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Let’s talk about Nightshades

Let’s talk about Nightshades

We often hear of people in pain being told to stay away from tomatoes. What is it about this fruit (yeah, it has seeds and is classified as a fruit) that makes it a food to avoid? Allow me to introduce the Nightshade (Solanaceae) Family: Tomatoes Eggplant Potatoes...
More about HPV

More about HPV

As promised last week, we’ll be talking about HPV. Let’s start at the beginning: HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection. HPV is a viral infection that can be spread from one person to another person through anal, vaginal, or oral sex, or through...
Preventing Throat Cancer

Preventing Throat Cancer

This past week has seen 3 of our customers diagnosed with throat cancer. Seems arbitrary. In the sclerology clinic I see trachea congestion lines in almost every client though. The throat (our trachea) is common to food and air – so everything we eat, drink and inhale...
Should we avoid sugar at all costs?

Should we avoid sugar at all costs?

Sugar addiction is a difficult topic to tackle. Is every ‘sweet tooth’ addiction? Should we avoid sugar at all costs? How do you even know if you are an addict? Can you be addicted to an ingredient of almost everything you eat and that is even found in nature? In...