Source: Uploaded by user via Rc Craig on Pinterest I came across this photo about health versus just dieting on the latest hit social website, Pinterest…. Continue Reading
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The Diabetes Diet ~ Hope for Type 2 Diabetics
In the news is the latest research on type 2 diabetes normalising their sugar levels on the diabetes diet coming out of Newcastle. This has caught the attention of the press and news agencies because of the dramatic changes the 11 type 2 diabetic participants achieved in the study¹ published the June 2011 edition of… Continue Reading
The Deflame Diet ~ Anti-Inflammatory Foods For Pain Relief
We all realise how food choices in our diets affects our general health and well being. Even in muscle or joint pain inflammatory conditions like gout or arthritis, diet plays a pivotal role. This point really came home recently for me again, when after years of telling my mum about using food as a medicine and eating… Continue Reading
I Just Found Out Sugar is A Poison, What?
I know what your thinking sugar is a poison? The headline in the New York Times article I read today got the same reaction from me with its title “Is Sugar Toxic” by Gary Taubes. I must admit it was fascinating to read the article, then to read Gary’s reaction to comments on his article… Continue Reading
Should You Drink Coffee or Tea? See The Difference
If your like me you probably always love those articles that look at the latest research into the health benefits of coffee or tea. Personally I’m more of a coffee drinker myself. You can see below a great information graphic on the eternal health question of “The Health Benefits of Coffee versus Tea“…. Continue Reading
Vitamin C For Neuropathic Pain Relief
I came across a very interesting article today talking about using Vitamin C to help the neuropathic pain condition, postherpetic neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia is also known as shingles. Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus attacking the nerves causing pain usually in the intercostal nerves of the chest. What I found interesting was in the recent study by Chen et al. was that they helped to reduce the patients pain significantly using the anti-oxidant, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). They found that a sign of poor nutrition is testing to see if you have low plasma levels of Vitamin C in your blood. But why Vitamin C? Well I had a look further into the role of nutrition particularly vitamin c in helping trapped nerve pain… Continue Reading
