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Who Wants Optimal Health

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Who Wants Optimal Health? Seems like a no-brainer question, doesn’t it? But you would be surprised how many people settle for a life of “not being incapacitated”, which is why optimal health is more about mindset and values than anything else. Despite all that has been written in recent decades about how to improve health through lifestyle changes and food choices, there is an ever increasing percentage of people taking subscription medications (usually several) and they will be on these for the remainder of their sub optimally healthy lives – think medications for diabetes, high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, acid Continue Reading →

Benefits of Vitamin C

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Benefits of Vitamin C If you do not already do so, adding Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) into your life is possibly the simplest and single most effective change you can make for your overall health and wellbeing – the benefits of Vitamin C are just so far reaching. In our recent articles following the theme of positive intentional living, we have highlighted some of the things we take for granted that could be improved upon by making simple changes. Today, in the first part of a two part article we are discussing a really positive thing you can do to Continue Reading →

What’s on Your Plate

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What’s on Your Plate? As part of the process of positive intentional living, one naturally changes shopping habits, especially food, over time, and we wonder if you have noticed this and realised that what’s on your plate now is different from a few years ago. We certainly have noticed this and how our food shopping habits have changed in the last few years. The main food exclusions or changes for us have been:- No conventional breads, cakes, biscuits of any kind for over 5 years (except very occasionally, maybe once in 3 months, when out). No so called “gluten free” Continue Reading →

How To Sprout Seeds in Your Kitchen

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How to Sprout Seeds in Your Kitchen You will not believe how simple it is to learn how to sprout seeds in your kitchen or anywhere at home close to a window. Once you start doing this, you will wonder why you have not learned about or tried this sooner. But, as they say, it is never too late to learn. Sprouting is simply germinating seeds using only water and no soil. The resultant growth is generally eaten raw by adding to salads or other meals as one of your vegetables or as a garnish or they can be lightly Continue Reading →

How to Make Sole Salt Water

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How to Make Sole Salt Water If you have never heard of Sole (pronounced Solay) salt water, you are about to learn perhaps the simplest and cheapest of life hacks that can really make a big difference to your health. Sole is simply salt dissolved in water, but not just any old salt or any old water as will be explained as you learn how to make Sole salt water in this article. What is Sole In essence, Sole is water that is saturated with salt. The important principle to remember when making Sole (and refilling your jar from time Continue Reading →

Best Fasting Insulin Level

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Best Fasting Insulin Level We have all heard of and probably been tested for fasting blood glucose. But unless you are diabetic, you may not have heard of or been tested for your fasting insulin level. So what is the best fasting insulin level, why is it important and how can you achieve it? We have been listening to the expert speakers on the Autoimmune Revolution summit, which finished a week ago, and have learned a lot of new information from these cutting edge doctors one of whom was Dr Brian Mowll. Sugar is the enemy of good health When Continue Reading →

What is The Best Fasting Blood Sugar Level

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What is the Best Fasting Blood Sugar Level? Everyone is aware that type 2 diabetes is on the increase and you probably know someone who has been diagnosed with it, but what is the best fasting blood sugar level to be aiming for? Most of us have annual (or at least periodic) blood tests for a range of tests such as cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides etc and this will usually include a fasting blood glucose test. If everything is normal, you are usually contacted by the doctor’s practice to let you know the results are normal. It is not usual Continue Reading →

How To Prevent Cognitive Decline

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How to Prevent Cognitive Decline If we told you there is a simple way to keep your brain and memories intact as you got older, would you be interested? If you knew there were things you could do to avoid the horror of losing your memory and living in a nursing home, would you do them? Well, a series of compelling Australian studies in recent years shows very clearly one potential way how to prevent cognitive decline and the loss of associated brain volume. Higher range of normal blood glucose decreases brain volume The first study in 2012 [1] was Continue Reading →