Vegetables are our source of nutrients like vitamins, minerals, and fibre. We need them to ensure our bodies have the building blocks to stay healthy. The problem is when we don’t like to eat veggies on a regular basis because supplements are not a permanent solution. The real solution to this problem is to find… Continue reading How to eat your veggies even when you don’t like them
Author: Dr. Frances Pierantoni
Become Self-Aware of Your Microuniverse
Any given situation you are part of, is a reflection of your whole world - how you see it, how you experience it, how you act or react in it, your role in it, and your participation in it. It's taking the whole and seeing it all in a smaller version. This is what's referred to as the microuniverse. The microuniverse is the reflection of your world within a situation or environment.
What you need to know about Legumes
Legume cuisine does not get boring easily: After all, there are well over 12,000 different varieties. Legumes are very high in protein, contain many complex carbohydrates, provide plenty of fibre and, with the exception of soybean, contain relatively little fat with 1-2%.
Diabetes and Immune System: How blood sugar goes into a tailspin during infections
Increased blood glucose levels, as scientists have been able to demonstrate, have a strong influence on the functioning of the immune system. For example, the scavenger cells are restricted in their work, i.e. unwanted viruses and bacteria cannot be trapped and eliminated by the scavenger cells with the usual speed. The migration of the defence cells to the affected tissues or to the lymph nodes, which also support the defence, is also impeded with high sugar levels.
The Five Principles of Reiki
Reiki is an spiritual energy healing method that can benefit both the practioner and receiver of the healing in all levels - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Physically it provides deep relaxation, relieves pain, enhances the effects and reduces side effects of medications, reduces the healing time, promotes body’s own healing system, increases vitality and… Continue reading The Five Principles of Reiki