Useful and interesting stuff from Emily Papirnik.
Eating specific foods can make your body more acid or alkaline. It is important that your stomach is very acidic so that it can break down the food that you eat. However having too much acidity can make you body have to work harder to keep a pH balance.
Read MoreOur body uses inflammation to protect itself from infection, injury or disease and starts the healing process. Acute inflammation will last a few days unlike chronic inflammation that can last weeks, months or indefinitely causing disease and some debilitating conditions.
Read MoreIncreasingly in our modern day lives we have continued ‘stresses’ that mean there is almost a constant level of fight or flight response throughout our day. If continued it is shown to affect our body and mind health severely in ‘disease’.
Read MoreTrigger point therapy is a form of massage therapy in which direct pressure is applied to specified points on tender muscle tissue to bring about reduction in muscle tension and pain relief. I use this frequently with the slow, deep breathing of clients to help alleviate muscle pain effectively.
Read MoreA state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone, the state or fact of being accountable.
Read MoreHave you noticed the more sugary food you eat the more you want to continue to eat, even if your stomach is at stretching point! Why do we go for the sugar? Is it because we are bored? Do we feel we ‘deserve’ it? Are we tired and feel that sugar will pick us up?
Read MoreDehydration can cause us to have headaches, constipation, weakness, fatigue, dry mouth and lips, dizziness, dry or flushed skin and muscle cramps. The body needs water to be able to carry out many of its functions
Read MoreIn Chinese medicine Frankincense has been used since at least 500 BC and has been chewed on the African continent to keep the teeth and digestion healthy for a very long time.
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