More fruit 1) Put out a well stocked fruit bowl somewhere it can easily be seen and reached, by all members of the family. For some people if it’s out of sight, it’s out of mind. 2) When the fruit is a little too ripe for your liking, don’t throw it away (unless it has...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa, Health Clinic, and Fitness Center This may seem like a strange statement right now as its winter and snow covering the ground. Some people are hot and red faced most of the year regardless of the weather.   Their bodies are producing too much heat be they men and...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic, Boquete, Panama LAUGHTER is another important activity to combat aging. A happy person looks younger and much more attractive. Our general attitude to life will have a direct effect on every cell in our body. It will have a direct effect on every aspect of...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa, Health Clinic and Fitness Center As I have written before there are only three fruits and vegetables I don’t like – yuca, mamey and pixba. Pixba are the fruit from a palm tree botanical name Bactris gasipaes, native to tropical regions especially South and Central America and grows...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa, Health Clinic and Fitness Center They grow in large clusters, small lovely red coloured, round fruits with very soft flexible spines a bit like an urchin. They are sold like a bunch of flowers, very pretty. I am sure you have seen them many times hanging up in...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa, Health Clinic and Fitness Center I love fruit and vegetables but there are three exceptions – yuca, pixba (article soon) and mamey. The fruit is almost round with a short fat stem (should still be attached when you buy), the skin is leathery, a light brown to a silvery-gray...
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This is just an indicator Do you have - 1)     Cracks and grooves on the surface of your tongue? This could indicate a folate deficiency. 2)     Does your tongue look swollen? Does it have a scalloped edge? Does it seem dark red/purple- ish color. This could indicate a B12 deficiency. 3)     If you press with your fingertip into...
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Animals fed on different types of fats and oils have a body fat composition chemically similar to the fats in the foods they were given to eat (this goes for you too, except you have choices). It was found that animals fed on cheap processed oils – their meat was found to be equally...
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Vitamins, minerals, the women’s or men’s formulas, high protein mixtures, anti-aging, with or with extra anti-oxidants, herbal extracts! Where to start? If this wasn’t confusing enough a trip to the health stores reveals even more choices and more questions. Do you get the supplements in a capsule or tablet form, what about the liquid form...
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Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic How to protect yourselves from Breast Cancer The rate of breast cancer is typically five times higher for women in the United States than for women in Japan, for instance. Genetics are an important factor, but in most cases a genetic predisposition is secondary to dietary...
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