What are Probiotics?
August 20, 2008 by Carolin · 5 Comments
Check out this video that takes you on a journey through the intestines and the world of probiotics.
More about Probiotics:
The Probiotics Revolution – A Great Read for Parents
What are Probiotics and do you need them?
Remove Diaper Rash with New Organic Baby Products
August 20, 2008 by Carolin · 2 Comments
The first time I held my newborn baby my life changed. The pure, innocent tiny person lying in my arms needed my protection.
Just like us babies absorb chemicals applied to their skin. The last thing you want to do is add toxins to your baby’s sensitive skin.
The diaper areas is a real problem area and so many poor babies get diaper rash. And no wonder.
The diapers are loaded with chemicals.
The wipes are so bad that the hospital where my daughter was born have stopped using them.
On top of this we apply baby care products that are full of potentially harmfull toxins.
You don’t have to go down that road. You can choose a natural, organic option for your baby.
Is ADF the Answer?
August 12, 2008 by Carolin · Leave a Comment
Have the popularity of detox gone too far?
In UK a 52-year-old mother received more than £800,000 after suffering permanent brain damage while on a detox diet that instructed her to reduce her salt intake and consume large amounts of water.
Long extreme detox plans are not only potentially dangerous, they are also very hard to stick to.
That is where the ADF or Alternate-Day Fast comes in.
Fasting one day and then eating normal the next.
The ADF is much easier to stick to and you can still go about your social life as usual during the days when you are not fasting. But is it effective?
A study on mice showed that even eating half the food every other day and normal amounts the next gave a fat cell loss of 35%.
Read more in Times Online article Is detox safe?
More about Alternative Day Diet:
Alternative Day Fasting – The Latest Diet Craze
Get the Most out of Your Nuts
August 11, 2008 by Carolin · 2 Comments
Nuts are healthy!
I would prefer them to almost any snack but if you but if your favorite is toasted, artificially flavored nuts you’re in trouble.
In this article I’m going to show you how the nutritional value changes depending on how you eat your nuts.
Raw or roasted
If you look at the nutritional value between a dry roasted nut and a raw nut there is not a lot of difference. If the nut is roasted the fat increases both the good and the bad fat.
If the nut is oil roasted the fat increases a lot maybe 50%. The roasting process also causes a loss in vitamins.
To summarize this part you don’t want to eat oil roasted nuts. But, as I see it, the biggest problem with roasted nut is that they in most cases are salted and sometimes flavored with other things you don’t want in your body. Nuts are great but salt and artificial flavorings are NOT good. Read more
The True Health Measurement
August 7, 2008 by Carolin · 6 Comments
There are many different ways to monitor and measure wellness. You can test your BMI, your body composition and so on.
Many of these measurement are focusing on fat. If you’re very fat you’re probably not very healthy. But how about the other way around?
Does being thin or having optimum weight equal to being in good health?
Did you know that you can have a low BMI and still have a dangerous level of fat around your intestines?
There is one measurement that focuses on health not fat.
This is you body’s pH level!
An unbalanced pH level is considered biologically disturbing and harmful to your health.
At pH 7.4 cancer cells becomes dormant!
