OK, so here is Gut Tip #4 for you if you are following the series. Many people take probiotics to help their bacteria balance, to establish a good 'microbiome', in the gut. However, sometimes I see that, even when someone has taken billions of bacteria daily for weeks or months, the bacteria balance is still …
CBD Cannabis Oil From Nutrigold!
Well, cannabis oil has certainly come a long way when I see it available from suppliers like Nutrigold! They have just released their new product, presumably on the back of the new legislation. CBD OIL FACT: Potent levels of CBD found in reputable CBD oil food supplements can support a variety of different areas including: …
Anti-Inflammatory Fish Oil/Krill and Hops
I'm always on the lookout for alternatives to painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen because of the damage they do to the system. So, I was pleased to see this report today from Nutrigold about using a mix of EPA and DHA, the fatty acids in fish and krill oil, with Hop Alpha Acids for inflammatory …
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Low Dose Naltrexone: An Overview
Low dose Naltrexone (LDN) therapy is becoming quite common in the US and is used in pain cases like fibromyalgia and inflammatory conditions such as Crohn's and Rheumatoid Arthritis. But, I know some of you here in the UK are also trialling it. I mentioned it as an option in the Healing Plan too for …
Chronic Pain: Better For Tai Chi and Alcohol
Two interesting snippets if you are a chronic pain sufferer today. First, a study suggesting a once or twice weekly session of Tai Chi can really be beneficial: Fibromyalgia sufferers go ga-ga for tai chi I have personally found that my FM-type pain is better for doing Qi Gong, so I can vouch for this. …
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Hops – A Different Joint Pain Reliever?
I was asked today if I knew of a different kind of pain relief product for joint pain and I remembered about hops. Hops contains a natural pain relieving action from alpha acids that has been shown in research to help lower inflammation so I thought I would share some info on it for …
Success Story on Grain Free: Rheumatoid Arthritis
You know how much I like you to listen to success stories (a factor discussed in great depth in the Healing Plan!), so here's another one for you. I don't much like Dr O's marketing emphasis currently, but the protocol with diet, testing and supplements/meds she follows is pretty much what we go through in …
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Can You Test For CSS – Central Sensitivity Syndrome?
In the Healing Plan (HP) and on a previous post, I have discussed the fact that many of us with multiple sensitivity, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and chronic pain are probably suffering from some form of Central Sensitivity Syndrome illness. So, of course, I started trying to work out if we could get any clues. What could …
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Arthritis and Pain Factsheets
I have today updated the Arthritis, Aches and Pains and Pain Disorders factsheets for you in the Health A-Z. Lots of tips and specific protocol stuff on acute and chronic pain. Hope they help.
Anxiety, Pain, Intolerance? Try This Free Meditation Programme, Starts Today!
Do you need to calm down? Is your anxiety or pain level too high, or your body reacting to stuff all over the place? Then, one of the techniques I recommend, and am using myself for food hyper-sensitivity, is meditation. You can read a much larger blog post about the steps I am taking to …
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