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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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
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
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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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Addictions and cravings
Don’t skip this section, you may think because you don’t take recreational drugs or don’t smoke cigarettes or drink too much that addiction doesn’t apply to you. However, I am talking about the everyday substances you find on the supermarket shelves!
Do...
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Research has uncovered that when women get married they put on approximately half a stone (7lbs) in the first 2 years.
It is thought this is mainly due to the fact that men eat in general less healthily than women. Once a woman marries she end up catering to his tastes more, as men seem...
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