Research by Wilders-Truschnig et al (2008) from the Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics in Austria have shown that obese children have significantly higher IgG antibodies against certain food antigens than normal weight children. These IgG antibodies are associated with low grade systemic inflammation (the silent inflammation that Barry Sears talks about) and … Read more
Dr Mercola’s excellent site… www.mercola.com Bisphenol A (BPA) is used in an enormous number of products. It’s in nearly everyone’s bloodstream. And now, Canada has declared BPA a toxic substance, both to the environment and to public health… http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/02/canada-declares-bpa-toxic-as-first-step-in-bpa-regulation.aspx
Inflammation is a process in the body that is now believed by medical experts to be involved in all known disease processes from heart disease to cancer to Alzheimer’s disease. Most of you will have experienced inflammation before. Have you ever got a splinter in your finger? It got red and swollen, it may have … Read more
Different body compartments / fluids have different pH levels. The stomach is extremely acidic, the colon and small intestine less so, while the blood is very slightly alkaline for example. However, many nutrition experts will support the notion to become more alkaline. The Western diet with its excess of meat (which are generally acidic) and … Read more
These are my 8 pillars to optimal health, if you focus on centring your nutrition and lifestyle around these 8 pillars you will undoubtedly have a very long and healthy life. Control insulin Pillar one is controlling insulin. This is the hormone you have the most control over. You can’t control how much cortisol you … Read more
I woke up bleary eyed this morning and managed to wolf down some cornflakes before rushing out the door. I got stuck on the tube for a while and was late for work. I was in meetings all day and managed to grab a sandwich at lunch. When I got home late, I threw something … Read more
Yesterday the papers and newsreels were full of the story about ADD and ADHD being a genetic disease and not down to “bad parenting” after all. I feel this statement is a little alarming, bad parenting aside ADD and ADHD cannot just be blamed on bad genes, much like cancer, heart disease and for that … Read more
Re-branding high fructose corn syrup or the artificial sweetener aspartame will not change the fact that they are poisonous junk foods that cause insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure, but this is exactly what the manufacturers of both products are doing. Both The Corn Refiners Association in the US who make … Read more
Some research came out last week that suggested that high dose B vitamins can help protect the brain from the signs of aging such as early onset dementia. This is great news as nutritionists have been arguing for years that supplements are good for your health and help prevent disease. We have also been arguing … Read more
I was glad to see today in the news that some research has come out to show that eating 80g of watercress a day can reduce the risk of breast cancer. Now, most good nutritionists have known this for years but it’s great that mainstream science and medicine is catching up. Watercress contains nutrients called … Read more
Today I’m going to discuss how inflammation might be a cause for type 2 diabetes. This type of diabetes is generally considered to be the results of being overweight and from eating too much sugar which makes the cells resistant to the effects of insulin.
Today I’m going to discuss how inflammation may be a cause for cancer. A growing number of cancer researchers are coming to the conclusion that cancer is basically an inflammatory disease and that the longer there is inflammation present in a tissue or an organ, the higher the risk of associated carcinogenesis.