Avocados and cancer
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a lipid (fat) in avocados, Avocatin B, which selectively targets and destroys human leukaemia stem cells, without harming any healthy blood cells.
Continue Reading →A streamlined start!
New beginnings! I love the New Year, an opportunity to declutter and start afresh.
Continue Reading →Respirer!
In French this verb means breath. Or more accurately “take a breath”. A worthy consideration.
Continue Reading →Winner of the Great Veggie Bake-off!
Thank you so much to all my lovely patients who took the time to develop and send me some absolutely delicious recipes. Since I have returned from France, I have been busily cooking away, trying and testing all entries received. With great delight!
Continue Reading →B not stressed!
Anxiety, panic, difficulty sleeping, feeling of worthlessness, little motivation… these are sadly common symptoms described by stressed and tired patients.
Continue Reading →Vitamin D, glucose metabolism and muscles
In a recent study evaluating the link between obesity, diabetes and vitamin D, lower serum 25(OH)D levels were found in pre-diabetic and diabetic groups regardless of their weight, suggesting that a vitamin D deficiency may be linked more closely with carbohydrate metabolism than with obesity.
Continue Reading →Diet and diabetes
The fastest acting and most effective treatment for type II diabetes is a carbohydrate-restricted diet.
Continue Reading →Seed Mix
Fresh batches of my nutritious and delicious seed mix have just arrived. As many of you know, the mix is made up of sesame, linseed, pumpkin and sunflower seeds.
Continue Reading →“You can’t medicate your way out of a problem you ate your way into.”
This was the takehome message from a recent conference I attended, and we all know it is true. Every morsel you put into your mouth affects your health, either positively or negatively.
Continue Reading →The exercise smile
Yes, I know when it’s cold and dark outside, and the doona is warm and bed is snug, it can be a challenge to jump out of bed, into your trakkies and hit the gym, pool or your regular running route.
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