How To Avoid Autoimmune Disease – Part 1

How To Avoid Autoimmune Disease

How To Avoid Autoimmune Disease – Part 1 It seems that these days there is a real epidemic of immunity problems, so knowing how to avoid autoimmune disease, and the things that are most likely to cause it, is becoming more and more important. We remember when growing up several decades ago that you hardly ever heard of older relatives or family friends having health issues that were autoimmune diseases. In fact, one hardly heard of cancers (except lung cancer from smoking), diabetes, irritable bowel disease and other diseases that are so prevalent today. Back then it was extremely rare Continue Reading →

Effect of Wheat on Gut Permeability

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Effect of Wheat on Gut Permeability No doubt you will have heard of the debate about going gluten free or continuing to eat grains as is standard practice in the western world, but what is the scientific effect of wheat on gut permeability and what does this mean for you and your health? There is a fabulous free resource known colloquially as “PubMed” – just type www.pubmed.com into your browser and you can then search millions of scientific studies. Alessio Fasano is recognised as one of the leading experts in the world on celiac disease and gluten sensitivity. If you Continue Reading →

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 →

Grain Free Garlic Naan Bread

Grain Free Garlic Naan Bread

Grain Free Garlic Naan Bread Last week in True Gluten Free Benefits we spoke of the negative effect that all grains can have on us and how simple it is to make delicious grain free breads, and we pictured a grain free garlic naan bread and promised you the recipe – well, here it is. Recipe for Grain Free Garlic Naan Bread Preparation Time: 10 mins  Baking Time: 7-9 mins Ingredients – Makes 4 large naan breads 5 tablespoons of Whole Psyllium Husks (not powdered, use only whole pysllium husks) or flax seed meal can be substituted 5 large eggs Continue Reading →

True Gluten Free Benefits

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True Gluten Free Benefits As we mentioned in the recipe for delicious Grain Free Gluten Free Focaccia Flatbread, being “conventionally gluten free” really does not cut it. The gluten free industry has really exploded in the last few years and there are heaps of processed foods available in health food stores and supermarkets purporting to be gluten free. But do these products give you true gluten free benefits? What Is Gluten? Gluten is an umbrella term for the family of proteins found in all grains. So a different member of the gluten family will be found in wheat, rye, barley and Continue Reading →

Grain Free Gluten Free Focaccia Flatbread

Grain free gluten free focaccia flatbread

Grain Free Gluten Free Focaccia Flatbread In this post you will learn how to make a delicious, grain free gluten free focaccia flatbread. You will probably know by now that we are not great fans of grains, and this means ALL grains, even the so-called gluten free grains that many people believe to be “safe” to use as a substitute for the known problematic gluten in wheat, rye, barley and oats. These four grains are what the majority of manufacturers, bakers, chefs, patisserie makers and the general public (including many who are gluten sensitive or have celiac disease) consider to be 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 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 →

How To Fix Your Gut Naturally

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How To Fix Your Gut Naturally Perhaps the single greatest gift you can give to your body and your health is to learn how to fix your gut naturally and keep it operating at optimal level. Why Is Fixing Your Gut Important? To avoid abdominal and gastro-intestinal discomfort. To improve your immune system. Fixing your gut will ensure that not only can you enjoy your food in the knowledge that you will not suffer from pain, cramping, bloating, constipation or diarrhoea, but also that your immune system will be operating to the max. doing what it is designed for and Continue Reading →