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Vitamin D is one of the essential nutrients required by the human body. It is unique in that, unlike most other vitamins, it is one that we can manufacture on our own, given the right conditions. Despite this, across many populations vitamin D is one of the most widespread and critical nutrient deficiencies. This deficiency is linked to many diseases and disorders, causing untold pain and suffering and costing billions of dollars each year. Our changing lifestyles, including increased indoor liv… Continue

Milk is not a great food for kids. It seems that we have lost the plot and can’t look beyond calcium.
When you pasteurised milk you destroy all the enzymes which are essential for digestion. Human mother’s milk is rich in enzymes to digests the milk that it comes with. Once you heat any product over 49° you lose the enzymes and your body has to struggle to digests the foods. Particularly for infants as they don’t have the enzymes ready in their system so it puts a large amount of stress on the i… Continue

It is so easy to put on weight as seen in the growing epidemic of people who are overweight and obese. To understand this epidemic all you need to do is look at their diet. But then if you’re not convinced review the scientific journals and you will see exactly the same.
If you want to put on weight eat more processed foods. Yep these include all the take-aways and fast food but even more importantly it’s the breads, pasta’s, packaged breakfast foods and processed potatoes. Not only are these fo… Continue

The word breakfast simply means “breaking the fast.” Since breakfast is the meal we eat after our longest period of rest it has special significance to our metabolism. Just as getting enough sleep is important to a person’s performance during the day, eating a good breakfast is equally important. It provides the vital nourishment and energy we need to start and carry out our day. In today’s fast-paced society breakfast tends to be neglected or substituted with highly processed foods stripped of… Continue