When you eat a whole, natural diet, detoxing to ‘cleanse’ your system isn’t necessary. Our body is a powerful cleansing and healing organism all on its own, but modern life can cause toxins to build up; stressful times can leave us sluggish; there can be many reasons why a few days to take the pressure…
Identify the cause: causes of stress can include a hectic work schedule, lack of sleep, imbalanced blood sugar, intensive athletic training, bereavement, divorce, etc. Seek ways to remove the stress from your life if possible, and seek outside help if required such as counseling. You could consider therapies such as Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), hypnotherapy or Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)…
In nutritional terms, a superfood is a nutrient dense food packed full of vitamins and minerals and other health promoting properties, which may help to boost our health and protect us from diseases such as heart disease and cancer. Some are over-hyped! All real foods are superfoods in a broad, well balanced natural eating regime, but some…
An intolerance or sensitivity to wheat is a common cause of tiredness, loss of concentration and digestive problems. Stop to consider how often it is eaten, possibly at every meal (cereal or toast for breakfast, a sandwich for lunch, and pasta in the evening, any biscuits, cakes or snacks during the day). While it’s fine to try…
COLOURS 102,104,107,110,122,123,124,127,128, 129,132,133,142,151,155, natural colour 160b (annatto) PRESERVATIVES Sorbates 200, 201, 202, 203 Benzoates 210, 211, 212, 213 Sulphites 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228 Nitrates, nitrites 249, 250, 251, 252 Propionates 280, 281, 282, 283 ANTIOXIDANTS Gallates 310, 311, 312 TBHQ, BHA, BHT 319, 320, 321 FLAVOUR ENHANCERS Glutamates incl MSG…
The basic premise is that we should have alkaline and acidic foods in a ratio of 70/30, though this varies wildly! Some alkalising diets advocate drastically reducing all acid-forming foods, including fruit, meat, dairy and even green tea. Some charts determine acidity or alkalinity on the food before it is consumed. The effect the food has on the…