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Sugar although natural, is highly processed and is the most destructive substance you can eat. It is the biggest single dietary killer as it sucks minerals out of the body, plays havoc with insulin and causes obesity. Back in 2007 a revealing study titled “Intense...
Consider better options to avoid additives, preservatives, pesticides and other nasties. Canned and frozen foods lock in pesticides and preservatives in orange juice often cause asthma. Norway sets a great example and does not allow any colourings in food. Similarly Jordan only allow additives if they are...
Pollutants are chemicals released into the environment that have a harmful effect on the body e.g. pesticides, herbicides, dry cleaning fluid, hairspray, cosmetics, deodorants, antiperspirants, toothpastes, heavy metals, x-rays, EMR, fly spray, dry cleaning and industrial chemicals. The average woman applies 126 chemicals in 12...
A toxin is any substance that can harm your body and is not natural for the body. As mentioned earlier, most toxins come from exposure to environmental pollutants, poor dietary choices, produced from parasites and fungi living inside you and from your own acid wastes....
Oily fish (salmon), chia seeds and flaxseed oil have Omega3 which help the brain. Pumpkin seeds have zinc which protects your mind and brain from memory loss as well as helping immunity, depression, learning disorders and stabilizing moods....
The recent media coverage of actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have prophylactic bilateral mastectomy has catapulted breast cancer into the spotlight. Millions of women the world over are asking the obvious questions. What would I do? Is there anything...
Regular exercise along with a weight loss diet, is a powerful combination A sensible diet for gradual weight loss Carbohydrate at one meal per day only in the form of an unprocessed good quality grain e.g. oats, brown rice or millet, with soymilk or yoghurt for extra...
Kava is a fantastic relaxant that is best prescribed by a Naturopath. It helps anxiety and contributes to peaceful sleep Kava acts by influencing the chemical messengers in the brain called neurotransmitters, specifically those that affect mood and sleep. Results of recent studies have indicated that Kava...
Iodine is in short supply in our diets, This is partly due to poor iodine in soils and the food we eat. The Japanese have a high Iodine diet by eating seaweed daily.Iodine is essential for the thyroid gland and can prevent breast cancer, fibroids...
Cancer rages on with rates of diagnosis higher than ever. This terrible disease takes almost 600,000 lives each year, 50 percent more than in 1971 when our war on cancer began. How? There is a known hereditary factor with some cancers, but according to the American...
