A common question we get is what kind of food is the healthiest? Is it tomatoes or carrots, is it fish or chicken, nuts or beans, is it milk or soy milk? Raw or cooked? Carbs or proteins? The half-true answer to that is that it always depends on what you are comparing with, and … Continue reading The #1 health food
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Two reasons to not eat fish
Often we rely on fish or chicken for our protein intake when our bodies shout out that they have had enough of meat in life. It’s much easier for us to digest white, small fish than meat, probably because we have eaten it so much longer as a species. We moved from the centre of Africa … Continue reading Two reasons to not eat fish
Diabetes – the Sugar Disease
When you find yourself reaching for a chocolate bar or other sugary treat you probably have a drop in sugar levels for those who eat to much. To keep the high the insulin has to be produced again and again, causing this function to wear out, giving us type 2 diabetes, one of today's most … Continue reading Diabetes – the Sugar Disease
Sugar Is an Addictive Fat Promoter
Back in nature, sugar (mainly fructose) was rare, and because it is essential for energy production in the cells, our taste evolved to like it. And when we were lucky enough to find it, we could stuff ourselves with it because the body has no mechanism to feel full on carbs, unlike protein and fats. In … Continue reading Sugar Is an Addictive Fat Promoter
Why We Are Too Acid
The Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Warburg was one of the 20th centuries leading biologists, and he discovered that the root cause of cancer is too much acidity in the body, meaning that the pH in the body is below the normal level of 7.365. If we are not over weight our bodies consists of about 80% … Continue reading Why We Are Too Acid
Wheat is Not Wheat Any More – It’s Toxic
The September Olive Retreat starts today, with health classes like usual. If you have been to my classes you know that for about 15 years I haven't considered modern wheat as natural anymore. Now we know that it isn't. Since consumers wanted a puffy white bread producers gene manipulated the crop to the unrecognizable. How … Continue reading Wheat is Not Wheat Any More – It’s Toxic
We Are Connected in Vibes!
The number of atoms in the universe is constant, and they are constantly 're-used' by all life in a sophisticated recycling system. Did you know that the number of particles in us is larger than the number of known particles in the universe! There is an infinite number of connecting possibilities in us, more than in the … Continue reading We Are Connected in Vibes!
Good Old Detoxes and Cleanses
We are all different and the cause of the digestive disorder(s), is hard to identify but we believe, as ancient medical philosophies, that it's the gut is the start to many diseases and also to heal. I haven't met anyone so far, that hasn't become a lot healthier, getting rid of both disease (and their medicine), … Continue reading Good Old Detoxes and Cleanses
The Best Detox Everyone Should Do
There are so many good detoxes and cleanses to do. Old remedies, long forgotten by most medical professionals, are slowly coming back because people want to learn more. I love Consumer Power! Detoxes lead to large weight loss too, it's not just a cleanse. of body and mind. As the body keeps toxins where they … Continue reading The Best Detox Everyone Should Do
Your Best Alert System
At Olive Retreat we teach our clients to work on their body awareness to find out what is healthy for them, and we use yoga as an evident tool to get it back. We had it as small kids but lost it. The healthier you get the more in touch you get with yourself. At … Continue reading Your Best Alert System
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