Good hygiene is only a part of preventing – or reversing – gum disease.
While hygiene helps keep periopathogens under control, nutrition helps restore the tissues that they wreck. limit foods that feed the harmful bacteria in your mouth (sugar, grain products and starchy foods, sodas etc) and increase your intake of more healthful foods that give you the nutrients you need to keep your gums healthy and the supporting jawbone strong.…
FLASH NUTRIENT QUIZ
Can you guess which vital nutrient prevents the following:
- Osteoporosis
- Kidney stones
- Atherosclerosis
- Crooked teeth (who knew?)
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Cavities
- Wrinkles
- Bone spurs
- Stroke
- Cancer
Did you guess correctly? …
MAKE YOUR OWN LAMB TAGINE SPICE
Instead of buying ready-made spices, often ‘cut’ with cornflour, laced with MSG and other undesirable things – not to even MENTION irradiation of the spices – why not make your own delicious blends? …
WHAT DEFICIENCY COULD THESE SYMPTOMS INDICATE?
Just a little quiz to keep you on your toes! While symptoms can be linked to all sorts of conditions, you will find a group taken together strongly indicate a specific deficiency.…
I think of all the products I’ve developed, this is one of the ones I am most proud of.
Some studies say when you take Berberine, it is advisable to take a break every 8 weeks. …
WHY YOU DON’T WANT TO TAKE CALCIUM
Calcium’s great for bones, but not for arteries! What you are told is that you need calcium for strong bones. Yes, you do – but not in supplemental form, and not without vitamin K2 being present. …
Has it ever occurred to you that the time frame for an epidemic to occur is absolutely critical in determining public response?
If rates of a disease went from 1 in 10 people to 1 in 3 people in only 10 years, there would be public outcry for scientists to determine the cause and to find a cure quickly. …
Absolutely!
Firstly, remember the inactive T4 hormone made by the thyroid needs to be converted by the liver. It is converted into the active form – T3. So if your liver is not in good nick, you may find your thyroid is somewhat sluggish.
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Antibiotics kill the bacteria that are causing illness by bursting bacteria cell walls, and destroying the proteins and DNA that keep the bacteria alive. Unfortunately, they also kill the good bacteria in your gut that you need for healthy digestion, and interfere with your body’s ability to absorb some critical nutrients.…
In spite of the pandemic of people suffering from adrenal fatigue, there is still no official ‘diagnosis’ or even recognition in the medical community, whereas natural health practitioners recognize it as adrenal insufficiency or ‘burnout’ due to chronic stress.
I’ve introduced a new, lovely herb to my herb & spice range – Sweet Basil. It’s something I adore and go through mountains of in food due to it’s goodness, but only when I can get organic. …
Collagen declines with age, and for this reason research into collagen has exploded in the past few years. I decided a some years ago to womble around and look at what’s available in the collagen line, and sadly I was flabbergasted at the additives and all I saw in the products on the shelves. …
I’ve just brought in a pile of the most marvellous organic and conventional (but ALL non-irradiated) herbs and spices. Why? Because I don’t trust those I buy off the shelf! Simple. They could be, stale, ‘cut’ with cornflour or wheat starch, heaven knows what else, and what kind of conditions are they dried in? …
A lovely ICU nurse recently tested positive for Covid-19 around 8 July, even though she was wearing PPEs (my heart goes out to these brave heroes who care for those of us in ICU).…
Berberine is one of the most exciting natural products in current medical research and has nothing short of amazing properties.
Other than for weight loss, it’s a powerful:
- Anti-viral
- Anti-inflammatory
- Anti-bacterial
Berberine is most commonly taken for
- Weight Loss
- Powerful anti-ageing properties on skin
- Anti-inflammatory for skin and entire body
- High Blood Pressure
- Diabetes
- Dysglycaemia
- Reduces Insulin Levels
- High Cholesterol
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Some studies say it’s much better than metformin. …
Why you’ll LOVE Glutamine:
- Encourages weight loss
- Dramatically curbs carb and sugar cravings!
- Intestinal repair, particularly leaky gut
- Helps bowel regularity
- Enhances mental clarity
- Improves overall digestion
- Improves nutrient absorption
- Helps calm stress
- Speedier recovery from exercise
- Faster recovery from operations
Here are some other ways glutamine supports your body:
- Relieves muscle soreness (amazing for recovery from exercise)
- Athletic injuries
- Excellent in autoimmune conditions
- Helps chronic fatigue
- Prevents gas and bloating
- Prevents cachexia in cancer victims
- Controls diarrhoea and constipation
- Eliminates food sensitivities
- Helps eliminate rashes/hives
- Reduces/eliminates bad breath
- Improves absorption – prevents nutritional malabsorption
- Excellent for healing eczema, acne
- Good in Crohn’s disease, colitis
- Excellent in managing diabetes
- Helps adrenal fatigue
Why wouldn’t you want to take it?…
Here are just a few more great benefits of Vitamin D3 Premium:
- Supports intestinal permeability and manages Zonulin levels
- Enables normal mineralization of bones and teeth
- Enhances insulin production and supports beta cells in the pancreas
- Supports emotional health and cognitive function
There are too many to mention (see earlier post), but it’s nice to know more of the amazing benefits of Vitamin D3 – SO important for respiratory function too.…
Vitamin D has been all over the news in the health community and even mainstream medicine over the past 6 months with Covid-19 front and centre. If you have good levels of vitamin D3, your chance of a healthy heart, immune system and ability to avoid or get through an infection quickly is vastly improved.…
AV/AT has been found to be a powerful potential inhibitor of this horrible virus. We are watching decimate economies and lives globally. A paper published a few months ago gives enormous hope for natural treatment of viruses.…
In the same way that eggs ‘bind’ cake ingredients together when you make a cake, so collagen is the ‘glue’ or binding agent which holds your cells together so effectively. Collagen enables your skin to move flexibly, and to bounce back into place when you press it.…
There are 2 schools of thought about fibre, but let’s be clear – the human body is designed to use fibre. The more healthy fibre you get in your diet, the better your digestive system functions.…
MaxiFOS is the ideal food for your microbiome. It is a PREbiotic, not a PRObiotic, although both are important. Prebiotic fibre resists digestion, instead heading to your colon where it creates those awesome energy-producing short chain fatty acids.…
There really is NOTHING like Vitamin C, there really isn’t:
- Powerful Immune Stimulant
- Lowers Hypertension according to studies
- Fights Against Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Protects Against Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
- Fights Type 2 Diabetes
- Used in Cancer Prevention especially cancers of the oesophagus, oral cavity, stomach, and pancreas.
One of the most needed and highly beneficial supplements you can take – man, woman or child – is omega-3 fish oil (not flaxseed oil) for dozens of benefits. One of the most studied of all supplements for decades, it has a far-reaching effect on your mood, arteries, skin and longevity.…
For probably 27 years or more I have recommended and used this particular anti-inflammatory for joints in my patients. It has consistently been enormously successful. It takes away pain all while healing joints.…
If you have the outer third of your eyebrows missing you could have a thyroid problem. Both types of thyroid imbalance – overactive (hyperthyroid) and underactive (hypothyroid) – are linked to loss of eyebrow hair.…
The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck that produces hormones, which play a key role in regulating your heartbeat, breathing, and many other functions.
Spotting thyroid disease early is so important as caught early, treatment can prevent complications.…
14 Most Weight-Loss Friendly Foods
- Eggs (no they won’t raise cholesterol!)
- Leafy greens
- Salmon
- Cruciferous vegetables
- Lean beef
- Chicken
- Tuna
- Soups
- Avocado
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Chia seeds
- Coconut oil
- Coffee
- Berries
Best Weight Loss Supplements
- Skinny Fibre
- MaxiBiotic 20
- Berberine Complex
- Zinc believe it or not
- Vitamin C
- MethylSulphonyMethane (MaxiMSM)
You’ll find all these at https://sallyanncreed.co.za/shop…
People often ask me about gallstones. I wrote a very comprehensive blog post on it here https://sallyanncreed.co.za/symptoms-and-causes-of-gallbla…/ telling you the symptoms, causes and treatment. But here’s another short post on it if you are someone who is interested in this.…
