Autoimmune diseases are a pain in the neck to deal with for those who struggle with it - your own immune system attacking yourself, seems like nature is almost against you. We expect our immune system to PROTECT us, not attack us, right? Well, here's the deal. When we undergo stressors, changes take place on a cellular level - and if the health of the cell-membranes is compromised, hydrolase will begin to leak from the cells out into your body, where an autoimmune reaction will often happen.
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Women have 52% serotonin compared to men
Women are not men, surprise. Neither psychologically nor biochemically are we wired similar. There is a lot of freedom to be found in accepting that we are different (yet of equal worth), and we need not follow the same paths to succeed in body, mind and soul mastery. And there is a lot of misery in trying to function as men in the work place and also copying the same food behaviors, because it works for them. We need to find our own formula to thrive in the skin we are in – as women and as individuals. There are a lot of studies out there focusing on men – and taking those results as the golden rule for everyone. Women have 52% levels of serotonin compared to men. This is also why more women than men struggle with eating disorders.
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Our emotional health affects our physical health
Food is the strongest medicine we have. That is, when you understand how to use it for different diseases. No one can patent food as God made it, and thank... well, God for that.
This is, however, where it also often gets complicated. Because we can't patent something, few resources is set off to promote it, regardless of how efficient the cure is - simply because the profit is very low in doing so. The science of using food to cure diseases from a-z goes back thousands of years. It is well studied regardless of modern Medicine only recently being open for integrating nutritional and gene science into Western treatment modalities.
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Meet Christina Santini
Why I don't care much about so-called "science" in the medical industry
Did you know that almost every single synthetic medicine is inspired by a plant? And that the reason we don't utilize the intelligence that already exists in nature is a matter of profit: we cannot patent plants and this means the profit margin is lower, if we choose to turn towards natural medicine - medicine that our body can actually understand and recognize at a cell-level. This in stark contrast to all the nasty side-effects of synthetic medication. The science of how different plants work against different diseases has been shown time and time again to be next-to-none in the laboratory. Plants outperform any man-made drug. So why are we trying to reinvent what already exists and is perfect? Last week I was featured in VoyageLA on my thoughts on food, nutrition and why we get sick.
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5 fatburning herbs
Here are the top 5 herbs I typically include in most programs geared to optimize fatburn, eliminate cravings and normalize insulin sensitivity aka enter the fatburn zone incl. reverse diabetes 2. So what are the top 5 herbs for fatburn?
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3 Superfoods For Men To Increase Brainpower, Sexual Fitness + Six-Pack ABS
Men do not thrive on the same diet strategies as women. Simply because male gender needs a testosterone based strategy, while the female gender wants to balance estrogen levels to keep their feminine energy in check and their skin smooth to the touch.
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Could coffee be damaging your gut?
If you are suffering from gut issues and have gone gluten and dairy free in addition to cutting out foods that biochemically mimic gluten, such as corn and supplements containing gluten, but still see little progress, you may want to consider your coffee.
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Red palm fruit
Nature's perfect wholefood multivitamin
Did you know that Red Palm oil was prized by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt as a sacred food? In fact, it has been used as an all-round medical food for centuries. Today, scientists are recognizing the value of red palm oil in the treatment and prevention of many diseases. Both animal and human studies show that adding palm oil into the diet can remove plaque build up in arteries and therefore, reverse the process of atherosclerosis, protect against strokes and heart attacks.
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Antidepressants and brain tumors
People with brain tumors should be selective about antidepressants.There is a chemical made in the brain called glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). GDNF is mainly responsible for repair of neurons after injury. However, the problem is that it also helps brain tumor cells survive. It also helps tumor cells migrate and invade surrounding brain tissue.
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4 steps to a better digestion
We are what we absorb and digest, not just what we eat. Here are 4 easy steps to better digestion.
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6 edible greens most of us throw out
Green smoothies are great for using up those spare parts of vegetables that you just don’t know what to do with. Blending them makes their rough texture smooth as silk and adding some fruit and some fat like coconut cream or almond butter masks any bitter flavor. And did you know bitter greens help to produce bile flow aka digestive and liver health?
Read MoreMen have specific nutrition needs
Men have specific nutrition needs based on the hormonal blueprint - think testosterone as it is involved in fat burn, good mood, immune health, brain function, stamina, sex drive and erectile function. The majority of the health concerns men have stem from hormonal imbalances, which can already start to decline in your late twenties, depending on lifestyle stressors, addictions, diet etc.
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3 Simple Breath Work Techniques To Calm Your Mind In 3-5 Minutes
Breathing bypasses our conscious mind and belief systems, why it is crucial to master, if we really want to master life, health and happiness in this skin we are in. Breathing can change our biochemistry within in 3 short minutes. For every emotion, there is a corresponding breath rhythm, so if we can master our breath, we can master our emotional wellbeing and physical to a large degree.
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What High B12 blood levels REALLY mean
Very few practitioners understand B12 deficiency, and even fewer understand Chronic and Adrenal Fatigue,. It's understandable in part because test results can have multiple meanings.
Read MoreA 3 step approach to customized nutrition
Customized nutrition is matched to your biochemical blueprint - that's beyond diet fads and gimmicks. We all need to understand our biochemistry to nourish our health and avoid triggers unique for our body. No Size Fits All - No Diet Will Ever Fit All. I don't care if it's vegan, paleo, Dr Whatever's diet - there is no such thing as one-fits-all. The only way to take the guess work out of what will work for your body is to get tested.
Read MoreThe most powerful herb for PMS
One of the most common issues today I see women (and actually also men!) come in with are fertility and hormone imbalances. Often they have no clue of the issue at play, due to the fact that standard ordered blood labs are an incredibly poor testing method of hormone markers: it will both measure active and inactive hormone without distinguishing
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Did you know that we get the most lysine from red meats?
The amino acid that targets viral infections
Did you know that virus can only mutate, when the amino acid arginine ratio in the body is higher than lysine?
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Trojan Horse Theory: Why you don't want to cut out all fruits in cancer
We know that sugar feeds cancer, but that doesn't mean that you should cut out everything containing forms of sugar. After all our body needs sugar (not that white stuff, mind you) for optimal health. This extremist thinking and constant manipulation of nature is not serving us. Nature is already designed to keep us healthy - and we need a balance of carb, protein and fats to function. However, knowing which plants and foods work for certain diseases is the key. Not manipulating by extracting or changing the existing structure of the foods. What we are constantly discovering is that many nutrients work synergistic. This means they need to be taken with certain other compounds, that are naturally already present in the foods they are found in to be utilized optimally. When we extract them isolated or change the structure of foods - we compromise bio-availability. And what we don't absorb, we can't benefit from. Unfortunately, many people - yes, even health practitioners - fail to understand the brilliance of nature. Nature has designed certain foods to have sugar attached to it right along with potent anticancer compounds, so that the cancer cells eat it - and then the anticancer compounds kill it from the inside. This is nothing less than super intelligent design. I have collected the scientific references for using raw honey as antidiabetic, antiobesity, antimicrobial and anticancer agent right here...
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The insert from the flu vaccine. More proven side-effects than health effects. Yet we pop that stuff like candy. Expensive candy one might add. Even a Snickers has less side-effects than this.
Do you know that your flu vaccine is filled with mercury?
Mike Adams from NaturalNews tested the flu vaccine last year at his Forensic Food Lab. And you might just want to know that the influenza vaccines made by GlaxoSmithKline was found to contain shockingly high levels: Over 50,000 ppb mercury. That's 25,000 times the EPA limit of mercury in drinking water. Also, it is questionable whether it in fact even works. Many doctors don't even use it on their own family members due to the issues surrounding these types of vaccines.
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5 criteria for choosing a supplement that works
Supplements and superfoods are not a free zone. if you do not check what you are buying quality wise, you risk eating loads of contaminants and fillers that do absolutely no good for your health.
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