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07/06/2018

Sodas are known to be harmful to health. Likewise, diet sodas are still bad for you.

“Diet” sodas and zero-calorie drinks are marketed as “healthier” alternatives to regular soda. But do not be fooled, they are made out of artificial sweeteners, such as aspartame, cyclamates, saccharin, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium. Artificial sweeteners are said to contain no calories but are at least 300 times as sweet as sugar. As a result, most people are deceived by the thought that products labeled as zero-calorie retain their sweetness without causing weight gain or diabetes. (Related: Is Diet Soda Bad for You? Here’s What Happen to Your Body When You Drink It.)

Here are six more reasons why you should not drink diet soda:

Diet soda may increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes – Research has shown that although artificial sweeteners do not contain processed sugar, which is the main cause of blood sugar imbalances, they may increase your blood sugar levels. They do this by interrupting the balance of probiotics in your gut. Good gut bacteria contribute to maintaining blood sugar levels, and reducing them may raise the risk of Type 2 diabetes.
Diet soda contributes to metabolic syndrome – Diet soda has been found to increase the risk of metabolic disorders, such as Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases like hyperglycemia, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. A study that focused on the effects of diet soda consumption found that people who drank diet soda every day for two years had a 36 percent increased risk of developing metabolic syndrome compared to those who did not consume diet sodas. In addition, they had a 67 percent increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Diet soda makes you crave for sugar more – The artificial sweeteners in diet sodas may cause sugar cravings by activating the sweet taste receptors and the hormones in the gastrointestinal tract that regulate hunger and satiety signals.
Diet soda can alter your eating habits – Because of the altered reward processing of the sweet taste as perceived by the brain, diet soda may cause changes in eating behaviors. When you drink diet sodas, the neurotransmitters involved in the reward response are stimulated. The activation of the neurotransmitters dopamine and endogenous opioids cause a person to crave for more sweet food.
Diet soda may increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases – Diet soda can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease even when metabolic syndrome is not present. In a study published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, it was found that those who drank diet soda every day for 10 years or more were more likely to develop cardiac disease and hypertension.
Diet soda is linked to weight gain and obesity – Contrary to what marketers claim, diet soda actually promotes weight gain and obesity. A study found that diet soda consumers had higher body mass indexes (BMIs) than those who did not drink artificially sweetened beverages.

30/05/2018

Inflammatory disease can lead to brain changes, which make you more susceptible to other illnesses, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

In the study, it was found that inflammatory reactions can alter the brain’s immune cells in the long term, which means that these cells have an “immunological memory.” This memory may affect the development of neurological disorders that occur over time. It is, therefore, a previously unknown factor that could affect the severity of these diseases.

A team of researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH), and the University of Tuebingen wanted to find out whether environmental factors change microglia, the immune cells that only occur in the brain, over time. The research team also wanted to identify what effects this can have on the brain. Previous studies have shown that infectious diseases and inflammation experienced during a lifetime can influence the severity of Alzheimer’s disease much later in life.

Microglia protects the brain by eliminating intruders and toxic substances in the brain. However, there are instances wherein they can also cause harm. Because of this, they have been suspected of contributing to neurodegenerative diseases.

“We therefore asked ourselves whether an immunological memory in these long-lived microglia could be communicating this risk,” explained Dr. Jonas Neher, leader of the study and a scientist at the DZNE and the HIH.

Thus, the research team stimulated an immune reaction in the brain by triggering inflammation in mice, outside their brains. Although it was known that such inflammation could trigger an immune reaction in the brain, it was unclear whether microglia might be able to remember a previous inflammation.

15/05/2017

01/07/2016

27/05/2016

VIROCIDE BY LIVING FORCE HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE HERBAL ANTI-VIRAL AND ANTI-RETROVIRAL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET TODAY…

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Virocide is one of the best remedies for fighting viral infections and strengthening the immune system. Virocide also has anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, anti-bacterial, anti-septic and diuretic properties. Virocide dramatically helps in reducing viral load by inhibiting viral proliferation. Virocide has been proven effective against viruses by inactivating, slowing, inhibiting, killing or stunting viruses and can effectively be taken as adjunctive or complementary treatment against HIV along with ARV’s. People, who have used Virocide correctly, reported dramatic lowering of viral load and overall wellbeing. Herbal compounds in Virocide, like lapacho and N-factor, beta-lapochone has been proved effective to inactivating, slowing, killing or stunting viruses. These compounds help in slowing viruses, actually inhibiting the enzymes in virus cells which directly affect the synthesis of DNA and RNA. At that point, the virus is no longer able to take control over the reproductive processes of the cell, and therefore can neither replicate itself nor infect other cells. The herbal combination in Virocide contain sulphurous compounds which, when combined with the other herbal compounds, provide a catalyst for increasing the effectiveness of Virocide as an anti-viral agent. In addition, one of the many benefits of Virocide is a strengthened immune system, which is under attack during a viral infection. This assistance allows the body to better fight the infection, as well as to be upheld against other viral invaders. When you have a virus, removing the source of the problem and standing up against outside attackers are both key. Laboratory studies have revealed that Virocide also has antiviral activity against influenza, herpes simplex and HIV. Hypericin and pseudohypericin, chemicals found in Virocide, are active against enveloped viruses. These are viruses that tear off a piece of cell membrane when they leave an infected cell and wrap themselves in it, as a way of fooling the body’s immune system. Herpes viruses, HIV and hepatitis C are all enveloped viruses. Hypericin and pseudohypericin appear to attack these fragments of cell membrane (but don’t attack the membranes of living cells).

09/05/2016

Change of season Flu?

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16/03/2016

What Is Wellness?

“Wellness is the right and privilege of everyone. There is no prerequisite for it other than your free choice. The "well" being is not necessarily the strong, the brave, the successful, the young, the whole, or even the illness-free being. A person can be living a process of wellness and yet be physically handicapped; aged; scared in the face of challenge; in pain; imperfect.” Wellness Workbook

Regardless of your current state of health, you can begin to look at yourself as a growing, changing person and allow yourself to move toward a happier life and positive health.
Wellness is not simply the absence of disease and never static but a dynamic state because you don't just get well and stay well. There are varying degrees or levels of wellness, just as there are degrees of illness.
Just because people often lack physical symptoms, does not mean that they are not unwell. They may still be UNWELL by being bored, depressed, tense, anxious, or generally unhappy with their lives. These emotional states often set the stage for physical disease because they lower the body's resistance.

The same feelings can also lead to smoking, alcohol or drug abuse emotional overeating. These symptoms and behaviours are only the tip of the iceberg and are only the surface indicators of underlying unfulfilled needs like recognition from others, a stimulating environment, caring and affection from friends, a sense of purpose, and self-acceptance.

Diseases and symptoms are not really the problem as they are actually the body-mind-spirit's attempt to solve a problem - they are a message from the subconscious to the conscious to change behaviour.

Much of modern allopathic medical practices are involved with putting a band aid on the symptoms. Modern medicine’s orientation is toward treating and eliminating the evidence of disease, and this is important, but it is not enough. It is essential to look below the surface of the symptoms and address the real needs holistically. Wellness expands the definition of health to include a process of Holistic Self Integration characterized by awareness, education, and growth.

Holistic wellness or Holistic Self Integration reflects our multi-dimensional approach to health and wellbeing. Holistic Self Integration is about the connections between our state of wellbeing and our:

• body, emotions, mind, and spirit
• earliest life experiences and our health over our entire lifespan
• family, friends, and community
• personal and our work-life
• environment — from home, to neighbourhood, to the entire planet.

10/03/2016

FREE Online Health Conversation!!!

Iridology is the science of the coloured portion of the eye, or the iris. The iris is connected to the optic nerve, which connects to the central nervous system, which is the main communication link to everything that goes on in the body. Every organ and tissue of the body is connected by way of the brain and central nervous system through the optic nerve.
Think of your brain as your body’s central processing unit and hard drive, and your iris is like the file folder. Your hard drive (brain) remembers everything that has ever happened to you, so ‘reading’ the iris, to find out what is going on in the body, is similar to how one reads a computer screen to access what’s in a computer.
Looking at your iris photos, we will first identify your body’s strengths and weaknesses as well as your body’s general constitution. Your main body constitution alone, tells us a lot about your general characteristics for health and it is important to know this information in order to have a better understanding of your body as a whole.

During the FREE Online Health Conversation, we give you a good, clear understanding of where your body is at, in terms of strengths, weakness, imbalance and any areas of toxicity or inflammation. We make recommendations for improvement that may involve herbal remedies, doing some form of a detox and a nutritional guideline that may include adding certain foods to your diet and or reducing others.
We then follow up with you in 10 days and again in 28 days, to track your progress and offer further advice and recommendations. We will work with you for a period of 90 days to help get your body back on track.

For a FREE online Health Conversation (worth $340.00) make an appointment and let us see where we can help you obtain perfect health naturally.
Click here to schedule your FREE Health Conversation. You will receive an email confirming the time and date of your FREE Health Conversation with instructions on how to prepare for your Skype Session with our Naturopathic Iridologist.
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Watch this short video, to learn why we’re doing free health conversations, what iridology is all about, and what naturopathy is all about.