Jan
09

Health Treatment And The Way It Will Allow You To

Do you have low energy? Brain fog? Headaches? Mood swings? Poor digestion? Food cravings after a meal? Weight problems? Allergies? Menopause causing discomfort? Depression?
Are you confused about whether protein or carbohydrate is best? Do you get frustrated with all the conflicting advice about diet?
Unfortunately the reason there are so many different diets which appear to work for some, and not for others, is that there is no such thing as a ‘one size fits all’ diet for everybody.
There are many wonderful books on nutrition and diet, and by far the most effective advice is to eat a mostly plant based diet. Although I used to advise people to eat according to their metabolic type, I have since changed my mind. Having recommended a mostly plant based diet to my clients over the past year, I am now in no doubt

Health Treatment And The Way It Will Allow You To

Jan
08

Heal Yourself Through Nourishment

It is a fact that in the medical field today, very few GP’s will concern themselves with your diet, (except where there is an obvious diet related disorder, such as diabetes, or obesity). Even then, they will refer you to a nutritionist because doctors do not do study nutrition in-depth.
This seems strange to me, as even Hippocrates pointed to the diet as the major cause of illness. Perhaps with the discovery of bacteria et al, the scientists threw out all the common sense and stopped considering nutrition important. Perhaps it is true that it is all about the pharmaceutical companies that sponsor universities. I don’t know.
The point is, that if you want to look to the source of your illness, or simply preserve your health, it is up to you to consider the importance of diet. Your doctor is unlikely to point you in that direction, although there does, at least, seem to be a trend to encourage exercise and a more healthful lifestyle on the part of the government and NHS.
Most people do not take their eating habits seriously until they are faced with a more serious problem, and quite often, even then, they do not consider a change in lifestyle. The truth is that most people are sadly ignorant about the effect of food on the brain.
There are those who do not have any adverse food reactions and seem to be able to eat whatever they like. There are people who do seem to go through to old age with comparative good health, despite what seems to be an unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Having said that, though, bear in mind that it is often the man who has a heart attack at 50, who says ‘I thought I was as healthy as a horse!’.
On the other hand, many people do experience quite serious health problems which can easily be solved by correcting the diet. Sometimes there is a need for medical treatment in combination with diet, but in many instances medication can be stopped once the body has regained it’s health through a simple change in eating habits.

Case Study
For example, consider Gillian, who had a history of depression. She was absolutely adamant that the source of her depression was hormonal. After a series of tests which showed her hormones to be perfectly balanced, and many fruitless trips to various doctors, she was finally put on anti-depressant medication. There was a marked improvement and as long as she stayed on the medication, she no longer experienced mood swings. However she still had other health problems such as asthma, hay fever and sinus.
In frustration, she decided to see a nutritionist. She was told to cut out all dairy, wheat, sugar, and many other products. Not knowing how to eat without those things, she quickly gave up. It was many years later that I put her on a detox programme that she would find easy to follow.

The aim of the detox was to see whether she had an intolerance to certain foods. She already knew from allergy tests that she was allergic to shellfish, but the tests did not show up any other foods. What they did

Heal Yourself Through Nourishment

Jan
04

Is Dairy Products Great For Our Health And Fitness?

Facts about DAIRY – is milk really healthy? Read on and decide for yourself!

I have included the article below as I have been affected badly by dairy in my life. It took me many years to discover that the source of my irritablity and occasional bouts of depression, headaches and general lack of energy was caused by an intolerance to dairy products. Please read this carefully – you may well be very surprised!

Dairy – The latest research from the desk of Mary-Ann Shearer

Dairy products have for decades been promoted as a “whole” or “complete” food. We have been encouraged to include it at every meal, to drink 2 glasses of milk a day to prevent osteoporosis and produce growth and development in healthy children.

Research has been filtering through in the last 2 decades and is now beginning to reach a peak; the food once thought of as essential is now being found to be a main cause of

type 1 diabetes,

breast and prostate cancer,

auto immune diseases,

osteoporosis,

heart disease

and a host of other ailments.

I am listing some of research from a selection of highly qualified and recognized researchers and doctors for you to see that there is no longer any real debate. I am at present unaware of any independent research (not backed by industry related funds) which concludes that cows milk and cows milk products are necessary or essential for health.

In fact in looking at this research it would appear that the dairy industry has chosen to ignore these warnings and continue to promote a clearly harmful substance as not only safe but essential. This will I believe in time leave them wide open to lawsuits similar to those seen in the tobacco industry.

From Dr. T Colin Campbell -Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University – and author of The China Study (Benbella)

- based on the most comprehensive study of nutrition ever conducted. It seems that besides contributing to heart disease, cancer (of almost all types) dairy products are a major factor in autoimmune diseases Cows milk protein supplies many foreign proteins that mimic our own, setting us up for one of many autoimmune diseases, ranging from

Type 1 Diabetes (juvenile diabetes)

Graves disease

Rheumatoid arthritis

Thyroiditis

Vitiligo

Pernicious anemia

Glomerulonephritis

Multiple sclerosis

Lupus

Sjorgren’s diseases

Myasthenia gravis

Addison’s disease

Scleroderma

Primary biliary cirrohosis

Uveitis

Chronic active hepatitis

I find the following paragraph particularly disturbing; “Imagine looking at the front page of the newspaper and finding the following headline: “Cow’s milk the likely causes of lethal Type 1 Diabetes” Because the reaction would be strong, and the economic impact monumental, this headline won’t be written any time soon regardless of the scientific evidence.”

At the end of the day money appears to be more important than our health. Hopefully as the research mounts we will the see the same results as the cigarette industry did, – in time.

From Doctor Neal Barnard – Breaking the food Seduction St Martin’s press; president of the physicians committee for responsible medicine

Cheese is addictive as it contains casein, like other dairy products. Casein is broken down in the digestive tract to form opiates called casomorphins. Cheese appears to be more addictive that other dairy products due to the much higher levels of casein. (Now I know why there are so many cheese addicts around!) Including dairy in a breast feeding mother’s diet is a cause of colic as the protein from dairy is able to pass from the blood stream into breast milk.

Cheese also contains an amphetamine like substance, phenylethylamine (PEA). The following hormones and related natural chemicals have been identified in cows milk; Prolatin, somastostatin, melatonin, oxytocin, growth hormone, leutenizing hormone-releasing hormone, thyrotropin releasing hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, vasoactive intestinal peptide, calcitonin, parathyroid hormone, corticosteroids, estrogens, progesterone, insulin, epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor, erythropoietin, bomesin, neurotensin, motilin and cholecystokinin. (Any and all of these can interfere with the chemical processes in your bodyaffecting your health in thousands of possible ways).

Dairy is also a major contributor to headaches Is the most common trigger in rheumatoid arthritis Harvard studies have shown that men who avoid dairy products have a

Is Dairy Products Great For Our Health And Fitness?

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