Anti-aging Disease Prevention and Weight Management
Includes the Anti-aging, Disease Prevention and Weight Management
Objective:-
This program is a voyage of personal discovery that will give you all the knowledge you need for a longer life,( you receive a copy of our Anti-aging and Weight management Twelve Essentials Manual). Many aspect of individual health are covered, we not only look at your lifestyle but also the role of internal inflammation in accelerated aging, the role of enzymes to slow aging and how to use this knowledge to stay younger, protected and healthier longer, these are just some of the topics covered.
You will also receive an individual nutritional and lifestyle plan that is built around your own personal health and physical requirements. The building blocks of your life and indeed your decline comes from the food you eat, an inappropriate diet has two consequences. Firstly too much of the body’s resources goes into digesting foods your body has no use for or even worse foods that are detrimental to your health. This process of understanding is an individual one and each person has different nutritional requirements and some foods that are good for one person can cause internal inflammation in another person. Some people estimate the energy requires to digest an inappropriate diet is as high as 80%, this leaves little energy left to deal with toxic waste matter, the efficient replacing of millions of cells that replicate themselves each day and most importantly keep you fit and young looking. Secondly by replacing foods that age you with those that slow down aging we get an overall positive effect. This part of the program is undertaken by Howard Jones AAc and Sonia Jones ND who is highly experienced in this field and has written several books on the subject including the Anti-aging and Weight Management Twelve Essentials Manual).
As part of your stay we have an in-dept assessment of your current health status and to identify any indicators to future problems. Then your individual nutritional and lifestyle plan is put together with three aspects in mind a) to allow your body to rebuild itself without stressing the system b) as prevention is the key, to give you protection against any serious chronic diseases your body might have a weakness towards and lastly c) help you with any current health issues. During your stay you will also have 2 one to one questions and answer sessions on how to use the different elements contained in the Essentials manual and the opportunity to have treatments as included in the package.
Program includes:-
The Anti-aging and Weight Management Twelve Essential manual (the client receives this prior to arrival so they are familiar with the essentials and can come armed with questions)
Use of all the facilities
7 nights accommodation includes a light healthy breakfast.
An in-depth assessment of your health and nutritional status with a written report
2 question and answer sessions on the anti-aging manual
6 one hour treatments ie massage or facials, acupuncture or remedial therapies.
We recommend the option to do a Detox during the first 4 days to include juices and castor oil packs, cost $75.00.
Additional Options:- more treatments, low level laser face lift treatments and anti-aging facials
Structural assessment (check up for pain relief and joint restrictions) includes advice and treatment options to improve any pain or restrictions and improve flexibility and stability.
Prices:-
Low season $1728 single occupancy and double occupancy is $1334 per person.
High season $1840 single occupancy and double occupancy is $1403 per person.
(programs can be mixed please enquire about the costs)
Read MoreArthritis improved with 7 things you can do now?
These are important aspects that accelerate the aging process and speed up degeneration in general, contributing to a poor quality of life with more suffering than necessary, especially in most forms of arthritis.
1) Inflammation can be triggered by a number of things, what you eat and drink has a huge impact on your inflammatory responses, encouraging pain and destruction. It is very important to improve your diet in every way you can. This will have a huge impact on your condition.
2) Free-radicals – encourage degeneration such as in arthritis conditions. Take some anti-oxidants.
3) Poor detoxification – organs need certain nutrients to produce specific enzymes that neutralize and remove toxins from the body this is especially true of the liver and arthritis.
4) A negative outlook on life in general will impact on every cell in the body producing destructive chemicals that speed up degeneration. Of-course there are times when you will feel a little down that is natural but to always see the tank as half empty as opposed to half full is a problem. The tank may still measure half way up but they are two completely different ways of looking at the same thing.
5) Poor posture puts a strain on joints. Muscles tighten, which in turn restricts blood flow and this reduces movement of oxygen and nutrients in the joints. Also reducing the amount of toxins that can be removed from the joints, encouraging more degeneration and/or inflammation. A practitioner of the Alexandra Technique can help you in this area, showing you the correct posture in everyday life – reading, sitting at the computer, standing, walking etc.
6) Lack of activity, this does not mean you have to join a gym. It does mean you have to move around move, as the lack of activity does mean you could seize up. Just like the rusty gate.
7) Poor bio-mechanics some people due to their build have extra wear and tear on – the hips, knees and/or ankles. For instance – due to knock-knees, or bow-legged or collapsed arches will change the total alignment of the legs which can cause ankle, knee or hip problems. See a foot/posture specialist, or as a osteopath or chiropractor. They can arrange for inserts to be made especially for your particular set of circumstances for your shoes that help re-align your legs removing some of the pressure. This could mean all the difference to you being more active.
Read MoreCoffee linked to arthritis
From the BBC News
Drinking coffee may increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, according to doctors.
Research carried out in Finland suggests the number of cups of coffee drunk daily is linked to increased risk of developing the condition.
Doctors at the National Institute of Public Health in Helsinki examined their theory among a cross sectional survey of almost 7,000 people.
One in 100 affected
They found the number of cups of coffee consumed on a daily basis was strongly associated with rheumatoid factor.
Rheumatoid factor can contribute to the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, which affects approximately one per cent of the population.
It can lead to permanent disability, and can even, in extreme cases, affect the major organs, causing life-threatening damage.
The research team also monitored a group of almost 19,000 over a 15 year period, none of whom had any evidence of arthritis when first tested.
They found people who drank four or more cups of coffee a day were twice as likely to test positive for arthritis than those who drank less.
The results held true even after adjusting for other risk factors, such as age, gender, smoking and weight.
They also report that those who drank 11 or more cups a day were almost 15 times as likely to have rheumatoid factor as non-coffee drinkers.
t they are unable to identify the ingredient in coffee, and in coffee that is not filtered in particular, that may increase the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis.
They called for further research to be carried out to see if their theory stands up.
Possible risk
“Coffee consumption should be considered a possible risk factor or a confounder in future reasearch intot he cause of rheumatoid arthritis,” they state.
The findings are published in the latest issue of the medical journal Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
But a spokeswoman from the Arthritis Research Campaign said: “When you consider that rheumatoid arthritis is a complex disease with a large genetic element, and that environmental and genetic factors interact to play a part in its development, to link the disease with coffee consumption is rather simplistic.”
A spokesman from the Coffee News Information Service, which represents the coffee industry, said the study had shown an association but not a cause and effect relationship.
“Most importantly when the data was collected 20 years ago, very strong boiled coffee was heavily consumed in Scandinavia, and does not represent normal UK consumption, which is primarily of the instant variety.
“Coffee drinkers should rest assured that coffee consumption in moderation is perfectly safe.”
Read MoreYour food shopping list – to ease Arthritis Pain and Inflammation
Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
A shopping list to simplify things for you -
PROTEIN SECTION
Avoid pork – very acid forming
Free-range or organic if possible
Beef is second to pork, in the acid forming stakes then
Lamb
Chicken
Duck
Venison
Turkey
_________eat less of the protein foods above this line_____________
Fish
Tofu – organic
Eggs
Goat’s cheese
Natural plain yogurt
Beans or lentils mixed with whole grains (for complete protein) – least acid forming
Nuts and seeds
Raw nuts and seeds – good source of ‘essential fatty acids’ and protein
Almonds
Walnuts
Sesame seeds
Flaxseeds (Linseeds)
Hemp seeds
Cashews
Sunflower seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Other raw un-salted nuts
FRESH FRUIT and VEGETABLES
Lots of them, in as big a variety as possible
If you want to get rid of your pain – no oranges and no tomatoes (fresh or canned)
Secondly – cut down drastically on potatoes, eggplants and bell peppers
GRAINS and seeds – only whole grains
Oats
Millet
Quinoa
Brown rice
Spelt
Kamut
Buckwheat
Amaranth
Corn
To a lesser extent Barley,
Avoid wheat and rye (white or wholemeal) these are extremely acid forming.
SWEETNESS – in moderation or better still educate your taste buds so you don’t need these sweeteners
Dried fruit
Honey
Molasses
Stevia
DRINKS
Water
Herbal teas
Smoothies – made with fruit, some protein powder, and a plain yogurt
Green tea (contain low levels of caffeine)
White tea
Rooibos tea (red tea)
Home made vegetable juices
Alcohol in strict moderation
PASTA
Rice noodles occasionally
Soba noodles made from 100% buckwheat
GENERAL
Organic apple cider vinegar
Low-Salt
Black Pepper
All Herbs
All Spices
All Beans
All Lentils
Goat’s Milk
Rice Milk
Oat Milk
Brown Rice
Tamari (soy sauce without wheat)
Tahini (sesame paste/butter)
Butter (no margarine)
Ghee
SPROUTING
Mung beans
Lentils
All whole grains
All beans – except red beans and soy beans
OILS – extra virgin, cold pressed, expelled or first pressed
Olive oil
Sesame oil
Coconut oil
Walnut oil
Hemp oil
Flax seed oil (never heat)
TREATS
70% or more cocoa chocolate bar
Dried fruit
Natural popcorn, made yourself
Natural nut butters, buy in glass jars or make yourself
Fresh fruit
Raw nuts and seeds
Read MoreWhy are people so resistant to changing their diets?
According to surveys there are many reasons or excuses people have why they can’t change their diet to help relieve their suffering.
1 Taste According to the research taste is the number one reason. We are such creatures of habit very reluctant to try new things. My mother is a typical example of this, many times after much persuasion she might try something new and actually like it. There are even times when she doesn’t dislike a food enough that she actually continues to consume that food and she eventually likes it. Our taste buds need time to adjust, and we need to be open to new things.
2 Convenience If it’s not convenient people won’t do it. That is why the food industry has made a huge fortune on convenience foods. The answer might be easy foods that are assembled so to speak.
Read MoreSeratonin your own natural pain-killer for Arthritis
Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic
The B vitamins and zinc are some very important nutrients needed by the brain to enable it to manufacture neuro-chemicals out of amino acids (proteins). A good supply of B3 (needed for a whole host of functions in the body) is very important (found in all sorts of whole foods) otherwise our body will make it out of tryptophan.
This is not a good idea as your body would use your reserve of stored up tryptophan to convert and produce B3, as you want your body to produce serotonin from your tryptophan reserves and not use it for making B3.
Eating foods that contain a good amount of tryptophan as well as the B vitamins will ensure better levels of serotonin.
These foods are a good source of tryptophan
·Seeds – pumpkin, sunflower, sesame
·Nuts – hazelnuts and almonds
·Wild game
·Chicken
·Turkey
·Bananas
·Prawns
·Yogurts
Read MoreWhat you should know before buying and eating fish
Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic
We have known for many years, that fish is good for us. We have been encouraged for years to eat more fish, especially if you have a condition like arthritis. My father-in-law at 85 still keeps up the old tradition of eating fish every Friday, come what may. He might eat fish on other days too, I’m not sure.
Fish is a rich source of protein, low in cholesterol and easier to digest than meat. Cold water fish – oily fish are high in omega-3 essential fatty acids. This essential fatty acid helps to lower cholesterol, maintain a healthy circulation, protect the heart and keep blood thin, also a powerful anti-inflammatory. Making it a good food if you have an inflammatory condition like arthritis.
So if we are going to eat more fish to slow down the degenerative aging process, there are a few things you should know.
Cod and chips please, use to be common place, for how much longer? Once upon a time the best place for cod was off the coast of New England. This fishing ground use to serve Europe. Then giant trawler nets were introduced scooping up everything, literally everything in its path. By the 1980s the traditional fishermen began to realize stocks of fish were seriously dwindling. Their pleas to the US government were ignored. By the 1990s the traditional fisherman had nothing left to catch. These waters use to the best cod fishing grounds! This gap has allowed an opportunity for the Artic cod to move into the area, where once Atlantic cod thrived, that doesn’t sound so bad, or does it?
The Artic cod has no market value and they eat the Atlantic cod’s eggs!! This makes it almost impossible for the Atlantic cod to make a comeback and today cod have been classed as endangered. What a shame as I use to love cod, one of my favourite fish.
I am glad to say in Norway the picture is quite different. By the 1980s their fish stocks were also becoming seriously depleted. However, the Norwegian government listened to the fishermen’s pleas taking them seriously, and did something before it was too late. After only three years the fish stocks were improving, saving some of the traditional fishermen and the fish.
Due to an international quota system fishermen are encouraged to throw back one third of their catch. This maintains their quota and they keep the more valuable fish. The problem is that a lot of the fish have been damaged in the nets and more often than not are dead when they are returned to the sea.
Salmon was such a luxury when cod was cheap, and then came farmed salmon. Just four countries produce and supply almost 98 percent of the world’s farmed salmon! These are Canada, Norway, Chile and Scotland/UK. Farming has focused on increasing production with little regard to the environment and the effect intensive farming might have on it. Salmon farming is slowly polluting the ocean’s coastlines and is slowly contributing to dwindling stocks of wild fish.
Salmon in the wild live on deep-ocean krill this is something we don’t eat. On the other hand farmed fish are fed fish we would eat, literally taking the food right out of our mouths. It takes about 3 to 5 pounds of fish meal to add 1 pound of weight to a farmed salmon. Does this make sense! Not to me. It is taking a huge amount of fish to produce some inferior farmed salmon compared to the wild salmon. This is putting a large strain on fish stocks. The industry is looking to give farmed salmon bean feed for most of its growing life and then towards the end, feed them fish oil. Most of the world’s soy beans have been genetically modified. Plus salmon are not naturally soy bean consumers.
Wild salmon per 100 grams will contain about 6.5% omega-3 fatty acid, with a total amount of 6 grams of fat.
Farmed salmon per 100 grams will contain about 0.80% omega-3 fatty acid, with a total amount of 11 grams of fat.
This is a perfect example of ‘you are what you eat’. The diets of the wild salmon are completely different from those fed in captivity.
The Pew Commission reported in 2003 –
A fish farm of about 200,000 will release as much faecal matter as 65,000 people, straight into the shallow coastal regions. This can kill the other fish in the area, marine plants and encourage harmful algae. According to the Pew commission escaped farmed fish carry sea lice that eat fish flesh. If they mate with wild salmon they can past on genes to the off-spring that can disadvantage them for life in the wild.
700 wild and farmed fish were purchased from 8 countries and analysed. David Carpenter from the State University of New York at Albany said “We found that farmed salmon contained 7 times higher levels of PCBs, dioxins, and pesticides than wild salmon”. The survey also revealed that salmon from Norway, Canada and the UK was twice as contaminated as farmed fish from Chile. They recommend you eat salmon from Norway and Canada once every 2 months only, salmon from Chile once a month.
The US Environmental Protection Agency says- you can cut your risk by half. Score the salmon fillets grilling them and letting the juices drip away, cooking until the internal temperature is 175F and removing the skin before eating.
Shrimp Fishermen lose their ability to support themselves and their families as fish stocks decline. Shrimp was another food I remember in the past as being a real treat, a luxury. Now they are farmed in places like East Asia, and the shrimp farms have a shelf life of about 10 years, after which the area is too polluted to support any life. In this process they put traditional farmers out of work for good. A traditional industry in areas that had been sustainable for hundreds of years, wiped out in a decade!
Tuna – much is farmed in pens off the coast.
Trout has been farmed for some years now. As for the wild trout, after years of modern farming methods with chemical fertilizers, insecticides and the pollution from industry, our rivers and waterways have become heavily polluted. The chemicals found in our rivers today encourage the growth of algae which robs the fish of oxygen. There have been reports that fish from some rivers should not be eaten, due to levels of pollutants.
Buying Fish
Try to buy fish that is not farmed. Some fish is frozen at sea as soon as it is caught, so in a sense is very fresh.
Fish is important to our diet. It is a high-quality protein the flesh is tender, flaky and easy to digest (if it’s not over cooked). It contains ‘essential fatty acids’ lowering cholesterol and protects against heart disease, balancing inflammatory responses.
Fresh fish once dead rapidly becomes prone to fungal and bacterial infections, which usually cause corrosion of the skin of the fish.
A fresh fish will have:
·shiny, clear, bright eyes
·moist purple gills
·neat and clean body flaps
·scales that are firmly attached (unless they have been removed)
·an agreeable aroma, with a hint of the sea
A stale or badly stored fish will have:
·skin that appears dull and slimy to the touch
·eyes that have become dull and sunken
·gills that have turned grey
·loose scales
·a very fishy smell
Press the fish lightly with your thumb, the flesh should bounce back if it is fresh.
Once you have purchased your fresh fish, it is best to use it almost immediately. If you want to store it for another time, you would be better off buying frozen. Once you get your fish home wash it well and cook it enough to kill any pathogens but not too much as to make it dry.
Omega-3 essential fatty acid is found mainly in marine plant life called phytoplankton and on land in linseeds. Fish such as salmon, tuna, sardines, and mackerel etc are our primary sources of omega-3. It protects against heart disease by lowering LDL cholesterol. Omega-3 helps to keep the blood thin, preventing blood clots. Also an anti-inflammatory, making it useful for arthritis, also helps to protect against cancer.
However, if you don’t like fish, you need to consume flaxseeds or linseed oil, (linseeds or flaxseeds are the same thing).
Practical Advice
If you eat fish try to eat fish that has not been farmed.
The salmon that comes from Alaska is wild.
Supplements – Fish oil capsules from a wild source.
Here is a list of the top five fish to eat that have very low levels of mercury
1)Wild Salmon
2)Herring
3)Sardines
4)Freshwater Trout
5)Pollock
Read MoreArthritis & Pain Program at The Haven
