Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
One of you (thanks P) let me know that there is a new grass-fed beef box available from Green Pasture Farms. It looks like they have done their best to make contents as low histamine as they can. Excellent idea. Christine looked at it carefully for us. She says: "It's very good in that they …
Useful article here today, suggesting that high levels of certain antioxidants in the blood of trial participants may be protective against dementia onset. Best Antioxidants to Prevent Age-Related Dementia Identified? Higher levels of specific carotenoid antioxidants in blood may help guard against age-related dementia, new research suggests.Investigators found that individuals with the highest serum levels …
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Just to say I have added the new Sensate wearable device to the Vagus Nerve Factsheet as an easy way to improve your vagal tone. Why a picture of a cat? Keep reading... For those of you who have the factsheet already, here's the added bit. For those of you who don't - you are …
Did you know you can make a super-nutritious slushy or sorbet out of just fruit and some fruit powder? I know: great, huh! Here's an idea to start you off. I got this idea from Artic Flavors, but you can get the same kind of products on Natural Dispensary here too. I always have mixed …
I keep seeing reports that Long Covid sufferers are having cognitive issues like brain fog and neurological/brain/nervous system issues like anxiety, depression and PTSD. Here's one for a start: More Evidence COVID 'Brain Fog' IsBiologically Based (which basically says it is neuroinflammation in many cases) Treating Long Covid Trauma & PTSD The PTSD is totally …
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Quote of the week for you here, which just about says it all... “Maize is used as an alternative to wheat to elaborate foodstuffs for celiac patients in a gluten-free diet. However, some maize prolamins (zeins) contain amino acid sequences that resemble the wheat gluten immunodominant peptides… analysis indicated that other zeins contain similar sequences, …
According to a recent article, minerals such as the ever-important magnesium, iron, copper and sodium have dropped sharply since 1940. That's truly shocking. FRUIT & VEG ONLY HALF AS NUTRITIOUS AS 80 YEARS AGO Here are the highlights, or should that be lowlights? Nutrients in 28 types of fruit and veg sold in 1940, 1991 & …
That's a shocker, isn't it? Especially as P just celebrated his 61st birthday last week, eek! Men are dying needlessly young. One man in five dies before the age of 65 (and 40% of men die before the age of 75).Why? Because three-quarters of premature deaths from heart disease are male, three-quarters of suicides are male and …
With many thanks to our friend Michelle at Foodsmatter for providing us with an excellent and very useful summary of the recent Long Covid Conference run by Biolab. Some excellent up to date information detailing several expert views on what's going on and potential strategies for treatment. I am happy to say that I have …
If you have allergies, food sensitivities, digestive symptoms, headaches, cognitive decline, depression, an autoimmune disorder or a chronic inflammatory condition, finding and treating a leaky gut could be especially crucial for you. Healing the gut barrier is so pivotal for resolving chronic disease that if it isn’t addressed, other treatments will have little to no …