Bromelain Is an enzyme that is found in the stems of pineapples. When this supplement is taken with food, it acts like a digestive enzyme aiding in the digestive process, especially protein. However, when taken in between meals it has a profound affect on pain and inflammation. This fact has been well documented and has...
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Most people today eat a diet sadly lacking in magnesium, magnesium is vital for optimum functioning of the body in so many ways. Magnesium has both anti-inflammatory and anti- arthritic properties, the skin is highly absorbent (this is why hormone replacement patches or nicotine patches work so well) and you can take advantage of this...
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Sonia Jones ND The Haven Spa and Alternative Treatment Clinic We all know about furring up of the arteries and how that can have a detrimental affect on the heart and blood pressure. Did you that furring up of the arteries can cause back degeneration and pain? Smoking and/or poor diet has been linked with the...
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Gluten is a substance that is very difficult to digest and as we get older this substance becomes even more difficult to digest. This substance is found in foods that most people over dose on eat day. Large amounts of gluten is found in wheat, smaller amounts in rye, and much smaller...
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Sonia Jones ND The Haven Spa and Natural Treatment Clinic What are prostaglandins? They are hormone-like substances that can promote or quell inflammation depending on the type of food you choose to eat. You have a direct control of the type of prostaglandins your body produces by the foods and drinks you choose. We eat...
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Sonia Jones ND The Haven Spa and Clinic High-fructose corn syrup verses fructose in Fresh fruit It is of great concern to me that people are getting confused between high fructose corn syrup and fructose in fresh fruit. People are telling me they are not eating fresh fruit because they have read about fructose and how...
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The more you help the organs of elimination work at optimum the more toxins your body will remove, the better your system will cope, the less pain you will suffer. There are 5 major organs of elimination busy working every second of the day, come what may. Give them more than they can handle and...
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There are five inflammatory substances the body produces in response to various factors – environmental pollution, metabolic by-products, nutritional deficiencies and poor food choices, structural stress, digestive problems, infections, and pharmaceutical drugs. 1) Histamine – the mast cells produce histamine, I am sure you have heard of anti-histamine medication. Histamine is involved in the...
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Sonia Jones ND As we get older our bodies tend to release more chemicals known as cytokines, they encourage degeneration, inflammation and pain. Research has revealed that taking DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) found in fish oil can suppress the release of these cytokines. DHA is an omega-3 essential fatty acid. Flaxseeds also known as linseeds,...
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Sugar is seriously acid forming encouraging pain, highly addictive, interferes with digestion and your immune system. It is so addictive that most people find it hard to give it up, in most of its forms. It is found in one form or another in so many products today. You are probably consuming much more...
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