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Red flag foods that cause intollerances part 2
Here are the second batch of food and beverage items that may cause you digestive and auto-immune problems. Alcohol; The occasional glass of red wine offers you a boost of antioxidants, but in general all alcohol consumption increases the production of the C-reactive protein. This is this protein that is used in blood tests to establish…
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Different types of Anti-inflammatory Diets
The reason it is so tricky deciding what to eat on an anti-inflammatory diet is that there are several versions of it….. Vegan version: no animal products at all, which can also include honey. In addition vegans also need to avoid substitute meat products as these can increase inflammation, as does glutinous wheat, spelt,…
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What do you eat on an Anti-inflammatory diet?
After looking at food and beverage items that you should avoid…there is a tendency to think what on earth can I eat? How am I going to cook it? There are loads of things and after a while your common sense starts to realise what is good and what isn’t. If you are like me…someone…
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Red flag foods that cause intollerances, part 1
There are quite a few catagories of food that can cause intolerance in our digestive systems. One or two categories may be a problem for you, but it is very unlikely that all of them are. In my last blog I talked about elimination diets as a method of confirming which if any Red Flag…
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Avoiding the path to an Auto-Immune Disease…
We need to be sure our digestive health is working at its best to avoid sleep walking down a path into serious health problems in later life. To achieve that, we need to provide our bodies with the right balance of foods, nutrients and water. The problem of chronic inflammation in our bodies is also…
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How does an auto-immune disease start?
Which conditions fall under the ‘auto-immune’ category of diseases? Well there are many of them, over a hundred actually, some of the more recognised include; Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Multiple Sclerosis, Graves Disease, Psoriasis, Coeliac disease, Myasthenia gravis, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, Lupus, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn’s Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Vitiligo, Alopecia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Eczema and…
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Sorry for the lack of posts…
Hi everyone My apologies for being so quiet over the last year…some of you may know that I have had a few health scares…eventually tests revealed I have Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis…an autoimmune disease, where you literally destroy your own thyroid cells. Fortunately it can be regulated with replacement hormone drugs, but it has really taken until…
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Message from Fennel
Fennel or Foeniculum vulgare is a culinary herb very often associated with fish and known for its aniseed flavour. It self seeds easily and becomes an attractive tall plant with umbrella type flowers of yellow. It is easy to look after, enjoying sunshine, plenty of water and good drainage. The essence helps people who are…
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Courage from Daisy
Cultivated Daisy or Karvinskianus Erigeron rather than the common daisy found in our lawns, is a jolly little plant that sprouts up everywhere when its happy…it hardly needs any soil at all, surviving in rock gardens and gravel. It loves full sunshine and flowers its heart out all year long. The essence relates to our…
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Message from Heather
Wild Heather or Ericaceae Calluna Vulgaris grows on moors, heathland and in woodland where the soil is acid. Its common colour is purple, but occasionally you can see “lucky heather” which is white. In days gone by it was used as a fuel for fires, tied together to make brooms and also as a building…
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