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Food sensitivity and its role in disease

By James On June 24, 2015 · Add Comment
In mainstream medicine, understanding the role of food in possible alterations to immune function is largely confined to food allergy. This is an immediate onset immune reaction to foods, mediated by a class of immunoglobulins called IgE, that can result in severe and sometimes life threatening symptoms such as hives, bronchial constriction, and anaphylaxis. What [...]
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Home made flu brew

By James On June 9, 2015 · Add Comment
With two young kids, one of which attends preschool a few days a week (or the snot factory as I like to call it), our home has definitely entered the cold and flu season. In addition to the obligatory cod liver oil, echinacea and olive leaf that is regularly dosed, I like to use a [...]
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BPA-free plastics may be as harmful as their BPA containing cousins

By James On May 5, 2015 · Add Comment
By now most people would be familiar with the safety concerns in regards to a chemical called BPA (bisphenol A). This chemical was used extensively in the manufacture of plastics until recently, when research showed that it can readily leech into the liquids and foods the BPA plastic container holds. Once absorbed into the bloodstream, [...]
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Why bone broth may be the best food for health

By James On April 20, 2015 · Add Comment
In Naturopathy we have a saying: “It all comes back to the gut”. The theory is that pretty much all chronic disease can be traced back to gut dysfunction, for the following reasons: Your digestive system is responsible for the breakdown and absorption of nutrients from the food you eat. If you are not absorbing [...]
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The 5 foods you should never eat

By James On April 1, 2015 · Add Comment
Here are the 5 foods you should never purchase for consumption, and the healthy alternatives to them. Use these suggestions to make wiser purchasing decisions next time you’re at the supermarket. In wellness, James
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Arsenic in rice – should you be concerned?

By James On March 10, 2015 · Add Comment
Rice is one of the primary carbohydrate staples consumed around the world. It is also often touted in its whole ‘brown’ form to be a health food with higher nutritional value than its polished ‘white’ counterpart. Research released in 2009 by the European Food Safety Authority however cast a rather dark shadow over consumption of rice [...]
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Gratitude and acceptance

By James On February 3, 2015 · Add Comment
I was sitting in my office earlier, trying to decide on a health topic for a post, when I realised just how content I felt in that moment. It got me thinking about what exactly caused this feeling, and it came to me that the underlying sensation was that I had enough and was fully [...]
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The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen

By James On February 2, 2015 · Add Comment
Every year the Environmental Working Group release a list of the produce that contains the most amount of pesticide residues, as well as a list of the least sprayed produce. This is The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen list (which has expanded beyond the number in the title, but I guess the name’s just too [...]
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The eye of the storm

By James On December 16, 2014 · Add Comment
I think you’d be hard pressed these days to find anyone not feeling bombarded by the seemingly endless demands of everyday life. I have personally felt pulled in many different directions most days, and the inevitable stress that comes with a feeling of drowning in your ‘to-do’ lists can lead to some serious health outcomes. [...]
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Intermittent fasting

By James On December 12, 2014 · Add Comment
Although I endeavor to live a balanced and healthy life, and generally manage to maintain what I consider to be a fairly good standard of vitality from day to day, I know that my physiological ‘Achilles heel’ is my gut. From having chronic IBS in the past, I know that my gut is always the [...]
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