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Health and fitness
Category Archives: Health
Leaky Gut part 2!
This week I had a couple of clients in my practice who had been to see Doctors and been given an IgG4 test to determine what foods that they were allergic to. To their horror the clients had been told … Continue reading
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Tagged adrenal fatigue, adrenal function, Danny Roddy, food allergies, IgG4, leaky gut, stress, thyroid
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What is a leaky gut?
The gastro-intestinal system, comprising of the stomach and intestines, like other parts of the body is subjected to a modern day barrage of toxins and microbes that can be directly attributable or work in tandem with other dysfunctions. These have … Continue reading
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Tagged adrenal stress, bacterial infections, candida, fungus, IgG4, inflammation, leaky gut syndrome, parasites
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Understanding the Thyroid. A multifactorial approach to weight loss, feeling great and lowering cholesterol.
If we believe most information set in front of us we would be told that the reason that we feel crap, have gained weight, have low energy and have trouble sleeping is because we eat poorly and don’t exercise enough. … Continue reading
Whats all the fuss about gelatin?
Gelatin and broth seem to be making resurgence in nutritional health circles but the use of stock goes back thousands of years for helping to heal many ailments and is fondly termed Jewish penicillin. Sally Fallon’s book Nourishing Traditions highlights … Continue reading
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Tagged alanine, amino acids, arginine, broth, chron's, colitis, gelatin, glutamic acid, glycine, inflammation, neurotransmitters, nourishing traditions, pottenger, proline, ray peat, sally fallon, serotonin, SIgA, sleep problems, stock, thyroid, tryptophan
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What is hypochlorhydria?
One of the most common symptoms that I see when clients present with a lack of wellbeing is hypochlorhydria or a decreased output of hydrochloric acid or HCL. This can be supressed for many reasons such as Bacterial infections Low … Continue reading
WHO Determines Birth Control Pills Are Group I Carcinogens
WHO Determines Birth Control Pills Are Group I Carcinogens.
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Can posture contribute to the risk of breast cancer?
With the statistics taking the newspaper headlines last week that 1 in 8 women can expect to get cancer, with the statistics increasing above the age of 50. Two of the main culprits that were suggested were obesity and alcohol … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Rehabilitation, Strength training
Tagged antioxidants, bra wearing and cancer, breast cancer, breast cancer prevention, breathing pattern, cancer prevention, environmental toxins, oxidative stress, pain, poor nutrients, poor posture, prone cobra, reactive oxygen species, thoracic outlet syndrome
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Parkinson’s, obesity and diabetes, cause and cure from gut bacteria?
It seems that gut bacteria do play a large amount in the management of auto immune disease. Recently a case of Parkinson’s disease was cured by a seemingly innocuous dose of antibiotics reports the New Scientist in January. The process … Continue reading
Could you have celiac disease?
It’s quite possible that you do with approximately 1 in 133 people are suspected of having celiac disease. The problem is that people who often report to medical practitioners are misdiagnosed with IBS and often given anti inflammatory medication to … Continue reading
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Tagged auto immune disease, cancer, celiac, celiac disease, chronic fatigue, diarrhea, infertility, joint pain, malabsorption, osteoperosis, skin problems, sprue, stomach pain
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Environmental exposure more powerful than Genes?
In an article in the New scientist over christmas the concept of the environment holding more clout than your genes has given birth to the term exposome. The exposome would appear to represent everything that a person is exposed to … Continue reading
