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A Fantastic way to cleanse the body following the Christmas and New Year period!BeetrootBeetroot is a great bowel cleanser and very good for the blood. It is high in vitamin C and iron. It is naturally sweet and a great natural food colouring and some...
It cannot be emphasised enough how much stress plays a part in digestion and bowel function. Have you ever been nervous before an exam and felt it in your tummy? Have you ever been so struck with fear that your bowels seem to freeze? Have...
Coconut oil has a huge number of benefits. Dr. Mary Enig is also an expert on fats especially coconut oil and her leading book about coconut oil and weight loss is, Eat fat lose fat. It has been shown to help with many health related problems including thyroid, candida, digestive disorders (it kills pathogens associated with diarrhoea), parasites, weight loss, melanoma, diabetes and energy increase.
Coconut oil is a saturated fat but unlike other saturated fats has medium chain fatty acids which don’t stress the pancreas or liver and they are not stored as fat but sent directly to the liver where they are converted to energy. This fat keeps you full but doesn’t put on weight. You can add a tablespoon to your porridge, cook with it, mix it with plain yogurt, use it as butter, add a tablespoon to hot water or drink it for energy.
Coconut oil contains lauric acid which boosts the immune system. Lauric acid is part of breast milk and protects against pathogens.
When coconut oil became cheap in the U.S. pig farmers used it to fatten their pigs but instead of fattening them they became more lean!
Cooking with unsaturated oils can cause cross-linking of molecules, fragmentation and all kinds of molecular damage that is much worse than trans-fats. Coconut oil withstands high heat and gives you health benefits however, you still need other oils for other benefits like omega 3 and vitamin E.
Taken from 'Digestive Solutions - 101 proven methods to solve your tummy problems naturally' By Michele Wolff
Do you suffer from ‘balloon belly’ - that awful explosion in your tummy that leaves you feeling full, frustrated and fat? Don’t despair there are some simple and effective ways to beat ‘balloon belly!Leading gut guru and naturopath, Michèle Wolff, says bloating is usually caused...
Encouraging the good bacteria is important for promoting optimal gut health and is easily achieved via this recipe. Tastes great, is cheap and is a fun process for the kids to get involved too! Ingredients: 1 green or red cabbage chopped 1 green or red cabbage juiced 4 large...
Encouraging the good bacteria is important for promoting optimal gut health and is easily achieved via this recipe. Tastes great, is cheap and is a fun process for the kids to get involved too! Ingredients: 1 green or red cabbage chopped 1 green or red cabbage juiced 4 large...
Organic food Does organic food really make a difference? Yes, but at first it’s not obvious. Accumulating toxins from pesticides and herbicides has a big impact on your digestion and the rest of your body over time. The liver continually detoxes chemicals from food and the...
As the sun begins to fade and scarves, coats and boots begin to resurface we may find ourselves lacking in this important vitamin.Why Do You Need Vitamin D for Healthy Bones?For the most part of our lives we never think about our bones, however we...
Cholesterol is really important to strengthen the cell membranes of the bowel wall and is very useful for leaky gut. It is also necessary to produce certain vitamins which in turn help the gut. Cholesterol is also very important for hormone production which, in turn, has...
In some situations the balance of the flora in the gut is so bad that you may find you are constantly sick with tummy troubles and immune problems yet you often don’t know that you are lacking bowel flora. Fermented foods may not have a...
