Psyllium – Bowel Cleanse

February 11, 2025 by Jurgen

Over 10,000 seeds can be gathered from a single plant contained within small husks. Psyllium husks are known to maintain normal bowel transit by absorbing many times their weight as well as producing a viscous gel that ensures a smooth transit throughout the digestive tract. Suitable for:

Maintaining a healthy, regular bowel
Irritable bowel
Removing toxins from the intestinal tract

Plantago ovata

Psyllium husks have the advantage of being much gentler than some common fibre supplements (such as wheat or bran), many of which could irritate a sensitive bowel.

Make a healthy choice for your intestinal tract with Psyllium Husk powder. One of nature’s best sources of soluble fibre, psyllium has been used for centuries as a natural colon cleanser and for supporting bowel regularity.

Mix with your favourite food, porridge or breakfast cereals. Psyllium husk has no taste whatsoever.

#Grown by nature #Discovered by science

Spring Cleaning with Cleavers

February 1, 2025 by Jurgen

St. Brigid day, the 1st February originally a pagan festival called Imbolc is traditionally the beginning of spring in Ireland. – In 2025 a bank holiday observed on February, Mon 3th. We now have gender equality with St. Patrick in March. 🍀🍀🍀

Cleavers

Cleavers otherwise known as ‘goose grass’ has been used for centuries as a spring time cleansing and detox agent. Cleavers is very high in a group of compounds called coumarins, which are the compounds that fill the air with with distinctive fragrance when a lawn is being mown.

Coumarins have a wonderful effect upon the lymphatic system. They cause a natural contraction of the lymphatic vessel walls, enhancing lymphatic return. This speeds up the rate at which waste products within the lymphatic system vessels are removed via the kidneys.

Candida albicans – Yeast fungus

January 22, 2025 by Jurgen

Candida albicans lives naturally in and on your body. Candida is a type of beneficial yeast fungus, that is typically found in small amounts on your mouth, skin and in your intestines.

Healthy bacteria in your body control the balance of Candida. When Candida albicans is off-balance, the yeast overgrows and causes an infection called candidiasis (too much yeast in the body). Symptoms vary from bloating to itching, along with fatigue and generally feeling unwell.

Candida Albicans – Fungi

Anti-Candida Diet = Yeast Free Diet

FOODS TO EAT:

– Fruit: Pears, apples, occasional bananas, always wash fruit thoroughly or peel to avoid fungus on skin. Try not to eat more than two pieces of fruit a day.
– Fish/chicken/turkey, make sure you get free range or organic.
– A little red meat.
– Alternative milk products.
– Almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts, walnut, pumpkin, sunflower and linseeds.
– Live natural yogurt, organic or free range eggs.
– Oats, rye, barley, millet and buckwheat.
– Fresh herbs: Thyme, marjoram, oregano, parsley, basil, chives, rosemary, garlic.
– Yeast free gravy and stock cubes.
– Porridge, oat bran.
– Lentils, rice and beans.
– Low-salt or herbal salt.
– Wholemeal soda bread, or rye bread, crisp breads – spelt, corn, oat, rice cakes.
– Sugar free jams and spreads.
– All fresh vegetables.

FOODS TO AVOID:
(Do the best you can – some change is better than none.)

– Sugar and other quick acting carbohydrates – honey, molasses, malt, glucose, sucrose, maltose, sorbitol, dates and corn syrup. (Note: Sugar is in most tinned foods and many processed foods as well as confectionery, sweets, cakes, biscuits and jams)
– Condiments, sauces and vinegar – mustard, ketchup, Worchester, soya and tamari sauces, pickles, relishes, mayonnaise, vinegar and ready made salad dressings
– Processed and smoked meats and fish – sausages, hot dogs, corned beef, smoked salmon, trout and mackerel
– Gravy cubes
– Tea and coffee, use herbal tea instead
– Fruit juices (except freshly prepared juices)
– Monosodium Glutamate, E621 or MSG. (Chinese dishes, crisps, processed foods)
– Peanuts and pistachio nuts
– Mushrooms (fungus)
– White flour products – Breads, pastas and pastry
– Fizzy drinks
– Fermented alcohol like cider, wine & beers
– Yeast extract – Marmite, yeast bread and brewers yeast
– Most commercial breakfast cereals (fortified with B vitamins from yeast source).

Remedies to help against Candida over-growth:

–  PROBIOTICS: essential to replace good bacteria
– Oil of Oregano
– Paracress
– DIDA supplement (to eliminate fungus)
– A daily bath using 12-20 drops of anti-fungal tea tree oil in a full bath of water.