Maria's Journey: Disrupted Routines
Since my last blog life got busier, I had to travel for a contract with a new company overnight so my routine changed dramatically. The program went out of the window, which left me feeling really disappointed with myself. While I didn’t eat unhealthily, the company provided a lovely variety of healthy food I didn’t eat regularly, as Phil has urged, regularity is the key for me. I didn’t get my water intake and I didn’t inform the company that I am gluten and dairy intoler
Seventh Principle: Appropriate Exercise
Read below on what I wrote about principle seven, ‘Appropriate Exercise’ in 'Journeys Back to Health’ in 2006, and the update for 2016: We all know that exercise is good for us, don’t we? For those who exercise regularly I believe it can keep illness at bay, more so if it has aspects of strengthening, stamina and suppleness, and is enjoyable as well! However it is important for exercise to be appropriate for an individual, and this is especially the case where there is a heal
Sixth Principle: Good fats
This was written in my book 'Journeys Back to Health' in 2006. Read through then see my current thoughts for 2016.... The fat in our diet is critical to our health. Every cell in our body is surrounded by a membrane called the plasma membrane that is made from fat/oil. It makes sense that if the quality of the fat/oil in our diet is good our cells will have the right materials to build healthy cell walls (plasma membranes). In practice, when we get our fat from fish and chips
Maria's journey: looking for the 'perfect poo'
My last session with Phil revealed that I have lost another 1.3 kilo’s – YAY! The weight seems to be steadily coming down now and my health is just getting better and better. There are three noticeable changes: Perfect poos, this seems to be any Naturopath or Nutritionist’s favourite subject, as a result of Phil’s seminar on gut microbiome. Now I know why.I had always heard that a healthy bowel empties two to three times a day. After being so sick, as described in my first
Fifth Principle: Nutritional Change
I wrote this in my book ‘Journeys Back to Health’ in 2006. Read it through first and then my final current day comments at the bottom: Look at the changes all of our participants made. Surely if nutrition can contribute so much to wellness, society as a whole needs to become aware of it. How much can a person change? John changed everything and became well. The extreme nature of his changes, and his interest in nutritional supplements have kept him in remarkable health, and h