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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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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Sonia Jones ND form The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic Breakfast swaps Fried eggs, bacon and toast swap for boiled eggs and rice cakes Toast and cheese swap for rice cakes and hummus Breakfast cereals like for instance corn flakes, have a huge glycemic value you will be hungry sooner in the morning, swap and have fresh...
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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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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...
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Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic Turn simple foods into super foods, by sprouting. Sprouting is really simple to do, very little time involved and very little effort is needed to have fresh food on tap very cheaply. Any grains, lentils, seeds, or beans can be sprouted. The process of sprouting...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic Vitamin C has been proven to help the body turn fat into fuel. You need to eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables! Don’t think that you could skip the fruits and vegetables in favor of Vitamin C tablets it doesn’t work quite like that. The...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic You may have seen these terms before? I would just like to clear up what they both mean. GI stands for Glycemic Index – this refers to how fast a particular carbohydrate is digested. In foods with a high Glycemic Index this happens quickly causing...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic The research shows people who go to the supermarket when they are hungry and their blood sugar levels are low, the choices they make are more often than not unhealthy decisions. More food is bought in general and they seemed to pick...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic Most people are social beings and there are always invites to dinner, birthday parties, weddings, christenings, Christmas, Easter, New year, anniversaries etc etc. Party food can be a real stumbling block for a lot of people because … in our experience dieters...
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Any food we eat needs breaking down fully so you can absorb and utilize their nutrients properly. A vital part of digestion. So you could be eating the right sorts of fats, but not be getting their full benefits. You need enough enzymes, so your liver and gall bladder can do their job...
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Sonia Jones ND The food industry is looking out for its own interests not yours. These are huge profits to be made by leading you up the proverbial garden path. The industry and the media had so many people flocking to buy their no-fat, low-fat, lite-fat, reduced-fat products, however the large majority of these products where...
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Sonia Jones ND The advice has always been if you want to lose weight you have to exercise! Just hearing that puts some people off completely. Most people think of the gym or jogging. Why is it a problem? In this day and age many people feel they don’t have the time. We try to fit so...
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Sonia Jones ND Once upon a time few people few what an anti-oxidant was, today most people have heard of an anti-oxidant. We have heard that if we get enough of these antioxidants they can slow down the speed of destruction and aging by neutralizing free-radials. So if you don’t get enough anti-oxidants you will age faster,...
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Sonia Jones ND No its not hype, its true. I will explain why. For weight-loss and that illusive maintenance of weight-loss and for that matter good health in general, we all need good quality sleep every night. Recuperative sleep is essential to every aspect of our well-being and weight-loss. After a few nights of disturbed sleep, look...
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