Eating disorders – food is not the issue!
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In a BBC report on 22 February 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7905223.stm , a study be the charity BEAT, found that only 15% of patients felt that their GP understood or knew how to help them.
Eating disorders like aneroxia are a subject close to my heart, as something that I wrestled with as a child and watched my ex-wife suffer [...]
IVF, organic food and male fertility
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With news of ever improving IVF treatment, by means of screening womens eggs for chromosomal abnormalities that can cause miscarriage, and using only the good eggs to fertilise, it begs the question is this the best way to deal with a problem of infertility? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7851069.stm
Paul Chek in his book ‘Under The Veil of Deception’ cites [...]
The miracle fat pill – Orlistat?
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Orlistat the fat blocking drug is now available over the counter despite unpleasant feelings reported in many current users according to a BBC news report on 21st January 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7843061.stm
This is yet another weight loss pill, Acomplia (Rimonabant) thats use was suspended in October 2008, due to risks of serious psychiatric problems, as found by the manufacturers Sanofi Aventis [...]
The dirt facts about nutrition by Paul Chek
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This short presentation by Paul Chek Holistic Health Practitioner, and founder of the CHEK Institute (www.chekinstitute.com ), gives a very insightful overview of the dirt facts of what we need to eat for good health – from the soil, to plants, animals, and right into our guts and out again!
Take a look at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=84otsNRkbDg&feature=PlayList&p=7A51454F892B25FE&playnext=1&index=14
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Part 4 -Breath to supercharge your health
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Stress of any kind, emotional, mental or physical, like slouching while seated can switch on the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) - our ‘fright and flight’ response. This switches of the nerves that communicate with the diaphragm (main breathing muscles in the abdomen) and passes the responsibility for breathing to muscles around our neck and shoulders causing faulty breathing. This has [...]