Sonia Jones from The Haven Spa and Health Clinc
Cellulite and/or fluid retention
This is a type of body fat found almost exclusively in women, and generally collects on the thighs and looks a little lumpy, often referred to as orange peel skin. Normal dieting doesn’t usually make that much difference, to this type of condition....
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Research shows that many diets can reduce the activity of the thyroid gland by about 28% in only 6 weeks! Similar reductions have been noted in animals on diets. Most people I see have been on several restrictive diets. So for some people, dieting can...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and health Clinic
This test only gives you an indication – it is not instead of a convention test – I suggest you read my article called The Thyroid – natural view point, to give you a fuller picture.
Simple Temperature Test
Option 1
The temperature test is a simple...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
For a lot of women PMS (pre-menstrual syndrome) seems to be a big stumbling block to permanent weight-loss and health gain. All good intentions and even some well established healthy routines go out the window when their period is due.
You...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Protein digestion
As we get older digestion slows down in general and digestive enzymes are not quite as abundant as they were when we were younger. Also if you are an ‘A blood group’ type you will automatically have lower stomach acid levels than say...
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Sonia Jones from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Can you have too much protein? The answer is yes.
High-protein diets can be damaging to your health?
Not part of a health weight-loss program.
The dangers of a high-protein diet –
High acidic levels – cause disease states
Increased risk of gout
Increased risk of kidney disease or...
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The general rule is ‘palm size’. The piece of meat should be the size of your palm only. A chicken breast or leg would be a perfect size.
Please do not get hung up on exact grams of protein I have put down the figures only as examples to give you an idea. Do...
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Tip of the Day – if you are unhealthy or overweight or both – your lifestyle made you that way and the very idea that sometime in the near or distant future you can return to your old habits – is counter-productive. This is exactly what happen in 95% of cases – going ‘on’...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
How to fatten animals ready for market -
The farmer restricts the amount of food the animal is allowed for a few days, then for a few days the animals are allowed it to eat as before. Farmers have found these animals go to...
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TIP OF THE DAY
Being dehydrated or not drinking enough water slows down the metabolism – so make sure you drink enough water for a healthy metabolism.
However drinking too much will put too much strain on your kidneys, can cause an imbalance of the electrolytes – sodium, potassium etc and it will not...
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