Can’t we ever eat like a ‘normal person’ again and be healthy? “Why can’t I just eat like a normal person?” is a frequent cry I hear from my fellow sufferers. Eating like a ‘normal person’ in this era of such a high carbohydrate and processed diet cannot be sustained by most people without they […]
Year: 2012
Why Red Cabbage Sauerkraut is SO good! (plus a recipe)
There are many, many good reasons for eating home made red cabbage sauerkraut! Sauerkraut is a natural probiotic which helps the gut bacteria to become healthy. Sauerkraut aids the production of hydrochloric acid in the stomach to increase digestion Sauerkraut is easy to digest as the cellulose has been broken down so bad bacteria in the […]
Do We Want to Truly Heal Just Yet?
My logical mind leaves the room Some people are just not ready to heal yet, I know, in some moments, I’m still one of these people. When tempted by foods I shouldn’t eat I still occasionally become unconscious (the “me” that has logic and reasoning has left the room!) and I tell myself I can […]
Are You a Live To Eat OR a Eat to Live Kind of Person?
Looking For A Different Passion Other Than Food? I have been a Live to Eat (and drink) kind of person… … and changing over to a Eat to Live person has been an interesting… and challenging experience. I realised I actually needed to find my passion to fill my need for meaning instead of using […]
Italian Odyssey- Part 2
Jeepers have I been having some adventures here in Italy and now the UK. I now really know how hard it is to eat travelling if you can’t afford to eat at a restaurant and can’t cook for yourself. I have just visited my nephew in London and his girlfriend, Lili. They live what […]
Salt, The Much Maligned Substance That is Essential To Our Health
On an Alkaline Paleo Diet We Need More Salt Because: Eating a high carbohydrate diet the kidneys will hold onto too much salt. When we restrict carbohydrates our kidneys release the salt which takes water with it. Such is the natriuretic (excretion of large amounts of sodium in the urine) effect of low carbohydrate eating that we have to add salt to our […]
The Alkaline Paleo Foods
These are your Healing Foods!: Meats: Pasture fed where possible Chicken (free-range) Beef- (Could be a problem initially if you have milk sensitivities) Emu Goat Lamb/Mutton Ostrich Pork Duck Turkey Offal meats Ostrich Bacon (without nitrates) Crispy Pork Rind (homemade) Liver – Liver from land mammals is high in vitamin A but low in vitamin D, […]
Being Alkaline Paleo in Italy – Part 1
Here we are in Italy. After some setbacks due to my complete ineptitude ( not getting a visa for India and getting tossed out) we made it and as we inadvertently ended up in Bangkok for a few days, we ate Thai food, which even though it was savoury still had some sugar in it. And… Ian […]
AlkaWay: In the Beginning.. and Now
pH-balanced, antioxidant, super hydrating water isn’t new. It’s been around for 40 years in Asia and it spread there like wildfire. People experienced the benefits, understood the importance of prevention and it made good, intuitive sense. The machines needed to create the water were stocked on shelves like toasters and LCDs in the US. Up […]
What’s In Your Water?
The latest USA official tally of ‘notified’ contaminants in public drinking water is 315. More than half of these pollutants have zero regulation standards. Amongst those that do have standards. FORTY NINEare over the safe level. As you know, we;vebeen supplying water ionizers and filters for 12 years. That’s a lotta water through our filters […]
