The Easiest Way to Avoid Getting Ill

The food you put into your body has a great affect on your overall health and well-being. We consume a high-acid diet full of fatty meats, chicken, turkey, pasta, cheese and hundreds of processed food items, and even more so during this festive season. This diet can ruin your body’s alkaline balance and actually lead Read More…

Is Lack of Sleep Making You Fat?

Is Lack of Sleep Making You Fat? (ideas from the desk of Pete Williams, a functional medicine practitioner) For health, the importance of sleep cannot be overstated, Jeff Bland quoted sleep as “by far the most important anti-oxidant” and that’s not all, as new research shows sleep restriction profoundly affects metabolic pathways quickly leading to Read More…

Is your diet your problem?

A great number of people these days suffer from food intolerances, without even knowing it. Do you suffer regular headaches, digestive problems, or are you generally under par? Well it could be what you are eating on a daily basis. Even if you are eating a ‘good’ diet, one of the foods could potentially be Read More…

A vital missing nutrient linked to cancer and other symptoms.

According to Dr Al Sears MD in America, many of us are deficient in iodine, and it is so important for many processes of the body. Mainstream medicine regularly ignores iodine. You’ll probably only hear about it if you have thyroid problems. But iodine is an essential mineral. It’s responsible for the production of every Read More…

12 Tips for Reducing Tiredness

1. Eat a good diet of fresh green, raw or steamed vegetables such as sprouts, avocado, asparagus, broccoli and spinach. 2. Eat nuts such as peanuts, coconuts, almonds and soy nuts, they are a great source of energy. 3. Cut out all added sugar, processed foods, coffee, tea and alcohol. These are low energy foods Read More…

How Much Water ?

Our bodies are made up of 70% water and it is therefore important to keep the fluid levels at their maximum especially at this time of year. Certain things like tea and coffee, alcohol, and sweating dehydrate the body. We should drink approximately two litres of water a day to be sufficiently hydrated although our Read More…

Coping naturally with the menopause

The menopause is a time of fundamental hormonal adjustment causing a variety of symptoms in women over the age of forty. This is caused by dropping levels of progesterone and oestrogen in their bodies. Symptoms include: hot flushes, sweats, memory loss, depression, irritability, insomnia, palpitations, water retention, vaginal dryness, weight gain, osteoporosis and an increase Read More…