Dear Reader

I wanted to share something with you that was posted up in my local leisure centre.  It conveys what I have written about in previous Natural News but it is good to see it all written down in such a practical way. 

When the average women attempts to transform their body shape i.e. lose weight (fat), they make most, if not all, of these mistakes below:

 

She…

• Skips breakfast (in an attempt to eat less)
• Eats too many carbohydrates (usually bad ones)
• Consumes far too little protein
• Thinks ‘healthy’ dietary fat means no dietary fat
• Doesn’t supplement her diet and training
• Under-eats in the first half of the day
• Over-eats in the second half of the day
• Doesn’t lift weights adequately (if at all)
• Eats too infrequently (meals are way too far apart)
• Has her biggest meal at night, often a ‘binge’ or ‘out of control’ meal (therefore, she wakes up not hungry, skips breakfast and starts that cycle over).

 

From my point of view, it is easy to see how these bullet points are simple traps that a lot of women (and men too) fall into and then wonder why they are not losing weight or changing shape.  So see which ones you need to change to keep you fit and healthy.

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

Marilyn Glenville

Dear Reader,

You probably read the headlines the other month to the effect that ‘supplements may do you harm’.  It is very difficult when we get so many conflicting stories in the press and then it makes it hard to know what to believe.

The study that was quoted was actually a meta-analysis which is a combination of the results of a number of studies. For a meta-analysis, the researchers can decide which studies to include and what not to include depending on what criteria they choose.  The researchers identified 748 studies that could be included in this meta-analysis and then decided that there were only 409 eligible trials which were randomised controlled trials.  But then they decided to look at only 67 of those.  They excluded 405 trials where no deaths were reported. 

 

It is difficult to see how 405 trials which reported no deaths were excluded from an analysis which was supposed to look at the effects of vitamins on mortality.  The other big problem with this meta-analysis is that they assessed all-cause mortality, which means death due to anything.  So people whose deaths may have been caused by road accidents, murder or suicide would be included and of course would have no connection with taking vitamins. 

 

So do take these results with a large pinch of salt (well maybe not so large because of the link with high blood pressure!) but it is easy to see how statistics can be manipulated and that people will only end up seeing the doom and gloom headline.  My recommendation is to take good levels of vitamins and minerals along with a healthy diet to give yourself the best chance of good health.

 

 

Kind regards,

 

 

 

Marilyn Glenville

 

 

With the benefits of vitamin D being covered in this issue of Natural News try to get some exposure to the sun without make up and sunscreen so that vitamin D can be manufactured through your skin.  If you are worried about osteoporosis then it is even more important to get some sunlight and even ask your doctor or contact my clinic and we can arrange a vitamin D blood test for you. 

 

As always I hope you enjoy this issue of Natural News with a special feature on thyroid health.  It is a problem that effects more women than men and is a common problem with women coming into the clinic.  The case study this month also features thyroid function because if you are told you have a borderline result then you can always ask your doctor to follow a wait and see approach, put into place the nutritional recommendations and then re-test to see if there has been an improvement. This is not going work for everybody but it is well worth the try over a three month period.

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

Marilyn Glenville