise
Different body compartments / fluids have different pH levels. The stomach is extremely acidic, the colon and small intestine less so, while the blood is very slightly alkaline for example. However, many nutrition experts will support the notion to become more alkaline. The Western diet with its excess of meat (which are generally acidic) and … Read more
8 pillars to optimal health
These are my 8 pillars to optimal health, if you focus on centring your nutrition and lifestyle around these 8 pillars you will undoubtedly have a very long and healthy life. Control insulin Pillar one is controlling insulin. This is the hormone you have the most control over. You can’t control how much cortisol you … Read more