Energy Drinks – should be called energy depleting drinks

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 [...]

Not good news for caffeine drinkers

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 [...]

Don’t be taken in by words like -

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 [...]

your weight loss sabortaged

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 may [...]

Your fooling yourself

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic
Many people tell me they don’t have a sweet tooth. Declaring how they never add sugar to their tea or coffee. Often a case study and a closer look at their diet, reveals a different story. So you don’t actually go out and buy bags [...]