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 mild [...]
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 concentrated)
Then [...]
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 that [...]
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 you [...]
Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
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 [...]
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, help [...]
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 people [...]
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 bad [...]
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. They [...]
Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
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 [...]