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04 Nov, 2015

Molasses v’s Sugar

By chiroplus04 November, 2015Blog - ChiroPlus by Paul Lawrence

Molasses v’s Sugar

I have a small vegetable garden and it’s just great to be able to supplement our shopping with bio-dynamically grown food. I don’t eat sugar. A good book to read on the dangers of sugar is Pure white and Deadly by John Yudkin. A recent movie called That Sugar Film is well worth seeing too.

Molasses is what is left over when refined sugar has been extracted from the sugar cane. Its usually thrown away or fed to horses. That’s crazy. Molasses is packed with nutrients and refined white sugar is completely devoid of nutrients.

For example sugar has 2 mgs of calcium compared to molasses, 684 mgs, zero phosphorous compared to 84 mgs. A tiny .1 mg of Iron compared to 16.1 mgs; 38 mgs of sodium compared to 96 mgs. Trace elements of potassium compared to 2,927mgs, trace elements of magnesium compared to 258 mgs in molasses. When you read these figures you could be excused for thinking we are insane to eat the calorie rich nutrient devoid refined white sugar while we throw away the nutrient dense molasses.

Food manufacturers know that if they don’t use excessive amounts of salt and sugar the overstimulated palates of people won’t be stimulated enough and they won’t like the food. Even if they wanted to make food nutritious the uneducated public will vote with their feet. That’s why growing your own food and buying whole organic food is so crucial in avoiding the damage and serious addiction brought on by processed and refined foods.

28 Oct, 2015

Honey…sweet as.

By chiroplus28 October, 2015Blog - ChiroPlus by Paul Lawrence

Honey

Honey is one of the most magnificent food medicines available. It is used in herbal formulas not only for its nutritional properties but also its preservative characteristics. Raw honey provides a potent anti-infection, anti -inflammatory effect. Manuka honey is particularly potent in its anti-bacterial and anti-infection effect.

Once honey is pasteurised it loses many of its beneficial properties. It needs to be unrefined and in its natural state (like so many other things). It has traditionally been applied to burns to great effect and many famous singers are aware of its benefits and have it backstage in the event of sore throat or inflamed vocal cords.

Honey given to children at bedtime did a better job of suppressing night-time coughs than dextromethorphan found in many over-the-counter cough syrups, said research by the University of Maryland so why would you use something synthetic when you can use something natural?

Honey naturally contains hydrogen peroxide the active ingredient that helps with sore throats and coughs. You can make a cough syrup with apple cider vinegar, raw onion and honey. A hot lemon and honey drink is great for a sore throat or if you have a cold. You can add a clove of crushed garlic to really boost it. We have a free health sheet at the clinic that tells you about great natural ways to boost your immune system. Ask for one next time you are in.

14 Oct, 2015

A Medical problem or a health problem?

By chiroplus14 October, 2015Blog - ChiroPlus by Paul Lawrence

Are the two the same thing? I guess it depends on your definition of the terms. Dorlans Medical Dictionary says that ‘health is a state of optimal physical mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease and infirmity’. A medical condition to me implies a disorder that is purely the domain of the medical profession. This implies a lack of freedom of choice for the health consumer. With the corruption that occurs in the peer review process, drug trials not being not being released, drugs being marketed off label illegally, multinational corporation being sued for billions of dollars for unscrupulous activity, not to mention their influence over universities by sponsorship and some of the devastating side effects of many drugs, I would contend that freedom of choice and competition in health care is essential to healthy outcomes.

Health care is not a charity. It is the biggest industry on the planet. With the possible exception of the Agricultural chemicals industry and Genetic modification industry which is closely related, no industry would be blindly handed the competitive advantage and almost monopoly handed to medicine. Corporations that make literally trillions of dollars get given donations by the public to research drug treatments that they then own, patent and profit from. I find that staggering.

You can make a statement about health care choice by using the term health condition rather than medical condition. Sure there are times when medicine may be the best available option but that is nowhere as often as the badly educated would think.

07 Oct, 2015

Where does that occur in nature?

By chiroplus07 October, 2015Blog - ChiroPlus by Paul Lawrence

Lots of people become frustrated and give up trying to work out what food is healthy and what food isn’t. This is largely because of conflicting media stories about what constitutes a healthy diet. I can say without a doubt that if you get your diet advice from the media you will become confused and frustrated. The manufacturers of junk food must love this confusion because it leads people to give up being discerning. I have heard people say everything you eat causes cancer so I might as well eat what I want.

There is a simple Chiropractic rule to follow in choosing food to eat. Ask yourself the question does it occur in nature, and what quantity would you consume it in in an optimal natural environment. If the food occurs in nature it’s generally healthy. Denaturing of food occurs in factories, freezers and packaging. Straight out of the ground or straight from the tree is always best.

Now you will always find some ‘sceptic’ tell you deadly poisons occur in nature (like that has never occurred to us). We don’t say everything that occurs in nature is healthy, we say everything that is healthy occurs in nature. That’s an important distinction. It’s a bit like saying ‘all diamonds come from the ground’. Does that mean everything that comes from the ground must be a diamond?

When you understand this simple but powerful principle you never need to be confused about diet again. You can read a newspaper article or watch the channel 9 news and make up your own mind about what is true and what is nonsense. Always ask the question ‘Where does that occur in nature?’ When you do that your judgement may be more sound than many of the so called experts.

30 Sep, 2015

Foodland, Farmers Markets and Variety.

By chiroplus30 September, 2015Blog - ChiroPlus by Paul Lawrence

We do our shopping at Foodland Brighton and Foodland Hallett Cove. Those stores are terrific. We love farmers markets and Adelaide Central Market too. Whenever I go into those other monster shops, I’m shocked at the number of product lines disappearing off the shelves and being replaced by home brand products. Every time a product line goes missing so does choice and jobs, especially although not exclusively from small manufacturers.

We pay about 25 to 35 dollars a week extra to support privately owned businesses because we believe if we don’t we will finish up with one brand of everything, it will be owned by one company from the grower to the store and we will pay dramatically more. We will have less choice and no say in whether the food is genetically modified or chemically treated in any other way. They already don’t have to tell us where the food comes from or if it’s genetically modified. They are already taking the seeds from the fruit and vegetables, which contain not only vital nutrients but allow us a choice to grow our own if we choose to. Please support choice and variety. It’s worth it.

Your health is dependent on the quality and variety of your food. Your food, like your body, doesn’t need any help to be healthy, it just needs no interference.

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