Much more vitamin C – helps break down body fat

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic

Vitamin C has been proven to help the body turn fat into fuel.

You need to eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables!
Don’t think that you could skip the fruits and vegetables in favor of Vitamin C tablets it doesn’t work quite like that. The fresh [...]

GI and GL there is a difference

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic

You may have seen these terms before? I would just like to clear up what they both mean.

GI stands for Glycemic Index – this refers to how fast a particular carbohydrate is digested. In foods with a high Glycemic Index this happens quickly causing a [...]

Food Shopping – on a diet

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic

The research shows people who go to the supermarket when they are hungry and their blood sugar levels are low, the choices they make are more often than not unhealthy decisions. More food is bought in general and they seemed to pick the [...]

Social Beings

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic

Most people are social beings and there are always invites to dinner, birthday parties, weddings, christenings, Christmas, Easter, New year, anniversaries etc etc. Party food can be a real stumbling block for a lot of people because …
in our experience dieters are [...]

Fat digestion, how is yours?

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic

Any food we eat needs breaking down fully so you can absorb and utilize their nutrients properly. A vital part of digestion. So you could be eating the right sorts of fats, but not be getting their full benefits. You need enough enzymes, so [...]

Time of day – important to weight loss

Sonia Jones ND
Research shows time and time again, if you eat more in the morning you will eat less in the evening encouraging weight-loss.
So many people skip breakfast or have too little or eat the wrong foods in the morning. So many people have it the wrong way round, starting off with less and increasing [...]

Color me thin

Sonia Jones ND
We have all heard of using colors to heal, calm, or stimulate etc. Colors can also have an affect on our appetite.
It would seem that red, orange and yellow stimulate and encourage appetite and conversation. Restaurants know this fact very well. If your house is decorated in these colors consider redecorating especially in [...]

Step by step with a pedometer and lose weight

Sonia Jones ND
I know so many people hate exercise, or don’t like it enough to make the time in their busy lives. Here is something that might help you.
Buy a little step meter that you hang onto your body – it measures your daily steps. It is said that the average person takes about 2000 [...]

No clue too small, keep a journal for successful weight loss

Sonia Jones ND
Have you ever thought about keeping a food/mood journal, but couldn’t see the point?
It has been discovered that people who keep food/mood journals lose weight and maintain their weight better than people who don’t!
How to keep a journal?
Some people just use scrap paper, others buy beautiful purpose designed journals that give them daily [...]

Does the diet industry care?

Sonia Jones ND
The food industry is looking out for its own interests not yours. These are huge profits to be made by leading you up the proverbial garden path.
The industry and the media had so many people flocking to buy their no-fat, low-fat, lite-fat, reduced-fat products, however the large majority of these products where very [...]