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Did you know?
Keeping you regular
Health Benefits of Dietary Fibre
NutriActionz Superdeal! What our blood can look like under the microscope
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“Prevention is worth a ton of cure at a thousandth of the cost” – Phillip Day
Welcome...
Many changes have taken place and the latest has been the introduction of NutriActionz. NutriActionz is our practice name, and our mission is to make a difference in your health to help you achieve your best potential. Health e-Sense continues to serve you as our retail arm while NutriActionz runs the consultations and health programmes and stocks practitioner range supplements.
The services and tests that we offer to help us achieve our mission include health appraisal, Hemaview Live Blood Screening, computerised iridology, gut health test and zinc test, all of which we perform at our practice in Botany Junction, and those tests that we send away to laboratories like hair mineral analysis and allergy testing.
You must all have felt the pinch of rising food and fuel prices in your pockets. At Health e-Sense, we sell our food items at as low a cost to you as we can because we understand that good health starts with consuming good, wholesome food. I was walking down the bulk food isle of a local supermarket and saw that their rolled oats cost $1.50 more per kilo than the organic rolled oats we offer here. We keep our prices low by effective cost management!
Many of you have derived the benefit of using our Health e-Reward cards. If you haven’t, ask us when you next come in. You will gain Health e-Reward stamps for qualifying retail range supplements. Food items, consultation cost and practitioner range supplements are excluded. If you would like to enter into our bi-monthly birthday draws, e-mail us your birthdate with your name and customer number and we’ll enter you into the draws.
What’s in the media:
You may have heard of late some controversies regarding antioxidants, whether we should take them or not, if there are side effects from their use, etc. The study reviewed selected studies on antioxidants. It was a meta-analysis which examines results of previous studies and re-interprets them rather than a new study. In their review, they excluded over 400 trials that had no deaths. They then selected the trials that met their inclusion criteria, which effectively only included 8.3% of available evidence. Because the review excludes so many positive studies, it is an analysis of flawed data. It is also worthwhile noting that the researchers excluded trials on selenium. In contrast, Dr Correa, in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published the research done on progression of pre-cancerous lesions and showed that there were clear benefits in taking vitamins. Meir Stampfer, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, commented that this study does not advance our understanding and could easily lead to misinterpretation of the data. It is unfortunate that the media and medical journalism have chosen to perpetuate fallacies rather than critically examine facts.
So, what should you really be doing to protect yourself? Firstly get yourself checked. Hemaview is a tool you can employ to see if antioxidant supplementation will be useful for you. Hemaview Live Blood Screening is a health screening tool where we take two drops of your blood to look at the state of your health. As a qualified practitioner, I can help you improve your health by investigating the size, shape and ratios of the different components of your blood. You may have had blood tests done before, but nothing compares to seeing your own blood live on a screen in front of you. How much antioxidants you need depends on your individual circumstances, exposure to environmental, heavy metal and chemical toxicity and your lifestyle.
In relation to a need for antioxidants, Hemaview will show you on screen before your own eyes whether the cells are crumpled, spiculated, fragmented or have Heinz bodies in them. Antioxidants are electron donors. By donating electrons, they help to “stabilize” the cells.
Did you know?
Did you know that 10% of the general population has subclinical hypothyroidism? If you find that your energy levels are low and you have any of the following symptoms with it:
difficult to lose weight or keep gaining weight,
have constant mood changes and irritability,
have low libido and/or problems getting pregnant,
are constipation,
have a low tolerance to cold weather,
have coarse, dry hair or keep losing hair even after using natural shampoos,
you may have an underactive thyroid, although it may be subclinical. Ask us how you can test yourself to see if your thyroid is functioning normally!
Keeping you regular
One in three people have problems moving their bowels regularly. By keeping fecal matter inside, we are accumulating waste that can do a lot of harm to our health. Toxins that are meant to be removed will get reabsorbed. We can lower our risk of many chronic health problems if we are able to move our bowels regularly. The definition of regular is at least once a day, it can be more, e.g. after each meal, but not less than once daily.
Lifestream BowelBiotics+ helps eliminate food and body wastes whilst maintaining bowel health, which is essential for health and well-being.Lifestream BowelBiotics+ provides an excellent source of fibre, plus prebiotics and probiotics which help promote and maintain healthy intestinal bacteria.
Lifestream BowelBiotics+ contains 69% psyllium husks, 30% Prebiotics (Inulin) and 1% Probiotics (600 million per dose) and is a 100% natural fibre product which contains no artificial ingredients, fillers, binders, sweeteners, sugar or preservatives.
Unbelivable offer: Save $5 off the recommended retail price. RRP: $29.90 After discount: $24.90. No other discounts or Health e-Rewards apply.
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Health Benefits of Dietary Fibre
“Eat your greens”, that’s what we are all used to hearing when we were children. How true that is, but fibre is not just limited to vegetables. “Dietary fibre means that fraction of the edible parts of plants that are resistant to digestion and absorption in the small intestine, usually with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine.” (Source: NHMRC, New Zealand Ministry of Health and Australian Dept of Health and Ageing – Working Group/Expert Committee. Nutrient reference values for Australia and new Zealand. National Health and Medical Research Council 2005; available at www.nhmrc.gov.au)
Broadly, dietary fibre can be classified into soluble and insoluble fibre. Soluble fibres are soluble in water, as the name suggests, and its action is to decrease transit time through the digestive tract. Soluble fibre also delays the absorption of glucose in the small intestine, hence lowering the Glycemic Index of carbohydrate food. Soluble fibre also decreases cholesterol reabsorption in the large intestine. Examples of soluble fibre are pectins, gums and mucilages. Insoluble fibre increases stool bulk and increases transit time through the digestive tract. Insoluble fibre is obtained from vegetables, wheat and whole grains.
Professor Jennie Brand-Miller from Sydney University has been instrumental in educating the public about the importance of Glycemic Index. Food containing carbohydrates are ranked according to the extent in which they raise blood glucose levels after eating.
Following the development of the Glycemic Index is the concept of Glycemic Load. Glycemic Load describes the quality (Glycemic Index) and quantity of carbohydrate in a meal or diet, e.g. watermelon has a high Glycemic Index, but the amount of carbohydrate in watermelon per cup is relatively low, as the bulk of it is water, hence watermelon has a high Glycemic Index but a low Glycemic Load.
When soluble fibre comes into contact with fluids in the gastrointestinal tract, they form a gel which delays gastric emptying and rate of absorption, which lowers the glycemic response following a meal. Extensive research has shown that an increase in soluble dietary fibre can contribute to a decrease in serum total cholesterol. (Source: Naumann E, van Rees AB, Onning G, Oste R, Wydra M, Mensink RP, Beta-glucan incorporated into a fruit drink effectively lowers serum LDL-cholesterol concentrations, Am J Clin Nutrition 2006 Mar; 83(3): 601-5)
Dietary fibre is also part of a healthy weight management programme. At NutriActionz, we offer the Slimwell Programme that comes with a personalised dietary programme with appropriate supplementation and exercise.
NutriActionz Superdeal!
Book in for a Hemaview Live Blood Screening, naturopathic nutritional consultation and a BioImpedance cellular analysis for just $155 (SAVE $40). For more information, visit www.nutriactionz.co.nz. What our blood can look like under the microscope
We have heard that blood is thicker than water. It is, indeed and it can stop flowing, in most cases, as we have a mechanism to stop the flow. Our blood has many functions in the body. Our red blood cells carry oxygen and nutrients to the cells and carry metabolic waste to be eliminated from our bodies. We need different types of nutrients for proper red blood cell production.
Our white blood cells function to defend the body against disease. White blood cells can engulf bacteria and fungi, release toxic chemicals to kill various microbes, parasites as well as virally infected cells. White blood cells train other immune cells to attack specific invaders and produce antibodies against pathogens. They also clean up damaged tissue and debris.
We also have platelets in our blood that help with the clotting process. So, our blood really has a handful to do! Our diet and lifestyle will affect our blood directly and how our blood looks like is a reflection of our state of health. Live Blood Screeing gives a powerful and unique understanding of what areas of your health are out of balance, and what you can do to achieve total wellness.
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