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Symbiosis

Candida Dieting

  In nature there are many examples of symbiosis and the example of the beautiful clown fish is a great one. All clown fish form a mutual symbiotic relationship with urchins. This means they both benefit from the relationship. humans have mutual s…

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Half of all medical reporting ‘is subject to spin’

Views on Health

A study that you probably won’t be reading in your daily paper or favourite news website anytime soon casts serious doubts on the reliability of mainstream medical and health journalism. Half of all medical reporting ‘is subject to spin’ – Health News – NHS Choices.

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Global Daily Fat Intake

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The populations of more highly developed countries eat more fat. They also have the highest incidence of cardiovascular disease. But it is not the higher fat intake itself or the fact that it is mostly saturated animal fats, that cause disease. The food industry has long mis-led us to believe that healthier eating should be [...]

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Wine production in France

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So what is the point of posting this infographic, apart from the fact that French wine is mostly still produced in the “natural” way and relies on “terroir”, i.e. the land in which it is grown to confer its body and flavour, which most importantly lasts beyond one day. If you have any doubt as [...]

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Things You Should Know About Caffeine

Candida Dieting

This is a lovely addition to our catalogue of informative knowledge. I love infographics and the way they get straight to the point. Here are one or two things to know before digesting this daily beverage. Don’t forget it is addictive and its the…

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The Glycemic Index and Loading of Some Common Starchy Foods

Candida Dieting

I have been playing around with some free tools online and came up with a little dynamic visualisation of a few regulary consumed starchy foods. I was interested to see how easily can be shown the difference that following a diet based around starchy f…

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Why Make Kefir?

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Kefir is a natural culture comprising hundreds of different strains of bacteria and yeast, which thrive on the natural milk as a food. They utilise sugars from the milk to make a polysaccharide substrate. Regular consumption of Kefir, the soured milk c…

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Wiston 2012 Herbal Gathering Plant Study

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The Goethean Plant Study on Sunday 5th August brought a fitting end to the second annual Herbal Gathering at Wiston Lodge.  Following an ethos similar to the former Scottish School of Herbal Medicine summer school, the Gathering took place at the start of August and involved a diverse range of study; this years topic being [...]

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Marketing Herbal Medicine

Herbal Medicine
Peppermint

What may be claimed as evidence of the effectiveness of herbal medicine significantly affects what a herbalist can say on their website about how they practise. Over the last 2 years I have realised a simple, safe and sound, work around this and have written this up as a mindmap Guide to Web Marketing for [...]

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Immune System Support

Herbal Medicine
Echinacea purpurea

Last winter I neglected to keep a ready supply of Echinacea at hand. This sort of behaviour is perhaps a little bizzare, given the reputation of the herb for stemming cold and flu viral infections. However I have in recent years come to view Echinacea as a bit of a one trick horse and my [...]

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