Quinoa is a South American grain, pronounced ‘Keen-wah’ Quinoa is a super grain for many reasons: Quinoa is an excellent source of protein It contains all the essential amino acids you body needs to build proteins – called a “ complete protein”
Sleep is powerfully rejuvenating and a vital ingredient for good health! There are two kinds of sleep – rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and nonREM (NREM) or slow wave sleep. REM sleep is characterized by rapid eye movements that occur during this
For years and years we have been told and we believed that heart disease resulted from an elevated blood cholesterol level, and that the only therapy that worked was to lower the cholesterol levels with statin medication, whilst severely restricting the intake
The British Medical Journal has published an enormous study, in which 339 000 health records were analyzed, and which found that exercise is every bit as effective as prescription drugs for treating heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Exercise worked just as well as
Most diseases are preventable, but medical attention these days is mostly on the treatment of disease, and not enough emphasis is given on how to prevent disease. Here are a few important ways to help prevent prostate cancer: Enjoy physical activity of
Eggs are a superfood! Numerous recent research studies have shown that eating eggs has little effect on ones cholesterol levels – this is in direct contrast to the very reason why we were told to avoid eggs during the cholesterol hype of
Your body contains a separate nervous system which is so complex, it has been called the second brain. It comprises an estimated 500 million neurons (nerve cells), and is around 9 metres long, stretching from your esophagus to your anus. Embedded in
We all need to eat at least five servings of vegetables every day – the bigger the range of white, green and orange vegetables the better! Particularly all those with a bright colour (eg broccoli, tomatoes, beets, bell peppers) are a rich
Menopause is nature’s way of signaling the end of child bearing years. There is a gradual decrease in the level of estrogen and progesterone, usually around the age of 50, and this leads to your periods becoming erratic and finally ceasing. Menopause
We know that animals in the wild consume their placentas after giving birth. In traditional Chinese medicine, as long ago as the 1500’s, a placenta was prepared for use by the mother, as it was believed to make a huge difference to
