Archive for July, 2009

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic If your diet is leaving you feeling tired and rundown you are on the wrong diet. Grabbing an energy drink is not the answer. These drinks can include (they vary) methylxanthines (including caffeine), B vitamins, quarana ( a stimulant), taurine, ginseng (a...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic Sugar in its many disguises - words ending in ‘ose’ Fructose (do not confuse concentrated fructose as being the same as found in fresh fruit) Lactose Dextrose Glucose Sucrose Levulose Galactose Maltose Dextrins Dextrans words ending in ‘ol’ Mannitol Sorbitol Xylitol Others - Corn syrup Concentrated Cane Juice Cane juice Malto-dextrins HFCS (high fructose corn syrup, found in so many processed foods and is highly...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic Many dieters use caffeine from coffee, tea or sodas (soft) drinks to help them use lose weight, they are in fact compounding the situation. Research is finding much evidence to suggest that the toxins contained in foods actually promote weight-gain! Other research suggests...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and health clinic Some fats are vital to weight-lose, for your metabolism and health! I know this comes as a surprise to some of you, as I have come across so many people who are ‘fat phobic’. If you want switch your appetite to the ‘normal’ setting...
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Not enough? Why are people and more often women not eating enough protein? One of the main reasons is many women are addicted to refined carbohydrates and sugars. For many women who are or have been on many diets find by the time they have over indulged on refined carbohydrates (not all carbohydrates are created...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic The organs that will help you in your quest – the liver, kidneys, skin, colon, lymph, lungs, and fat cells. Your over-worked liver is one of your main allies, in the fight against weight problems, fluid retention and cellulite. Help your liver,...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic Certain foods act like a drug Some foods literally act like ‘drug foods’ as they create a false high in the brain, they change the brain chemistry – a feel good factor for a short time (like a drug such as nicotine or alcohol). Some...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic Don’t get taken in by the hype carbohydrates make you fat fruit is the enemy fruit is full of sugar fat is bad quick fix fast rapid instant effortless lite fat-replacers meal replacements revolutionary low-fat no-fat no-sugar carb-blockers carb-quenchers high-protein fat-busters the list is endless In our recent history the multi-billion dollar diet business con-vinced people that fat is...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic Chromosomes Some people say they are overweight because they inherited the problem from their parents. They are right but only to a small extent, maybe they have inherited a tendency to be overweight but they don’t have to make it your lives work....
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The fat cells of an overweight person An enzyme found in adipose tissue (fat cells) called lipoprotein lipase (LPL) helps the body to store fat, for the lean times. Transporting fat from the blood to the fat cells depends on this enzyme. In people who have restricted their diet to lose weight, the activity...
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