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Eating Disorders a Modern Epidemic

 

In today’s world, eating disorders are the norm not the exception, but there is a way out, says Natalia Rose

From the perspective of what is fit for human consumption, all modern eating is disordered eating. The consumption of processed foods in thoughtless combinations (à la the norms) is imbalanced. Three meals a day plus snacks is imbalanced. Grain, flesh, packaged foods and drinks – it’s all grossly out of line for the human body. The FDA guidelines and food pyramids themselves are disordered. It’s important to establish that “eating disorders” are not the exclusive domain of anorexics and bulimics.

The major “text book” eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia and compulsive over-eating) have been particularly poorly understood and treated. The common threads that anorexics and bulimics all share are:

1. They are usually of above average intelligence.

2. They are typically (but not always) from high income households or backgrounds.

3. They are angry about something (that they are usually not conscious of).

Frequency Medicine

When it comes to your health the invisible is more important than the visible, says Dr Brian Clement.

Healthcare was hijacked by Big Business long ago, with the public manipulated into believing that there is a pill for every ill. Shrewdly and like bullies, the purveyors of modern medicine beat down any and all approaches that do not align with their profit-driven system.

In the West, this disheartening and ruthless plan has unfolded over the last 150 years. Suffering humanity, with ever-increasing disease, has often been cut off from the wisdom that would gently bring about recovery.

Raw Freedom - Veggie Noodles

 

These noodles have a Chinese flavour, so if you love Chinese food but want to give up the greasiness of a take-away this is a deliciously healthy alternative.

This delicious recipe is from Saskia Fraser's new book "Raw Freedom" Quick and Easy Raw Food Recipes for Everyday Energy - see below for more details.

  Recipe

 Equipment: knife, chopping board, mandolin (optional)

 Serves 1

 

 

The Winter Issue of Get Fresh! is on sale now

It’s winter, let’s enjoy it. We have expert advice to beat the cold weather blues and festive ideas for a restful yuletide from the wonderful Get Fresh! contributors.

  *  The impact of tourism on the diets of Costa Rican natives

  * Think a cancer diagnosis means medical intervention? It doesn’t have to, you can beat cancer naturally

  * Find out why the crowds were thronging to London’s Olympia in the autumn

  * We name the famous five chocolates for chocoholics everywhere

  * Salt of the earth: Janey Lee Grace shares a salty tale with us

  * Reviews: Winter reads & Vitao restaurant

  * Food: Fabulous recipes from Kate Magic, Victoria Leith and Tanya Alekseeva

 * Plus all the latest news, events, tips and much, much more

 

The Story in Your Blood

Live blood analysis may provide significant insights into your health, says Gareth Edwards. So what is it, and how do you find a practitioner?

As someone interested in health and vitality, you may have heard about live blood analysis, but you may think that it is expensive, painful(!) or that you have to travel abroad to have it done. There are, in fact, many practitioners in many countries, including the uK, who use this observation technique. As someone aiming to optimise their health, you might find that live and dry blood analysis is an effective way to see if the path you are following and the choices you are making are really delivering the results that you are seeking.

Putting Profits Before Health

  Did you know that there are moves afoot to severely restrict your access to natural health products and even to information about health and nutrition? 

Get Fresh! Magazine talked to Dr Robert Verkerk, founder and executive director of Alliance for Natural Health International, to find out what the specific challenges are, and what you can do about them. 

Let’s start with the big-picture view. What are the biggest threats to our health freedom right now? If “the powers that be” are successful in all they are currently trying to achieve, what health freedoms that we take for granted now will we no longer have, say, five years down the line?

Summer Recipe - Marinated Mushrooms in Lettuce Wraps by Ani Phyo

This recipe is inspired by a popular Korean BBQ meat dish but is made using mushrooms instead. It is super simple to make and amazingly delicious to eat. Mushrooms have been used in Chinese medicine for thousands of years to help restore our body’s balance and natural resistance to disease. They’re a great protein source too.

'Annelie's Raw Food Power' Book Competition Giveaway - Competition CLOSED

 

We've joined forces with the publishers of Annalie's Raw Food Power, Ivy Press, to giveaway 3 copies of Annelie Whitfield's new book. 

With more than fifty delicious, nutrient rich recipes Annalie's Raw Food Power is an inspiring introduction to the world of raw food.

Just send us your answer to the question below and we'll randomly draw 3 lucky winners.

Unlimited Potential

                                            by Dr Brian Clement PhD, NMD, LN                                                            

Win 2 Free tickets to the inspirational seminar 'A Day with Brian Clement' in London on the 23rd June 2013.

Haunting questions presented themselves to me over the decades. These questions were about why allopathic medicine and many of the natural methods were either not or only minimally effective. Once I grasped that we were looking at the wrong arena of matter, base anatomy rather than the microcurrents and frequencies that generate and govern all life, I concluded this was the problem. More than 30 years ago I began a perpetual search to find the answers on how we can utilise light, frequencies and energy to dispose of common maladies. This path has led me to many ill-construed theories, yet it has brought me to concrete and scientifically validated truth. Several years ago, I began pondering how we could rewrite biology. Once this gigantic desire became a mission, I was impelled to call my colleague Dr Valeria Hunt. In the mid-20th Century, she was discussing these invisible electric charges with her medical colleagues as a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Needless to say, in those early days, there were few who comprehended her wisdom. With the emergence of quantum physics and biology, her far-out ideas have fallen into mainstream thinking. In my mind, Dr Hunt is foremost a pioneer in microcurrent science.

Cleansing, the Alkaline way

This is an excerpt from an article which appears in the Summer 2013 issue of Get Fresh!, on sale June 3rd. Go here to subscribe

(See below for information about the upcoming Free Acid/Alkaline Breakthrough Webinar)

Raw food expert Tanya Alekseeva explains why and how we can attain balance in our lives 

When I first began coaching clients through to their transition to raw foods and supporting them during detoxification, it quickly became very obvious that each and every single person – man or woman graduating or retiring, rich or wishing they were, single or not – had one thing in common: wanting to feel good. 

No matter where they came from or what goals they came to me with – to not feel sick and sore for a day – they all simply wanted to feel good. 

Is that too much to ask for? And why do we all strive for the same result?