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It’s The Bodies Balancing Act Our bodies are constantly working to maintain balance. A fancy word for this action is called homeostasis. An example of homeostasis is our body temperature, our body fights to keep it at around 37°C. If our bodies get too hot (fever) for too long we die, and if we get … Read more
During my tenure amongst the health foods scene, I was questioned about some of the most exotic, expensive and remote ‘superfoods’ from all across the globe. “How nutritious are they really?” Day in, day out. You know the products – they’ve been freeze dried and packed away into little tins for shelving at stores across … Read more
Watch This It’s Absolutely Hilarious Finished laughing. Well, most of this video clip is deadly accurate and clearly demonstrates how bad and or manipulated science can impact upon whole populations. But not everything in this funny clip is absolutely true. Age related Chronic Disease is not dependent solely on genetics. Numerous ‘experts’ state that genetics … Read more
In response to a recent post Mya asked whether coconut oil was healthy to cook with. This is a good question as over recent years many have come to believe that it provides health benefits. While on the other hand traditional medical advice has been that it is bad for us because true coconut oil … Read more
Health authorities and many GP’s still believe eating saturated fat makes us fat and contributes to heart attacks and strokes; why? Because bad science promoted a myth, that was repeated over and over again until it became fact. Even to the extent that now whole populations believe that eating fat makes us fat and increases … Read more
Mums, dads, parents of any kind, read on! Is your mealtime affected by that hard-to-deal-with phenomenon The Picky Eater? No fun, right? Debates, bribes, promises, anger…none of it works; in fact it makes things worse. You dread dinner time. So what to do? First of all, take a deep breath. You’re not alone. How it … Read more
Most people don’t know this. A particular sugar added to cereals and concentrated in fruit juice can damage the liver in the same way as Alcohol.
Essential Health’s “Slim and Trim” makes the Boomers Health Hall of Shame with a 4 Skull rating!