Savvas Ioannides - Naturopath

27/06/2025

In a low-carb state, your body becomes “fat-adapted” — efficient at switching from glucose to fat as the main energy source. This metabolic flexibility improves over time, especially on ketogenic or carnivore diets. (data received from ChatGPT)

22/05/2024

How to choose your meats!

I am amazed how high is the consumption of antibiotics in livestock in Cyprus comparing with other European and non European countries.

Out of 192 countries, in 2020 Cyprus was the 12th highest in antibiotic consumption, Greece was 58th whereas Sweden and Norway were the countries with the least consumption worldwide.

Also surprised to see Australia ranking 15 whereas New Zealand was 157. Is the consumption of antibiotic use a reflection of where Big Pharma is deeply rooted?

That said, I still do recommend everyone to eat mostly meat and animal foods but choose your meat wisely.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/antibiotic-usage-in-livestock?tab=chart®ion=Europe&country=ZAF~CHN~USA~FIN~CHL~AUS~IND~THA~CYP~ITA~IRL~NOR~RUS~ESP~SYR~TUR~GBR

13/07/2023

Crab sticks or crap sticks? This is an example of how a processed food looks like. The same applies to almost all other packaged foods such as cereals, and margarine. All those foods that don’t come in their natural form maybe inflammatory and unhealthy. The first step in improving your diet is to throw away all those foods.

👦 태국에 위치한 세계최대규모급의 맛살 및 어묵공장입니다. 세계 37개국에 수출,연간 40,000톤을 생산하며, 연 매출액만 1,800억원이라고 합니다. 부속물이 없는 순수한 생선연육을 가공하여 위생적으로 맛살을 만드는 과정을 .....

09/01/2023

Cold water therapy or cold immersion has become a trend in recent years. I have been practicing cold (below 15°C) showers according to Wim Hof method since last winter but this winter I have been doing cold immersions daily in the pool at the mountains starting from 15°C and currently at 8°C and the difference is dramatic. I feel energetic but calm, muscles recover faster after intense exercise and feel an improved general well-being. Other people have reported benefits such as lowered stress levels and improved mood as well as boosting the immune system. It can also help with weight loss as it boosts metabolism and promotes thermogenesis and brown fat, improves circulation and sleep and reduces inflammation. So many benefits at no cost.

Assuming there are no heart conditions (get your ok from your GP) start gradually in regards to the temperature and the duration and build up as you go.

Those who want to dive in to learning more about it this podcast is great.

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I describe mechanisms by which deliberate cold exposure can enhance mental health, physical health, and performance.

07/09/2022

An open mind enables growth and development. If you feel stuck on your journey towards health, maybe it's time to redirect. Nothing is absolute, nothing is perfect, perhaps except of nothingness. Dig in deeper, have hope and patience, put in the work and enjoy the rewards.

01/12/2021

The first thing I do when changing my clients' diets is to eliminate all sorts of breakfast cereals including oats and other falsely believed healthy alternatives, so that the consumption of fibre and carbohydrates are greatly reduced. Fibre is after all an unnecessary carbohydrate causing numerous problems in the human gut. The health benefits of reducing fibre and carbohydrates down to even zero are immediate especially where one suffers from gastrointestinal symptoms such as IBS, constipation, diahrroea, bloating and the like.

The following 22 minute video presentation by Dr Paul Mason, a low carb advocate, explains it all.

Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is ...

09/06/2021

Did you know that your shampoo, artificial essential oils, fragrant candles, hairy spray, nail polish, deodorant, your favourite perfume, vinyl flooring, furniture upholstery, PVC and many other products containing phthalates can make you fat?

A Swedish study has found that certain phthalates were associated with disrupted levels of insulin production leading to diabetes and obesity in children.

Phthalates have been shown to be endocrine disruptors and cause damage to the kidneys, liver, lungs and reproductive systems in both men and women. They can be either ingested, absorbed via the skin or inhaled.

Choose natural products and products with "phthalate-free" label.

07/06/2021

Nutrition is the foundation of everything else to work!

06/04/2021

An interesting article about human diet evolution.

Tel Aviv University researchers says Stone Age humans were apex predators, only moved to more plant-based diet 85,000 years ago

09/12/2020

Study finds specific microbiome linked to depression via dysregulation in GABA, phenylalanine and tryptophan metabolism.

Gut microbiome disturbances have been implicated in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, little is known about how the gut virome, microbiome, and f***l metabolome change, and how they interact in MDD. Here, using whole-genome shotgun metagenomic and untargeted metabolomic methods, we identifie...

02/12/2020

Save lives while saving yours. Donate blood.

Abstract. Because high body iron stores have been suggested as a risk factor for acute myocardial infarction, donation of blood could theoretically reduce the r