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How your immune system works to keep you alive!

20/7/2018

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This article is about your immune system! You might not think much about your immune system or think that it does very much, but your immune system is on alert constantly to protect you from all known and unknown infections, injuries, damaged cells and more, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, for your entire life! Your immune system, quite literally, keeps you alive!

There are two main parts to your immune system:
1) Innate immune system - these cells protect you from all unknown infection-causing microbes, bacteria and viruses! They recognise what is "self" or safe and what isn't, and will attack and destroy any foreign invaders. This part of your immune system is how we have been able to survive for millenia without modern medicines or medical interventions! The innate immune system, when confronted by a new microbe or invader, learns from this and then trains the adaptive immune system for longer-term defence mechanisms.
2) Adaptive immune system - the adaptive immune system develops antibodies against each invader. Antibodies are then used by the immune system to more quickly respond to and stop infections in future!

Contrary to popular belief, newborn babies do have an immune system! They get this from the mother during development, then from being exposed to good bacteria during birth, and from breast milk which is high in immune system proteins and antibodies. Their immune system gets stronger each day to protect them!

Your immune system is affected by factors such as stress, a poor diet (ie, nutrient deficiencies or excesses), poor digestive system function, chemicals and toxins in foods and environment, poor sleep quality or quantity, and chronic (long-term) infections, medications (antibiotics, NSAIDs, anti-inflammatories, immunosuppressives, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, steroids, etc), and other factors. then it's not going to work as well as it should. Reduced immune system function can lead to longer and more severe infections, reduced or slow healing of wounds, inflammatory conditions, auto-immune conditions (where the immune system turns against your body to damage organs and tissues), and even cancer. Your immune system has several types of cells which find and destroy cancer cells, so when the immune system isn't working optimally, this can allow cancers to grow and spread.

Suppressing your symptoms and your immune system with medications (as listed above) may reduce your symptoms, but will increase the risk of further or more severe infections or other chronic conditions such as cancer.
 
Having a good immune system is incredibly important, not just to prevent those nasty head colds or flus in winter, but for your long-term health and survival! Your immune system can be affected and reduced by so many factors. If you suffer from frequent infections such as colds, flu, tonsillitis, sinusitis, UTIs, allergies or intolerances, any autoimmune conditions, cancer, or any chronic infection, then your immune system needs help!

This is where I can help! By investigating all possible causes of a poorly functioning immune system and treating the causes, you CAN have your health back!

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You can opt-out of the new e-health record system

16/7/2018

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Some people may be aware of the Australian government's announcement in 2017 of an expansion to the "My Health Record" system, for having all of your health information stored electronically and accessible and shared across many areas of the health industry, to doctors, pharmacists, specialists, allied health practitioners, and all their IT and reception and call centre staff, and perhaps by anyone else who wishes to access it, legally or otherwise...

As per usual with many government initiatives, on face value they seem like a good idea. But governments don't exactly have a good track record in transparency or honesty, or even security in what they do.

Your personal information, which includes your health information, should be kept private and only shared with the least amount of people you agree to share it with. And the less it's shared the better! Also, the least the government knows about you, the better!

On one hand there are policies which dictate the privacy and security of your personal and health information, but on the other hand, those involved in gathering and storing your information (ie, the government or health officials) have already been discussing how to share your information to third parties for marketing and profits!

Going completely against all other government policies where you have to opt-in to be a part of it, the My Health Record is an AUTOMATIC opt-in! And you can opt-out of the e-health system ONLY within a 3-month period which starts from TODAY (16th July 2018). From 16th July 2018 until 15th October 2018 is the only time you can opt out of the e-health record system. How ridiculous is that?!

If you register to opt-out, no e-health record will be created for you. But is this enough? No! You may still have to remind staff at every healthcare facility you visit to let them know that you do not have a My Health Record, so that they don't create one and add your health details to it.

If you have an e-health record automatically created because you didn't opt-out, then all is not lost! You CAN register to have your e-health records cancelled "at any time". BUT, this does not mean your records are actually deleted! Copies are actually still visible and kept by all healthcare providers for a period of 30-130 years AFTER your death. Your details will still be "accessed by us (the government) for the purposes of maintenance, audit and other purposes required or authorised by law".

IT specialists have said that it's impossible to completely safeguard your information in this system. We've seen this with many very public hacks, leaks or illegal sharing of personal information, and even credit card information stolen from allegedly "secure" systems. Just last week, scammers cloned the government's hub website - MyGov! In fact the My Health Records have already been breached many times, according to a report by the Australian Information Commissioner!

Even the organisation overseeing the project, the Australian Digital Health Agency, has had information leaked about the "secondary use" of the collected information. That the health information in the My Health Record may be used and disclosed "for any purpose", such as for research purposes, or perhaps other questionable uses such as marketing. Various disease awareness organisations have said publically that they are "excited" about the possibilities of using the data! At least the Law Council of Australia have said they do not support the automatic opt-in model or the secondary uses of the health information.

To find out more about the My Health Record program, please go here: https://www.myhealthrecord.gov.au/

To opt out of the My Health Record, please go to the My Health Record website here: https://www.myhealthrecord.gov.au/   or by calling 1800 723 471 for phone based assistance.

Please like and share this post so others are aware of what is coming, and to take action to opt-out of the process, if so desired.

How do you feel about a large number of people being able to access your personal information and your health history, or about the government knowing even more about you? Or what are your concerns about this?
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The dangerous and deadly man flu!

4/7/2018

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In this article I will talk about a specific strain of flu which can affect a large percentage of the population. This group of people are particularly susceptible to flu, and for them which can be very dangerous. I will also give advice about prevention and treatment in this article.

I'm going to talk about the dreaded "man flu"!

This particular strain only affects the males of the human species to cause a much more severe form of flu, which can be extremely debilitating, dangerous and even life threatening!
 
I see a disproportionate number of female clients to male clients, as women seem to be more concerned with not only their health, but that of their children. It's an obvious stereotypical mothering and caring trait. But men want to appear tough, strong and manly to provide for their family, that they tend to not look after themselves as much, or notice when they are dying... until it's too late!

Just because there are only a few published studies on "man flu" doesn't mean it doesn't exist!

So ladies, when your man says he feels like he is dying from flu, can't get up to make your tea, can't get to work, can't do those chores around the house, and hasn't the energy to move much more than his thumb on the remote control for Netflix,  he needs URGENT help! Even if he doesn't really look so unwell, his man flu symptoms can be deceiving, so please take this warning and advice seriously!

The prevention of man flu is similar to what I have recommended in my previous flu articles, but the treatment is very specific and different to that of women and children.

The treatment of man flu MUST include the following:
  1. Full and exclusive access to the couch in the lounge room. NOT the bedroom, as this won't help him recover at all! If he has a man-cave, then that's an even better healing location!
  2. Full and exclusive access to satellite, cable or pay TV, AND the remote control! Especially sports channels, police car chase shows, or DIY handyman shows. If he is too weak to operate the remote control, then he needs some of his mates around for support. Phone them to help in his healing and recovery!
  3. Hot and home-cooked food. From nutritious and healing soups, stews, roasts with lots of vegies, and plenty of salt and chilli!
  4. Massages. It is well known that massages can move the often toxic lymphatic fluid so that the body can heal. Frequent head, foot or full body massages show that you want him to recover quickly, and that you care.
  5. Rest. On the couch in the lounge room is fine! Getting plenty of sleep, without having to worry about providing for your family, can help to strengthen his immune system to overcome the infection.
  6. See a Naturopath! Guys, it's not a pretty sight to see you suffering from man flu, so when you are feeling down from this, please see a Naturopath for a quicker recovery!
I won't be writing a similar article on "woman flu" as it has not been proven to exist! If women feel like they have the flu, it's unlikely! It's probably just women feeling a little more "emotional" than usual. Carry on as normal, you will feel better tomorrow!

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Cold and flu prevention 2018 (Part3)

2/7/2018

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As mentioned in a recent article of mine, according to scientific studies looking at the infection rate of the flu virus, only about 20% of people get the flu even when deliberately exposed to the virus or from being in very close proximity to those infected with it.

So what protects you from flu - your immune system! This is why 80% of people won't get flu even when in very close contact with those who are infectious. You may only get symptoms of an infection when your immune defences are down and the infection gets on top of your immune system.

Your immune system has 2 main parts - the innate immune system and the adaptive immune system. The innate immune system is mostly found in your respiratory and digestive tracts, but also reproductive and urinary tracts too. The white blood cells of your innate immune system find and destroy foreign microbes which are recognised as not being "self". These immune system cells are non-specific, meaning that they find and fight any foreign invaders, and especially those which haven't been encountered before.

The adaptive immune system develops from the innate immune system, so that the adaptive immune cells can "learn" about the newly encountered microbes, and develop antibodies to them for longer-term protection and a quicker immune response when the microbes are found in the future.
 
Another problem with the flu vaccine is that this bypasses the innate immune system, as the simulated "infection" starts in the muscle where the injection occurs, and not in the respiratory tract where the innate immune system would normally start the healing process. Because of this, the innate immune system doesn't trigger the normal "learning" about the flu virus to produce permanent or even long-term memory against the infection. As a result, the flu vaccine's attempt at "immunisation" or developing an immunity only lasts a few months at most. In a real flu (or other microbial) infection, the innate immune system triggers the adaptive immune system to develop antibodies and learn for a PERMANENT immune response against the infection. In this instance, the adaptive immune system will never forget how to respond to a particular natural infection, unlike what happens with a flu vaccine.

When many other published studies show little or no benefit to the flu vaccine in terms of duration or severity of flu symptoms compared to people who don't get the flu vaccine, you have to wonder why there's such a push for everyone to get this shot...

The Cochrane review studies, which are the highest form of published research, show that the flu vaccine only reduces the flu infection rate by 1%, or in other words, only one person in 100 actually benefits from the vaccine. Another Cochrane study found that the flu vaccine only had a modest effect on time off work (1 day difference) and had no effect on hospital admissions or complication rates compared to those who did not get the flu vaccine. This study also reported that "reliable evidence on influenza vaccines is thin but there is evidence of widespread manipulation of conclusions and spurious notoriety of the studies", and "Studies funded from public (ie, independent) sources were significantly less likely to report conclusions favourable to the vaccines". Meaning that there is a lot of bias in pharmaceutical industry studies reporting "benefits" to the flu vaccines.

Other studies I referenced in a previous article suggests that the flu vaccine actually causes more respiratory infections (viral as well as bacterial), which can spread and infect more people.

You are much better off preventing flu by:
1) Improving your nutrition intake and lifestyle factors, which can boost your immune system
2) Improving hygiene during winter - washing hands more, and not touching your eyes, mouth or nose
3) Improving your vitamin D levels with more safe sun exposure, or vitamin D3 supplements during winter. Remember, "Vitamin D is the key" to prevention and treatment of flu!

Stay healthy this winter!

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Cold and flu prevention 2018 (Part 2)

7/6/2018

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Here is part 3 of my recent "cold and flu prevention" article series... enjoy! (please see parts 1-2 in other articles below)

The key to staying healthy this coming winter is prevention and preparation!

Why do we get more colds and flu in winter? I have heard doctors/GPs saying that we get more because there are more bugs going around in winter, or they are more active. That is nonsensical and goes against the laws of physics! Viruses (which cause colds and flu) and bacteria are all around us, on us and in us all the time! We only get ill when our immune systems are not functioning well to stop them replicating out of control to cause illness.

The real answer to why we get more infections in winter is very simple, and can be answered with further questions. What is the difference between summer and winter? The temperature, caused by the sun being further away in winter and a shorter amount of daily sunlight compared to summer! What does this have to do with colds and flu? Well, in summer there is more sunlight and we spend more time outside in the sun, the opposite of winter. Your body makes vitamin D from direct sunlight exposure on your skin, and vitamin D is a MASSIVE immune system booster, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory hormone, all required for many health benefits!

In winter, you generally spend less time outside because it's colder, and with less skin exposed to sunlight (needed to make vitamin D), and so the majority of people in winter are deficient in vitamin D. The further from the equator you are, the more difficult it is to get enough from vitamin D in winter. Therefore your immune system will not be functioning optimally to prevent colds, flu, and many other infections or health conditions. Further adding to a lowered immune system function are a poor diet, stress, lack of exercise, exposure to toxins and chemicals, poor sleep, lifestyle and other factors which I mentioned in my previous article.

Much scientific research proves that a vitamin D deficiency is THE major cause of colds and flu in winter, because it results in a reduced immune system function. In winter you need to spend about 3 times as much time in the sun to get the same amount of vitamin D as in summer, which is difficult to do!

In an American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study (2010), it was shown there was a 42% reduction in flu infections with vitamin D supplementation. Another study in the Virology Journal (2008) found that a vitamin D deficiency amongst a large percentage of the population is the cause of flu epidemics!

To prevent colds and flu this winter, you need to be prepared and do all you can to increase your immune system function by addressing all causes, and also preventing or replacing your deficiency in vitamin D with a nutritional supplement in a capsule, spray or oral drops form.

To prevent the incidence of colds and flu this Winter, OR to recover quicker remember this: "Vitamin D is the key!".

The flu vaccine is NOT a safe or effective preventative of flu infections. See my previous 2 articles on this. You must address all the causes of a reduced functioning of your immune system to prevent a flu infection. We don't get flu from a deficiency in flu vaccines! In fact, most people get the flu very shortly after the flu vaccine, as it actually weakens your immune system!

For the best vitamin D supplement for you, or other immune system boosting and preventative advice, please see me!

Please like and share this information to others so they can stay healthy this winter too!

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Cold and flu prevention 2018 (part 1)

4/6/2018

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This is the second of my series of articles on cold and flu prevention.

It's only just into winter here and already the constant reminders to get the flu vaccine are really bugging me! The frequent playing of TV adverts (even on the rare times I turn it on), radio and sign advertising around town... It's like there's a global pandemic and we are all going to die if we don't get one! While many people will fall for the marketing, I won't be. Because there are better and safer alternatives!

Firstly, you have an immune system! Your immune system has developed over millions of years to protect you from any and all known and unknown infections and injuries, and it does this 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, forever. Your immune system learns and remembers infections from bacteria, viruses, parasites, mould, and other microbes and acts on them very quickly to enable you to have a permanent immunity from subsequent infections - usually without you showing any symptoms.

You don't catch a cold or flu just because "it's going around"! You get a cold and flu because your immune system is not working, or not able to protect you as it normally does. When your immune system is down or low, then those viruses (usually unnoticed by you) can start spreading out of control faster than your immune system can deal with them. At this time of year it will be the opportunistic cold and flu viruses which are more likely to make you unwell.

Instead of relying on a potentially risky flu vaccine which can be only about 16-26% effective for some age groups (see my previous article on my website), I recommend supporting your immune system naturally to improve its effectiveness to prevent cold and flu.

It is important to note that just because you may have been exposed to a microbe, say a flu virus, it doesn't mean that you will get it! In fact the transmission rate for flu, even in highly populated environments is quite low, with only around 20% of people getting flu even when deliberately exposed to the virus. The other 80% were automatically protected by their stronger immune systems!

What causes your immune system to not function as effectively?

There are many things which can deplete your immune system and therefore increase your risk of getting a cold or flu, here are just some:
  • A poor nutrient intake, ie nutrient deficiencies or excesses
  • Stress, emotional issues, traumas etc
  • Poor quality or quantity of sleep
  • Lifestyle factors - smoking, alcohol, drugs, lack of exercise
  • Poor hygiene - not washing your hands after touching objects that others may have infected, or poor hygiene by others coughing and spreading the germs to you
  • Low vitamin D levels in your body - vitamin D is a massive immune system booster!
  • Digestive system function - you can eat the best nutrients, but if your gut function is poor, then you might not get all the nutrients you need for a healthy immune system defence
  • Imbalance of your gut bacteria, which actually make most of your immune system proteins
  • Exposure to toxins and chemicals in your food and environment
  • Some medications - immunosuppressives, anti-inflammatories, corticosteroids, antibiotics and many more.
These main causes of immune system dysfunction give major clues as to how you can improve your immune system function to protect you against cold and flu viruses this winter!

In this series, I won't be going over all of these immune-boosting and preventative strategies, but I will focus on the main ones to help you improve your immune system function, so you can stay healthy this winter! Look out for the next article soon!

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You want to get the flu vaccine? Have you checked it's safe?

28/5/2018

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Apologies for this longer than usual and controversial article, but it is for your benefit...

I try not to write articles on any issues of vaccines, because it is such an emotive and controversial topic. But if we can't have some freedom of speech, without the typical abusive and threatening replies which typically occur when someone speaks out against vaccines, then there's something seriously wrong with the issue. But some recent events have made me change my mind about writing on this contraversial topic.

Many qualified and well-researched health professionals, as I am, steer clear of talking about vaccines because of the backlash which comes from those who strongly disagree with anyone who posts anything negative on this topic. I know some who read this article will disagree, and that's fine. However I have added published references to back up what I have summarised here, and hence why this isn't just my personal opinion - it is backed up by peer-reviewed, published scientific evidence! If you disagree with all of the evidence, take it up with the well-credentialled authors and not me!

This is an article ONLY about the 2018 flu vaccines. Not on vaccines in general. I am writing this because of the huge media scare campaign this year to get the flu vaccine, and things which you simply aren't being told about it.

I will be mentioning three groups of people who are particularly vulnerable to the flu vaccine - pregnant women, young children and those over 65 years. I am also going to comment on the flu vaccine by pointing out how unnecessary it is for you, and how you can protect yourself and your family from flu much better, and more safely too!

The 2018 flu vaccine will contain 4-5 strains of flu, as guessed by the World Health Organisation to be the 4 out of thousands of flu viruses which *may* be the most common ones this season. Yes, "guessed" is about as good as it gets...

With the 2017 flu season being one of the worst for infections and deaths on record, there is currently a massive marketing campaign to get MORE people to get the flu vaccine this year. Ironically, 2017 had one of the highest uptakes of the flu vaccine, yet also one of the highest incidences and mortality too. There are a lot of lies being told about the flu vaccine, and I would like to share the published evidence, and expose the truth.

The 2017 flu vaccine DIDN'T work!

So here are the FACTS about the flu vaccine, direct from the vaccine manufacturers' own information and other peer-reviewed published research, which contradicts the many lies being told by various health departments and doctors, and tells a completely different story to the lies you are being told about the flu vaccine.

Fact #1 - Here's the greatest lie which I am very angry about - No vaccines are ever tested for safety or effectiveness by the vaccine manufacturers in pregnant women. None. See the attached photos for proof, taken from all the Australian 2018 vaccine product information inserts from their respective manufacturers. (Therapeutic Goods Administration, 2018).
My comment - when your doctor, politician or health department says vaccines are safe for you when pregnant, they are lying! There's a scientific protocol banning pregnant women from being used in medical, pharmaceutical or vaccine trials, because of the obvious risk to the foetus.

Fact #2 - The flu vaccine is not very effective in preventing you getting the flu. The flu vaccine only contains 4 strains of flu virus, out of hundreds or more strains which can cause flu in you. And the efficacy rate of actually enabling antibodies ranges can be as low as 16-26% effective for some age groups (Therapeutic Goods Administration, 2018).

Fact #3 - You CAN get the flu as a result of getting the flu vaccine! ALL of the 2018 flu vaccines have side effects which includes fatigue, malaise, fever, cough, sore throat, headache, muscle and joint pains - all are symptoms of flu! The Afluria Quad vaccine even states that a side effect is an "influenza-like illness"! Other studies show that the flu vaccine initially weakens your body's immune system as it deals with the simulated infection of the flu vaccine, which leads you to be susceptible to other infections you are exposed to (Therapeutic Goods Administration, 2018).

Fact #4 - None of the vaccine manufacturers used good testing practices, such as a randomised controlled trial against a placebo. They simply compared the results of their new vaccine against their old one, which doesn't give an accurate or honest picture of the vaccine's effectiveness or safety (Therapeutic Goods Administration, 2018).

Fact #5 - 6 out of the 7 2018 flu vaccines contain formaldehyde, a known carcinogen even in the smallest amounts. Other toxic and dangerous flu vaccine ingredients include polysorbate 80 (an emulsifier which can enable vaccine ingredients to cross the blood brain barrier). (Therapeutic Goods Administration, 2018).

Fact #6 - 6 out of the 7 2018 flu vaccines can cause false positive tests for HIV, Hepatitis C and other viruses if you have these tests a after flu vaccination. Imagine getting a HIV diagnosis, unknowingly from getting a flu shot? (Therapeutic Goods Administration, 2018).

Fact #7 - All of the 2018 flu vaccine information inserts say that the vaccines should be postponed if someone currently has an acute (ie, short-term) infection or fever, or both. Yet I know Doctors will either not ask about this, or routinely vaccinate someone who is currently not well or immunocompromised. This is very dangerous practice as it causes worse side effects (Therapeutic Goods Administration, 2018).

Fact #8 - There are many severe side effects from the flu vaccine, including Guillain-Barre Syndrome (or paralysis), convulsions, eye disorders, inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) and spinal cord (encephalomyelitis), transverse myelitis (inflammation and loss of the nerve sheath, and a sign of multiple sclerosis), and more issues (Therapeutic Goods Administration, 2018).

Fact #9 - The 2018 Fluad vaccine (for over 65 year olds) reported in their product information insert that their own tests showed "Hospitalisation was required in over 5% of people receiving Fluad vaccine, and deaths occurred in almost 1%" of those tested. 1% of people getting this vaccine died! (Therapeutic Goods Administration, Fluad Product Information,2018).

Fact #10 - The 2018 Fluzone High-Dose vaccine test results in their product information insert showed that "6.1-8.3% experienced a "serious adverse event", including 23 deaths (about 1% of those tested) in one clinical trial, and 167 deaths (over 1% tested) in another trial. Those who died had various chronic illnesses". To repeat, about 1% of those over 65 years tested with this vaccine DIED! Yet this particular vaccine is specifically marketed to those over 65 years WITH chronic diseases! (Therapeutic Goods Administration, Fluzone High-Dose Product Information, 2018).

Fact #11 - A 2014 study showed that people who get the annual flu vaccine had a reduced immune system response (ie, reduced antibodies) after each annual flu vaccine. So the more flu vaccines you get, the less effective they are. Contrast that with the more natural flu illnesses you get, the stronger your immune system gets (McLean et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases Journal, 2014).

Fact #12 - A 2018 study on 999 children and adults showed those who had the flu vaccine had a higher rate of respiratory infections in the weeks after the vaccine than those who didn't have the flu vaccine! And when the post-vaccine infection was analysed and confirmed as being flu, the rate of infection of those vaccinated was the same as for those not vaccinated, meaning that the flu vaccine did NOT offer any protection against flu infections, and actually caused MORE infections compared to those who did not get the flu vaccine (Rikin et al., Vaccine journal, 2018). Other similar studies reported similar results.

Fact #13 - If you do get the flu, suppressing symptoms with medications (pain relievers, anti-inflammatories, cough suppressants, antibiotics, anti-pyretics etc) will make the infection duration longer, more severe, and more likely to turn into pneumonia which can be very serious. A 2004 study (and others) show using antibiotics and other medications doesn't prevent pneumonia, but can actually increase the risk, and increase mortality (Diaz et al., Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004).

Fact #14 - A 2013 study found that there was a 4,000% increase in risk of spontaneous abortion and stillbirth from the flu vaccine given to pregnant women in the 2009/10 season, compared to pregnant women in the previous year who did not get the flu vaccine (Goldman, Human and Experimental Toxicology, 2013).

Fact #15 - Annual flu vaccines do not undergo the typical multi-year safety and efficacy studies which are required for other pharmaceutical medications or vaccines. There's obviously no time to do this for each year, which is why the safety and efficacy data for flu vaccines is lacking, and why they are potentially dangerous.

Fact #16 - Influenza isn't as infectious as you have been lead to believe! Only about 20% of people at most will become infected with flu even when deliberately exposed to the virus in published studies! Hence the other 80% who were exposed were protected by their own immune system! (Cannel et al., Virology Journal, 2008).

Fact #17 - There are safer, more effective and better ways to prevent flu in the colder months, and to get over them quicker than the flu vaccine.

We already have an immune system which works and protects us from any and all viral and bacterial infections all the time! We are not and should not be dependent on any external method. But your immune system can be compromised by many factors, which can lead to an opportunistic infection like flu to take hold.

Hence the best way (and really, the ONLY safe way) to protect yourself from flu, is to maintain a strong and healthy immune system! There are many things which reduce your immune system, such as poor dietary choices (especially sugary foods and drinks), poor quality or quantity sleep, stress, poor digestive system function, lifestyle factors, nutrient deficiencies, medications, vitamin D deficiency, and others. The most important factors here are 1) your food choices, 2) stress and 3) nutrient deficiencies (especially with vitamin D). Many studies show that the reason we have more flu in winter than other seasons is due to people not getting enough sun exposure (our bodies make vitamin D from direct sunlight on our skin) during the year, and more so in winter. I will post more on this in a follow-up article soon!

These factors are what you really need to improve to work on to prevent flu.  These are what I can help you with!

The lies being told to vulnerable people (especially children, pregnant women and those over 65 years) about the flu vaccine and spread across all media networks from those who should be protecting us - doctors, health departments, and government officials - is an abhorrent and deceitful act. If these officials are blatantly lying about the safety of flu vaccines in pregnant women, when there are NO safety studies done ever, then you simply cannot trust them. Please do your own research (from real research studies, not from opinion piece articles) or ask other independent health practitioners before you place your life and that of your family at risk.

There are better and safer ways to stay healthy in winter! I will post more articles on this topic very shortly.

Best of health to you.

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Reflux, Indigestion, GORD/GERD & Heartburn can be reversed!

14/5/2018

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Do you suffer from heartburn, reflux, indigestion, GORD/GERD symptoms after you eat something? What causes this, and how can you get rid of these symptoms without medications (and their dangerous side effects)?

Acid reflux conditions occur for many reasons such as stress, your food choices, infections, nutrient deficiencies, reduced gut health, low water intake, and more. While the popular belief is that reflux symptoms occur from high stomach acid production, many studies show the opposite - that reflux mostly results from LOW STOMACH ACID production!
Reflux conditions are treated medically by using antacid products to neutralise stomach acid, or Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) medications. If at all, they should only be taken when needed for very short term use, but I've seen people taking these medications continually for years. These medications can have serious side effects, especially if being used long term.

PPI medications (like Nexium, Somac and many others) reduce the amount of acid the stomach produces. Unfortunately this mostly makes symptoms worse, causing osteoporosis (weak and brittle bones), autoimmune conditions, reduced digestion and absorption of nutrients, nutrient deficiencies, overgrowth of pathogens in the digestive tract (ie, IBS, SIBO, Helicobacter pylori and peptic ulcers), food allergies and intolerances, anaemia, a rebound effect of hypersecretion of stomach acid, and can even increase your risk of cancers.
Reflux conditions and symptoms can often easily and quickly be reversed! I have helped many clients clear their reflux symptoms by focusing on finding the specific causes in each person. Mostly it is a result of eating certain types of foods, or nutrient deficiencies. I investigate many aspects of your health to find the causes and then treating your whole body, and the symptoms will often quickly disappear.
If you or someone you knows has reflux issues, or has been on antacid or PPI medications for a long time, I would like to help reduce the symptoms and reduce the side effects of these medications.

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What is Pyrrole Disorder?

3/5/2018

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What is Pyrrole Disorder? It is a little known condition which can be initiated from severe or chronic stress or emotional trauma, which then triggers a genetic predisposition for excess production of a compound called HPL, which causes nutrient deficiencies. Because food nutrients are needed for a lot of functions and processes in your body, a deficiency in more than one nutrient will cause many seemingly separate symptoms. Specific nutrient deficiencies cause symptoms which result in Pyrrole Disorder (PD).

Many GPs and doctors don't know about or recognise PD, as it just looks like you have a bunch of fairly common symptoms, including:
  • headaches and migraines
  • digestive complaints - constipation, reflux, bloating
  • poor tolerance to stress
  • depression and/or anxiety
  • sleep issues (can't get to sleep, or interrupted sleep)
  • poor immune system and lots of infections
  • allergies and intolerances to foods or environmental substances
  • sensitivity to light, sounds, tastes
  • and many more symptoms (as shown in the above picture).
     
You don't need to have all these symptoms, but having more increases the likelihood. When I see some or all of these symptoms together as I do in many clients, I look for the root causes for them all. I also use a screening questionnaire, analysis of pathology results, and specific pyrrole tests.

Pyrroles is nothing to be worried about! If anything it is great to have this diagnosis, as it is very easily treatable mainly with nutritional medicine! I've seen the condition in children as well as adults over 60 years of age, and it's always a relief to finally have an answer to their health issues!

Pyrroles causes nutritional deficiencies mainly in zinc and vitamin B6, but also of lesser deficiencies in other B-vitamins, magnesium, omega-6 fats and others. Multiple deficiencies lead to all of the symptoms above, and more.

Pyrroles is very frequently seen running in families across multiple generations. It is VERY common in those with Irish and Celtic family history, and the reasons for this are unknown.

Some research shows that PD itself is very commonly linked to, and probably even a cause of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, some autism disorders and other neurological and behavioural conditions.

If you recognise many of the above symptoms (in the picture) in yourself, your children, or other people you know, it would be a good idea to see if Pyrroles may be the cause! I have seen substantial reductions of symptoms with the nutritional medicine treatment for this condition! And those who have improved feel like they have their life (and health) back again!

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PMS or menstrual symptoms indicate a hormone imbalance

30/4/2018

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Why are females so complicated?! I don't mean in a relationship sense, but hormonally! Male hormones (mainly testosterone) by comparison are generally stable (females may say that men are emotionally "flatlined"!), but there are many more dynamic hormones in a female (FSH, LH, several oestrogens, progesterone, testosterone and more!) which can change from day to day through their cycles.

Female hormones must be finely tuned and balanced for menstrual cycles, fertility, pregnancy and other processes. Unfortunately many things can upset the delicate hormone balance, such as stress, nutrient deficiencies (and excesses), alcohol, digestive system function, exposure to toxins and chemicals, exposure to plastics, and other potential factors.

If you are female and have any regular symptoms just before and/or during your period such as headaches or migraines, cramps (especially if severe), bloating, pains, acne, clots, being very emotional, sore breasts, difficulty getting pregnant, miscarriages, or if your period is irregular in frequency and duration, then you have a hormone imbalance. A "normal" period really should be symptom-free, except for the bleed! Unfortunately, other period symptoms have become normalised by doctors, when they really are signs of hormone imbalance.

In addition, if you (or any other female you know) has PMDD, PCOS, endometriosis, fibrocystic breasts, fibroids, or cancers of the breast, ovaries, cervix or uterus, these are more chronic and severe symptoms of hormone imbalance. Hormone imbalances can result in these very serious conditions. This is why hormone imbalances should not be ignored or hidden each month with painkillers and anti-inflammatories or contraceptive medications. The root causes of the hormone imbalance needs to be investigated and resolved. This is what I do!

In my detailed questioning, I will seek to identify all root causes of hormone imbalances. I may also recommend specific pathology testing, including a saliva test of female hormones (which I have noted that not a lot of doctors or even specialists even look at), before recommending a personalised treatment plan.

How good would it be to not have any PMS symptoms or other chronic female conditions (PCOS, Endo, fibroids, etc)?! You can! And I would like to help you have a "normal" period again, or resolve other female hormone related health issues.

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Are cravings sabotaging your health improvements?

16/4/2018

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Have you have tried to make some improvements to your food intake to improve your health, but found it too hard because when you try, you get huge cravings for your "normal" (ie, bad) food choices? It may not be your fault!

Research over the past few years has shown how your gut bacteria actually communicates with your brain to cause food cravings for more of the foods that they want to feed on!

When your food intake is high in sugar or refined or processed carbs (breads, cakes, pasta, alcohol etc), the sugar-loving or carb-hungry gut bacteria and yeasts like Candida increase in numbers. They can displace other good bacteria to cause an imbalance, and they secrete chemicals to the cells of your digestive system, which in turn sends signals via the enteric nervous system and vagus nerve (which controls your digestive system) to your brain. This is the gut-brain connection!

When gut microbes are feeling hungry, such as when you change your diet, they effectively tell your brain to cause cravings so that you eat more of what they want to eat! Clever little buggers!

Not all cravings are bad though, as when your body really needs some specific nutrients, your brain will trigger cravings for those nutrients, such as in pregnancy! When eating a balanced nutrition intake, your gut bacteria will also be in balance. But excesses of any foods, good or bad, will also cause a corresponding excess in bacteria which favours those foods.

As a Clinical Nutritionist and Naturopath, I always ask clients whether they are craving any particular foods, as this can give clues as to possible nutrient deficiencies or excesses, and whether their digestive bacteria are in balance or not.

What foods do you crave, or what might you have craved in the past or in pregnancy?!

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Does coffee really cause cancer?

2/4/2018

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A Judge in the US (30th March 2018) has recommended that Starbucks and other coffee companies must put a warning label on coffee products sold in California, because of a cancer-causing chemical produced in the roasting process!

The chemical in particular is called acrylamide, which is formed when sugars in foods are exposed to high temperatures when baked, roasted or fried. The amount of acrylamide formed is also dependent on the species of the plant, how long it has been stored or cooked, or other factors.

Typical foods which can produce acrylamide are vegetables such as potato (fried chips, crisps, hash browns etc), bakery products (toast, breads, biscuits, cakes etc), breakfast cereals, and other high-carb starchy foods.
But does coffee cause cancer?

Generally it does not! BUT acrylamide in foods such as coffee can increase the risk of SOME types of cancers in animal and human studies. This is despite the assurances from the Australian Food Standards organisation which suggests that there are no human studies showing this.

But cancer is a very complex condition for which there are multiple causative factors in each person, and there is no one single cause of cancer in anyone. This also means that acrylamide on its own is unlikely to cause cancer, and certainly not from one cup of coffee! Perhaps acrylamide exposure over a long period of time on its own can increase cancer risk, but the other nutrients such as antioxidants and others in coffee can potentially negate that risk.

There are many studies also showing the benefits of coffee in some types of cancers too!

Every week we see a study suggesting something like coffee, red wine, chocolate etc being bashed in the media as causing cancer, then the next week another study comes out saying how good it is for you! Nutrition science is so confusing if you just follow the sensationalist media, and not look at the details of the published studies. The summary graph attached shows multiple studies showing both benefits and risks of coffee, wine, tea and other common foods and drinks!

The issue with scientific research in nutrition is how well designed the study was. For example, whether a study was just looking at the increased risk of acrylamide alone on cancer and inferring that as coffee contains acrylamide, it causes cancer. Or whether whole coffee beans were tested for acrylamide content and then showing an increased risk in coffee drinkers versus non-drinkers. Or what temperature the coffee beans were roasted at, or the water temperature in the coffee, or whether a coffee drinker had good nutrition intake and lifestyle, or an increased genetic risk for cancer, or a thousand other possible factors!

Have your coffee! Drink it and enjoy it! I generally recommend 1-2 cups of brewed coffee per day at most, and preferably none after midday, as it can affect sleep! If you feel the need to have a coffee for an energy pickup after lunch, then there are reasons for this which can be explained and can be resolved without the need for coffee at that time of the day! You will need to see me for this!

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A Big Mac is a chemical nightmare!

29/3/2018

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The answer to the previous  article's guessing game to work out what "food"  contains a huge list of ingredients, including additives, colourings, preservatives and other questionable ingredients is: a McDonald's Big Mac!

Some of you got the answer, and some were very close!

There are many suspicious, potentially harmful or questionable ingredients listed in the 34 additives in this product. Then there's the GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) it contains: wheat, corn, soy, and in multiple forms. These GMO grains are often laced with the Roundup/Glyphosate  herbicide, which causes further health effects. Many other ingredients are known to cause inflammation in many people, and its inflammation which is a causative factor for many of our modern disease epidemics of heart disease, obesity, diabetes and cancer.

The Big Mac also has the following nutritional info:
Calories: 540 (over ¼ of your daily suggested amount of 2000 calories)
Fat: 28g
Carbs: 46g
Protein: 25g
 
As I've said before, know what you are eating! Use a free food additives app for your smartphone which you can look up the additives to find out what they are and what health effects they may cause.

The huge number of additives and chemicals should be a deterrent to eating this very highly processed product, as I can't really call it a "food". It's ironic that all of the added preservatives and chemicals will give the products a longer life, but have the opposite effect on your health! Or looking at it a different way - if fast food is meant to be produced and eaten within a short space of time, why are all the preservatives needed?!

There are many better foods which CAN help to give you a longer life: whole, fresh real foods, not this processed junk!

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Can you guess this common food? And would you eat this?!

23/3/2018

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I frequently tell clients and the public to check the ingredients of the foods they buy, and to use a food additives application or website for looking further into what some of the additive numbers are and what health issues they cause. Many people, I believe, wouldn’t buy or eat those foods if they really knew what went into them, and their health implications.

Have a look at the picture – it is the ingredients list of a very common “food” product, one which many people and children have daily, or very regularly.

What do you think this product is?

Please reply to comment on what you think this product is! And I’ll tell you what the product is very soon, and highlight some of the questionable and dangerous ingredients…

Would you eat this?!
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Is eating gluten-free a healthier option?

20/3/2018

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This is part 3 of my series about gluten-free diets, as it's Coeliac Awareness week! Coeliac Disease is a severe intolerance to gluten (allegedly). Is gluten really an issue and are gluten-free products actually healthier for you?

In the previous article on this topic, I mentioned that I have noticed different people having different reactions to gluten-containing products, or more specifically, different reactions to ingredients found in many grain products. Sometimes it's gluten, sometimes the grain itself, or the glyphosate/Roundup herbicide or other chemicals used in the production, or other ingredients.

Yes gluten intolerance is a huge issue in some people, but there are many more issues caused by other ingredients in grain products. These issues include the high amount of carbohydrates in grains and the quantity of them which our ridiculous food guidelines say we should eat, the anti-nutrients in most grains, phytates, oxalates, lectins, fructans, heavy metals, moulds, and all of the inflammatory effects and symptoms these cause.

Going gluten-free instead usually means changing from one type of grain to another, which can still cause the same symptoms! Weetbix contains gluten, but gluten-free weetbix (or other similar product) is still high in carbs, sugar, phytates, anti-nutrients, moulds, and other negative effects to your health. Just because some food or drink is labelled as "gluten-free"  doesn't make it a healthier option!

I've seen gluten-free lollies, beer, meat, water, chips, clothes, and many other products! All of which have never had gluten in them anyway! It's all just misleading marketing.

 For your health and that of your family, you should not only ditch the gluten-free foods, but also any grains and processed grain products. That way you don't get any of the negative ingredients or effects from them! Replace grains with whole, fresh, and preferably organic real foods - mainly vegetables, some fruit, quality protein and healthy fats! There are NO nutrients in grains which cannot be found in these healthier options.

Food labelled "Gluten-free" is just a marketing ploy. It's not healthier for you, unless it's "grain-free". Maybe that should be a new marketing campaign?!

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Is gluten really the problem?

16/3/2018

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This is part 2 of my series about gluten-free diets, as it's Coeliac Awareness week! Coeliac Disease is a severe intolerance to gluten (allegedly). Is gluten really an issue and are gluten-free products actually healthier for you?
 
In my experience, I have seen clients who have tested negative for Coeliac, but they react badly when they have gluten-containing foods. But some of them will be fine when they have "gluten-free" products but some won't be, while others are fine on "certified organic" wheat/rye products, but others won't. In believe there are several groups of people who react to wheat products, including some people who have:

1) A gluten intolerance - ie, Coeliac disease confirmed by multiple pathology tests, or
2) An intolerance to other nutrient components of wheat, such as lectins or fructans, which in susceptible people can cause the same symptoms, but not testing positive to a Coeliac test, or
3) A sensitivity or toxicity to glyphosate (ie, Roundup herbicide) which is sprayed on GMO wheat and many other food products, but which doesn't come out in the processing of such products.

The use of Roundup/glyphosate, I believe, is a huge and hidden cause of many digestive and other physical health issues, because it can cause a dysfunction in your digestive bacteria, as shown in a lot of recent research.  Roundup/glyphosate is linked to causing many symptoms, including headaches and migraines, digestive pains, infertility, toxicity and even cancer and autism.

Will eating a gluten-free diet help in these situations to improve your health? The answer is... probably not! If you have an intolerance to wheat, eating gluten-free will do nothing good for you - it may cause the same symptoms!  And if you have Coeliac Disease, you need to do far more than just avoid gluten - you must also avoid some other foods, and work on healing your digestive system, and reducing the damage that the autoimmune component of Coeliac Disease is causing.

Some research shows that completely cutting out foods to which you may be intolerant can actually cause you to become intolerant to MORE food ingredients, and cause nutrient deficiencies to make your health worse.

So what should you do?  See me for advice!

Sensitivities or allergies to certain foods or environmental substances can be reduced by retraining your body to become less reactive to those substances. This can be done with a combination of improved nutrient intake, healing the digestive system, and togother with other treatments. If allergies and intolerances are a problem for you or someone you know, I can help!

See part 3 of this topic coming soon!
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Is EATING GLUTEN-free FOOD a good choice for your health?

14/3/2018

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This week is Coeliac Awareness Week in Australia, so I have written a series of short articles on gluten, gluten-free foods and Coeliac Disease. This first article gives some background on this condition and how gluten can affect your health.

There has been a massive growth in the amount and choice of gluten-free products in our shops over the past few years. This is due to more and more people having reactions and symptoms to eating gluten-containing foods. Considering that many of  the "gluten-free" foods have never actually had gluten in them, is this all a fad or just clever marketing?!

Firstly, what is gluten? Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye and barley grains, that's all! The word gluten comes from Latin, meaning "glue", as it gives dough its elasticity, helping it to rise and giving the end product its chewy texture. There's no gluten in oats or rice, but these grains do have similar proteins to which some people can still react to. Some people can react with coeliac-like symptoms with other foods, probably because of cross-contamination in food processing factories of gluten getting into other foods.

Different people can have a different reaction to wheat or gluten in foods - an allergy, an intolerance or sensitivity, an autoimmune reaction, or nothing noticed at all. Those who are "sensitive" or "intolerant" to gluten can have reactions ranging from mild to severe and which can include extreme digestive pains, headaches and migraines, diarrhoea, brain fog, skin conditions, mucus congestion, reflux and more symptoms. A severe intolerance to gluten can be diagnosed as Coelic Disease after several pathology tests are performed with the results showing a positive reaction to gluten AND specific antibodies, or a genetic test, and an endoscopy with biopsy to confirm. Coeliac Disease is an autoimmune condition, where the immune system is attacking the body's tissues.

An intolerance is not an allergy, and the blood test for Coeliac disease is NOT accurate and often comes back negative, which is why several different tests are needed. None of the Coeliac blood tests I know of check for all of the known antibodies for gluten - some check for 1-4 known gluten antibodies, but not for all of them. Hence why you can have a negative Coeliac test result, but still react in exactly the same way when you have gluten as someone who tests positive for Coeliac disease! As such you will get diagnosed instead as having "non-Coeliac gluten sensitivity" instead. Which in other words really means, you ARE intolerant to gluten, but because of the faulty test, you aren't officially a Coeliac, but you should still avoid all gluten-containing grains.

The next gluten related article will look at whether eating gluten-free foods is helpful for you, or not!

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does all disease start in the gut? NO!

8/3/2018

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There is a very common saying in Nutritional Medicine and Naturopathic circles, or amongst people who are trying to get healthier, that “all disease starts in the gut”. Perhaps this quote has become popularised from social media memes, but it is generally attributed to Hippocrates, a Greek Philosopher and physician about 2500 years ago.

The trouble is that this quote is wrong!

Or at the very least, it’s not entirely correct in all people.

Diseases of the digestive tract (ie, the gut) can contribute to a lot of chronic health conditions, if the digestive system cannot break down your food correctly, or if you cannot absorb the nutrients from your food, or if you cannot detox or eliminate wastes efficiently. This leads to nutrient deficiencies, toxicity, and chronic diseases.

But does ALL disease START in the gut? No!

I will give examples of other root causes…
  1. Stress – this is an external root cause to many health conditions. Stress affects the digestive system by slowing down its function, as stress stimulates the body’s “flight or fight” survival mechanisms. Digesting and absorbing your food isn’t a priority in a survival mode, hence stress over a long time will lead to nutrient deficiencies and disease. Stress also directly weakens the immune system, so you become more susceptible to infections. Stress leads to high blood sugar, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, poor sleep, mental health issues, and plays a part in most chronic diseases.
  2. Exposure to toxins and chemicals – these are more external factors which can affect your health. These can be absorbed into your body via the skin, lungs, in your food and water or even via radiation. Toxins and chemicals can have widespread effects to cause many health conditions too.
  3. Your food – What you eat plays the biggest part of any health condition or disease, and is another external causative factor. Your food is far more than just something to prevent hunger! Your food is broken down and built back up into new cells, chemicals, proteins and more. Your food BECOMES you! Hence eating a good quality nutrition intake will mean a better functioning body, or eating junk food will not help your health at all.

There are other non-gut causes of diseases too. Yes, the digestive system function is critical to your overall health, but it is not the initial cause of many (or all) diseases as certain social media quotes suggest! But in a holistic treatment plan for any condition, the digestive system function must be investigated via questioning of signs and symptoms, with any issues improved or treated as necessary. And all other root causes of one’s health conditions need to be investigated and treated too. This is what I do!

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Is red wine or alcohol really good for you?

5/3/2018

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Alcoholic drinks may seem to be, at least when you are younger, something that cool, fun, confident or successful people partake in, and therefore its something to have more of. Younger people have a belief that "a little is good, but more is better", especially when it comes to alcohol. But is alcohol really all that bad?

There are some who promote red wine for it's possible benefits - that it contains resveratrol, a powerful antioxidant which can protect the body against oxidative damage which is common in chronic health conditions. Some studies show that for health benefits, you need to have 500mg of resveratrol per day. Since a glass of red wine contains at most 12mg of resveratrol, you would need to drink over 41 litres of red wine daily to get any benefits! But you would have died of alcohol poisoning only after a couple of bottles. The studies which suggest the benefits of resveratrol are often then misrepresented or the truth stretched a little by the sensationalist media, and further misunderstood (but believed anyway) by the general public who haven't read the actual research.

Alcohol is a poison, simple. It is a legal, addictive, and toxic drug, which causes far more deaths, chronic health issues and injuries than most other substances. And then there's the family and social damage caused by excessive drinking too. Alcohol is so toxic to your body that the liver will prioritise the breakdown of alcohol above the many normal functions of metabolism, to get alcohol out of your body quicker. This is why regular alcohol intake will cause nutrient deficiencies and poor general health, with many symptoms and side effects.

Alcohol contributes to a high daily calorie intake, as there's actually more calories in alcohol than sugar or protein per gram. Hence this is why alcohol leads to weight gain, obesity and diabetes too. Other major health issues caused by regular or excessive alcohol consumption include fatty liver disease, cirrhosis (thickening and scarring of the liver), liver cancer, liver failure, and even death.

Alcoholic drinks also have a diuretic effect - they make you lose more water in urine. The combination of too many carbs in alcohol, mineral deficiencies, and the dehydrating effect contributes to your hangover the morning after. Simple techniques or even supplements can prevent these!

I like a nice red wine from time to time. A subtle hint for my birthday, or any occasion really! But I don't have one every day, or even each week, or even some months! Having the occasional beverage isn't going to be a big problem, but a very regular intake will be.
The Australian guidelines for drinking alcohol suggests drinking no more than 2 standard drinks per day, if you are over 18, and not pregnant or breastfeeding. Of course less is better!

In short, will red wine help you with your health and alive for longer? Nope, sorry! The very limited benefits of red wine won't outweigh the negative effects of the alcohol and damage caused.

Cheers! (Have a glass of filtered water instead! ;-)

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What is body fat?!

17/2/2018

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With our modern and Western diets over the past 100+ years our foods have changed a lot, and our health on the whole has greatly decreased with epidemics of obesity, heart disease, cancer and diabetes being the biggest causes of death. All are directly related to poor food choices and lifestyle factors.

We have changed from a whole, fresh, organic, locally-grown and seasonal food intake, to a highly processed, chemical-laden, artificial, mass produced and carbohydrate-rich but low-fat intake. So it's not surprisingly really that our health in general has decreased. Some Western countries are actually showing a DECREASE in the average mortality rates - we are now not living longer than our parents or grandparents.

One of the biggest culprits on this issue is our ridiculous and corrupt government food guidelines which promote a very high intake of carbohydrate-rich foods as being healthy - such as grains, cereals, breads, pasta, etc. Then to make it worse, they also say to limit your intake of fats. And there you are - you've become addicted and adapted to carbohydrates and glucose for fuel!

Before the 1970s when the current high-carb and low fat intakes were recommended, people in general were much thinner and healthier too! Go and look at some old photographs of your family from this time! You will find it's hard to spot anyone who looks unhealthy or overweight! Sadly, it's the reverse now...

Our overweight bodies are continually storing fat for many reasons, but the key reasons are that our high-carb diets cause a high insulin response in our bodies, which in turn causes the excess glucose to be stored as fat, and also that our bodies are starving of real nutrients, and when our bodies are starving, what we may be eating will be stored as fat for longer-term survival instead of short-term energy production.

So how do we tap into the long-term energy storage (our body fats)?! Simple, reduce or avoid the things which cause fat storage - carbohydrates and the insulin response - and get "fat adapted" again!

That's how I can help you to lose weight - by helping you to become fat adapted! There are many other causes of weight gain - hormone conditions, stress, sleep issues, and many more. I will find the causes of your individual weight gain, as we are all different!

I'd love to help you to become "fat adapted" again, so you can use your stored energy and achieve your health and fitness goals! What would it mean to you to be at your ideal weight again? How would that feel?!

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