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Repair, Restore, Rejuvenate An online health magazine supplemented with peer reviewed scientific based articles. Country life file: growing your own food

The foundation of the magazine is centralised around the pharmaceutical properties of foods and their medicinal values. The Pharmacy Corner - deals with plant based foods. Highlighting the mode of action in the body that food has in contributing to healing. We discuss the biologically active chemical compounds in each specific food group and how these nutraceutical compounds help bring about certain chemical reactions in to the body. This is all done in an easy to read, interactive format, so that the audience benefits the most out of the information. Specific features in the magazine include:
1.The Pharmacy: Science based feature articles on special foods/herbs/plants
2 The Diary: Healing Chronic disease naturally
3.The pantry: recipes
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15/03/2026

TO ALL THE RESCUERS - what happens when you stop rescuing people?

At first, they will panic quietly. Not because they love you deeply, but because the role you played kept them regulated. You were the mirror, the stabilizer, the one who absorbed their chaos and called it empathy. When you stop rescuing, the illusion cracks.

This is how a CLUSTER B personalities thinks...

I never needed saving in the way you imagined. What I needed was someone to carry emotional weight I refused to hold myself. Your care became my comfort zone. Your patience became my permission to stay unchanged. The more you tried to help me heal, the less reason I had to grow.

Here is the hidden mechanism. Rescue creates hierarchy. You above me morally. Me below you emotionally. That dynamic kills intimacy and replaces it with control. I stay powerful by staying broken. You stay bonded by staying hopeful. This is not love. It is a contract neither of you consciously signed.

When you stop rescuing, something important happens. I lose leverage. You regain self respect. The dynamic either forces me into responsibility or exposes that I was never capable of it. And this moment feels brutal only because truth always does when fantasy ends.

STOP ENABLING

The shift is not to become colder or harder. It is to become whole. When you stop trying to fix someone, you stop abandoning yourself. 🔓🩷🧡🔑

Real connection begins only when two adults meet, not when one bleeds and the other patches endlessly.

14/03/2026

10 things nobody talks about when your nervous system starts to regulate 🩷🧡

1. You start feeling all your emotions.
Not just the good ones. Sadness, grief, anger, joy. When your body finally feels safe, it stops numbing things out.

2. You get really tired for a while.
Your body has been running on stress hormones for years. When it finally gets permission to rest… it rests.

3. Old memories come back.
Not in a scary way. Just things your body didn’t have space to process before.

4. Peace can feel… weird.
If you’re used to chaos, calm can feel boring or unfamiliar at first.

5. You become way less reactive.
Things that used to trigger you just… don’t hit the same.

6. You stop feeling the need to prove yourself through work.
Your worth isn’t tied to productivity anymore.

7. High-intensity people start feeling exhausting.
Your nervous system prefers calm, grounded energy.

8. You attract more regulated people.
The relationships around you change without you forcing it.

9. Your intuition gets louder.
When your body isn’t in survival mode, you can actually hear yourself again.

10. You might have a mini spiritual crisis.
Because when your nervous system regulates…
your entire identity and way of living often shifts too.

16/02/2026

TEMPORARY RELAPSES

If your nervous system feels like it’s screaming at you while you’re trying to heal, that’s actually normal.

Here’s why: your nervous system has to cycle through different states to get better. It’s called the polyvagal ladder and basically you can’t just jump to the top and stay there. You have to go through the activation, through the shutdown, through the safe states, over and over.

That’s how your body learns it can handle hard feelings and come back to okay.

So those days when you feel like you’re going backwards? You’re not.

You’re going through. And that’s exactly what healing looks like. 🪜
🧡🩷

14/01/2026

7 habits⏳

1️⃣ Lift weights 3–4x/week — muscle is youth. It keeps your metabolism high and your body firm.
2️⃣ Prioritize protein — supports skin, hair, hormones, and recovery.
3️⃣ Sleep like it’s your job — nothing ages you faster than chronic sleep debt.
4️⃣ Daily sunlight + walking — boosts mood, hormones, and longevity.
5️⃣ Skincare with retinoids + SPF — prevention beats correction every time.
6️⃣ Manage stress intentionally — breathwork, journaling, boundaries. A calm mind shows on your face.
7️⃣ Cut sugar and ultra‑processed foods — inflammation is the real age accelerator.

Your future self will thank you.

10/01/2026

NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT:

1. Anxiety – Magnesium, B6, Omega‑3
2. Insomnia – Magnesium, B12, D
3. Brain fog – B1, B12, Omega‑3
4. Low libido – Zinc, D, B3
5. PMS – B6, Magnesium, E
6. Constipation – Magnesium, C, Fiber
7. Eye twitching – Magnesium, B12, Potassium
8. Irritability – B1, B6, Magnesium
9. Sugar cravings – Chromium, Magnesium, Zinc
10.SAD – D, B12, Omega‑3

Your “mental health” might be a micronutrient deficiency in disguise.

30/11/2025

💡 Most “anaemia” isn’t a lack of iron, but a lack of ceruloplasmin (the copper-dependent protein that makes iron usable).

Piling on more iron (supplements, fortified foods, infusions) only makes the overload worse.

The key is restoring balance with real, whole food nutrients that bring copper, magnesium, and retinol back online.

🌱 When you support your mineral balance, your body can finally handle iron the way nature intended — safely and efficiently.

11/10/2025

"I don't know Chris Williamson personally, but I wanted to comment on the recent video on his health he posted, because it's relevant to all of us today.

Chris Williamson's main issue is not mold toxicity or lyme like he and his doctors think it is...It's something all of us are facing....
And it's overstimulation, overwork and repressed emotions, from living in this modern world that's conditioned us to be everything other than what we are I've been there...loads of health issues, feeling like crap, and wanting to reach for the next biohack, supplement, peptide, etc...when the real problem was right in front of my face.

Chris is running 3 businesses, constantly online, always on his phone, working his ass off...but blaming his issues on some invisible issue, when the challenge is right in front of his face.
A chronically activated nervous system destroys your adrenals, thyroid, gut and energy levels. It opens you up to lyme, parasitic and bacterial infection.

Now throw some mold and other modern toxins on top of that and you have a recipe for disaster. But the problem didn't start with the toxins or "lyme"...it starts with your nervous system, your mind and emotions.

Chris's nervous system, like many others, is stuck in fight or flight, until ultimately it just burns out. And I can empathize because I've felt this way too before. No matter how healthy you eat, how great your circadian rhythm is, how many supplements you take...

You cannot heal without a calm nervous system. And that is the problem many of us in the health world face today.

Because unfortunately it's way harder to calm your nervous system than go to Gary Brecka and get him to filter our blood or prescribe some supplements.

Healing your nervous system takes real work...healing your nervous system requires you to reshape your life...and often it forces you to face things you've buried since childhood.

The real toxicity is our culture. It's a society that tells us we're not enough as we are and then conditions us to fill that internal void with the external our entire life. Now that's a recipe for feeling like sh*t.

So if you don't feel your best, I'd encourage you to of course first get the basics right...but then turn towards the real hard work of facing your mind, your emotions and your lifestyle.

Where are you pushing yourself too hard? What are you running from? What's so bad about "failing" or not succeeding in business? Why do you need so much more than you have? What if you accepted everything right now as it is? Why do you need to be healthier? Why do you need to be stronger? Why do you need to be bigger? Why do you need to be prettier? What is behind this all?

And most importantly, it is critical that you be a silly goose.

But in all actuality...you need to remember that in the grand scheme of things your work isn't that important.

We don't remember anything anybody did from 100 years ago.

Our great grandparents were fighting in trenches.

You're going to be okay.”

27/09/2025

Reduce the stress bucket!

I’ve been diving into what this actually means, and honestly—it’s not about being “perfect” or living up to an aesthetic. It’s about showing up for yourself, creating routines that make you feel good, and living intentionally.

For me, that girl looks like:

🌱 Waking up early & starting my day with movement
💧 Drinking water or opting for decaff
📓 Journaling or writing down 3 things I’m grateful for
🥗 Eating balanced meals that actually fuel me
🧘 Setting aside time for mindfulness, meditation, or just quiet moments
📚 Reading a few pages of a book instead of endless scrolling
🗂️ Staying organised with to-do lists so I feel less scattered

It’s not about having the perfect smoothie bowl or the most aesthetic morning routine—it’s about building habits that make life feel aligned, productive, and peaceful.

25/09/2025

Diet plays a crucial role in recovery. I recommend nutrient dense foods:

Cottage cheese
Slow cooked stews
Bone broth
Steak and Eggs
Pumpernickel bread
Beef Liver
Watermelon salad
Seaweed
Vegetable Juices

Cut out empty calories such as:
Processed carbohydrates
Sugars
Caffeine

Indulge in well deserved treats like:
Dark chocolate

16/08/2025

The stress bucket is a metaphor used in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help individuals understand and manage their stress levels. It represents the idea that each person has an internal "bucket" that collects stress from various sources throughout life. When the bucket overflows, it can lead to negative consequences like burnout, anxiety, or irritability.

02/07/2025

12 guidelines for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome recovery and/or Life pursuits.

1. Start with where you are at. Don’t look at the mountain top and get overwhelmed with anxiety. Focus on the step in front of you. Not the 1000 steps to get to where you want to be. (You will get there eventually) Little by little becomes a lot.
2. Take practical action towards your recovery, even if you have doubt and fear (it’s part of it).
3. Stop expecting your doctor or health coach to fix you. They won’t.
4. Stop thinking pills or supplements is going to cure your problems. They won’t. They may be helpful (which is great) but they won’t rid all of your problems.
5. Realise recovery is a process. It’s like rehabilitating a physical injury. However you are rehabilitating your entire being. Physically, emotionally, mentally. When you realise this. It makes the recovery process simpler.
6. Stop listening to the negative folks leaving nasty comments projecting their reality onto you. Hurt people, hurt people. Stop taking their words as truth. Projection is just their perception.
7. Stop over complicating recovery. (Easier said than done) But necessary.
8. Stop thinking recovery is just one thing. It never is. In over 16 years of helping people with chronic fatigue syndrome, not one success story ever said… “Toby it was just this one thing that got me better.” Recovery requires a multi faceted health focused approach.
9. Stop seeking to be understood by people who will never fully understand. Focus your attention and energy on you and where you want to go.
10. Our reality is often limited by our thinking. Putting limited blocks on our potential. Seek and find people who are doing what you want and learn from there, be inspired by them and start taking the necessary actions to create a similar reality.
11. Have some fun along the way. A wise man once said to me… The secret to life that we often forget is to simply stop and smell the roses.
12. Play the long game. Nothing great happens over night. Anything great requires commitment, consistency and courage.

05/06/2025

Keep showing up—especially on the days you don’t feel like it. That’s when it matters most!

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