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To Eat Fully Consciously Connects Us To The Miracle Of All Life
The diets that are optimal for our health are also the best for the environment and for the animals that we share the earth with.
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Medicinal Mushrooms and Optimal Health
Mushrooms Mushrooms are the fruiting body of fungi. It is estimated that there are 140,000 species of mushrooms but only 10% are known and named. Mushrooms represent an inexhaustible source…
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Zinc, Selenium and the Immune System
Zinc and selenium are important micronutrients required for the immune system to function effectively along with vitamins A, C, E, B6, B12, C, D, E and folic acid and the trace elements iron and copper.
Both insufficient and excessive intakes of zinc and selenium can have negative consequences on the immune status.
For the majority of people, low selenium intake is not a major issue. Whole-grains provide provide a more than adequate supply for vegans.
A serum selenium test shows a short-term status of selenium whilst red blood cell selenium reflects a long-term status.
Before consuming large amounts of selenium in foods or supplements, it is important to know the true status of your selenium.
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Our Immune System
There is much advice on the internet on how to boost the immune system.
What does this mean?
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Impact of Gluten-free Diets
There is a substantial difference between a standard western diet and a gluten-free diet. If a gluten-free diet is no warranted, a gluten-free diet may have unintended health consequences that are not beneficial as well as creating an additional inconvenience.
Consumption of complex carbohydrates (polysaccharides) and dietary fibre can be significantly less.
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Why Eggs are Not OK – Obtain your copy
The nutritional benefits of eggs is highlighted in the Australian Eggs’ OK Everyday campaign. Just how accurate is the assertion that “eggs aren’t just delicious, they’re incredibly nutritious. There’s a…
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Men’s Shed Morpeth – 28 February 2014
The transcript of a talk given at Morpeth Men's Shed on 28 February 2014.
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