Stress – a normal part of living?
We all know that Stress is a normal part of living. In fact Hans Selye, the ‘father of stress theory’ went so far as to say “if you have no stress in your life you are dead”. But only few of us really understand just how destructive the effects of prolonged stress can be on our overall health. Many of us just accept long term stress as the cost of living in the 21st century. But as you will see prolonged stress comes with a steep price. How much are you prepared to pay? And what if I told you there is another real option?
As natural health practitioner I am 100% committed to working with clients to manage stress and reduce its harmful effects. I understand the impact not dealing appropriately with stress has on our bodies and psyches. I see it every day in clinic it is a major catalyst for illness and dis-ease. In this article I discuss my understanding of stress and how it affects you and your health long term. Stay tuned for part two because I discuss some techniques from a stress relief system I have developed; ‘living calm’. Mix and match these techniques to suit your lifestyle and reap the rewards in your health and quality of life.
Resveratrol Update
Hi All, just had to let you know that since we posted our first article on What is Reseveratrol we have used a new product NuRev by Nutronix. I have had a good response to the supplement – more on that in another post. But more importantly I have been listening to some webinars on NuRev and people have had such a good response to it they are starting local loss competitions on it. These are mature people who have been using it and they report they are losing weight effortlessly. I was heartened – perhaps, at last, some marketing we can believe. Is this the product for mature people who need to rev up their metabolic system?
One guy who rang participating in the webinar reported starting a weight loss competition at his office. He is organising a ‘biggest loser‘ challenge using NuRev Resveratrol – that’s how confident he is about the product. He decided to do this based on the feedback from a friend who took half a case (6 bottles) over a period of months and lost 50 pounds. That man was so impressed with the product that he sent half a case to his brother who also lost weight! This man, NOT a member of the company, has since ordered another case. We were so impressed by their story that we ordered a case. We gave some as Xmas presents and kept some for ourselves. BTW, I have been using the product for about a month and people are asking me if I am losing weight! Now that objective is ALWAYS on my agenda… so watch this space. I am so excited!!!
What is Resveratrol?
Hi There! Well we just had to kick off our new blog site with an article on Resveratrol given the recent media flurry. Confession, we are in our mid forties with young children (11 yrs and under) so we are extremely interested in the claims regarding Resveratrol and its benefits to health, aging and more importantly healthy living. We had the same kinds of questions as everyone else: ‘what is Resveratrol‘? what are the benefits and are the claims real? Well we did some basic research and have come up with enough positive information to decide that for us, its worth a trial and that it will deliver on our goal of healthy living. Have a read and make up your own mind. Depending on the time of day you are reading this you may want to avail yourself with a glass of your favorite tipple – preferably red 
Resveratrol is a polyphenol with important anti inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Resveratrol is produced when plants are under attack from bacteria or fungi. It is naturally occurring and found in the skins of red grapes, peanuts and some of other berries – and is present in red wine. Researchers began to correlate the presence of Resveratrol with the so called ‘French paradox’ i.e. how could the French (on the whole) who consume a diet so much higher in fats than in most other countries, have such an unexpectedly low incidence of heart disease? Many researchers concluded the lower levels of heart disease among the French are due to regular consumption of red wine. Resveratrol has mild has anti-coagulating effects, which lessens the stress on the heart. It is also high in antioxidants which clean up the free radicals floating around in our blood from years of stress and living in polluted cities and eating food grown with pesticides etc. The majority of health researchers now concur free radicals are the cause of most of our modern degenerative diseases. So, the combination of observations listed above has lead man scientists, doctors and wine lovers to believe/declare that drinking moderate amounts of red wine may help fight cancer and increase overall health. So the benefits of red wine i.e. the side effects of Resveratrol are just great!
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