I am a big advocate of the Paleo diet – eating like a caveman. Here is a good piece of research I read from Dr Briffa’s site about how the Paleo diet was found to be more satisfying than a another popular healthy diet – The Mediterranean diet. Enjoy. http://www.drbriffa.com/2010/12/13/primal-diet-found-to-be-more-satisfying-than-a-mediterranean-one/
Read this from Dr Mercola’s site – 10 food additives to avoid=> http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/12/17/top-10-food-additives-to-avoid.aspx
This is from Dr Briffa’s blog today http://www.drbriffa.com/2010/11/26/higher-protein-lower-carbohydrate-diets-win-in-the-war-on-weight/
See Steve discussing some of the fat loss supplements that have good research to show they work.
We live in a far more toxic world than any generation of human beings that have lived before us. There are nearly 7 billion people on earth with big nations like China, India and the USA being big polluters. There have been 85,000 new toxic chemicals created since WW2 and over a billion pounds of … Read more
What is gluten? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and spelt that is responsible for the elasticity of dough, and for the chewy nature of breads and baked goods. Wheat in particular has been selectively bred over the centuries to make good dough. You can notice this in gluten free breads, as … Read more
More evidence… http://www.ewg.org/health-risks-from-packaging?utm_source=q3natnondonors&utm_medium=email&utm_content=twelth-link&utm_campaign=fund
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
Finally I’m going to talk about which supplements could and should be used to “supplement” a healthy way of eating and the avoidance all the oestrogenic toxins in order to prevent oestrogenic disease.
So, today I’m going to consider oestrogen metabolism a little closer. The detoxification of oestrogen through the liver is controlled by the genetic expression of various liver enzymes, the metabolites of which can have a huge impact on your health. To make it simple to remember oestrogen can be metabolised to E2 which is a … Read more
In order to do what Bob Rakowski recommends in terms of detoxifying oestrogens every day we need to make sure we are eating the right foods. As I stated yesterday avoid foods that are sprayed with pesticides, herbicides and fungicides that are oestrogenic and eat a clean, organic diet. This diet should be what some … Read more