Digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats begins in the mouth with chewing, which breaks the food particles into smaller pieces and mixes them with salivary amylase, the enzyme that starts complex carbohydrate digestion by changing starches into dextrin. This doesn’t happen if we swallow too fast. Slow chewing also sends signals to the stomach and [...]
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In between studying for a test today on digestion and the micronutrients, I woke up my brain last night with some brain games that I found on lumosity.com. They refreshed me and I went back to the books with renewed vigor! If you want to improve your memory, your attention, your processing speed, give these games [...] Dona Bradley, RHN, gave a lecture on Natural Remedies for Children on March 25 to the March 2009 CSNN intake of natural nutrition students. The information that stood out for me was that recurrent ear infections in infants/toddlers are an almost infallible sign of a dairy allergy and the advice is to remove all dairy [...] La Leche League is still around – http://www.lllc.ca – supporting mothers who want to breastfeed. No doubt about it: breast milk is best for baby. In Staying Healthy with Nutrition by Elson M. Haas, MD and Buck Levin, PhD, RD, (c) 2006, Haas describes on page 250 what is going on with prescription antibiotics: All prescription antibiotics lose their effectiveness over time, because bacteria learn to live with these chemicals. The more antibiotics we use, therefore, the quicker the bacteria adjust. Haas [...] Hey gals! Did you know that bumps on the backs of your arms indicates a Vitamin A deficiency. Boost A levels with orange & dark green veg. So, it really is spring, and I realise that I managed to get through the entire winter without getting a cold, just as I decided to do. I did start incubating a cold germ or something in the back of my throat about a month ago. But it didn’t make me sick. How did I do it? Attitude [...] One of the foods that was referred to in class yesterday was chicory coffee as a substitute for coffee. Coffee is a stimulant and a diuretic, and therefore challenging to the liver and the kidneys. Chicory coffee is supportive to the liver. What a great alternative! I bought some yesterday, and it’s made of extracts of roasted [...] Have you checked out the games and challenges on Quiddler? They have games for all ages. I tried the Daily Quiddler game quite regularly for a while, but I haven’t done it recently. I see they list their cards now and I realise that having a deck of the Quiddler cards would make it a [...] A fair-haired little girl was complaining to her Mum on the bus on Monday morning: “There’s too much going on!” Frequently, the conversations that I cannot help but overhear as I go about my day carry useful content for me! Out of the mouths of babes. Why not? When it comes to managing all my many [...] |
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