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What is Your DNA Telling You?

Understanding your own unique DNA language is the single most powerful tool to enhancing your personal health, fitness, energy and vitality. When you are not in harmony with your personal DNA, your body begins to tell you through troublesome symptoms such as low energy levels, aches and pains, increased mental stress, decreased clarity, hard to shift weight gain and headaches. More importantly, many chronic degenerative diseases can be prevented by acting upon the messages you receive from your DNA profile.

By having a personal Genetic Profile that tests for 40 genes associated with health and performance outcomes, you can find out your biological DNA weaknesses and strengths (that your ancestors gave you) that can be targeted with specific nutrigenomic and lifestyle interventions.

Instead of only “predictive” genetic testing that identifies the genetic risk of diseases such as dementia or breast cancer (and what can you do about it?), the Fitgenes profiling tests for 40 genes responsible for biochemical pathways and cellular responses which influences various physiological functioning of the body. Knowing these genes allows us to match your profile with the most appropriate nutrigenomic and lifestyle interventions to maximise your health and performance, and thereby prevent a whole host of diseases.

Good News! Genetic Testing and Profiling is NOW available at Beyond Good Health. Ask your practitioners about this once in a lifetime valuable genetic testing and discover your blueprint plan for true health insurance today!

Super Food Drink – Hot Chocolate Elixir

A hot, frothy chocolate elixir on a cold day can warm you up for hours, especially when you add some of the powerful concentrated herbal extracts that when consumed regularly, will charge your body with everlasting strength, healing and energy. The mucopolysaccharides, beta glucans, alkaloikds, phytonutrients in these herbs have the capacity to intelligently heal your body. This is where food truly becomes your medicine.

I have been experimenting with these supertonic herbal elixirs into my daily regime for months and really feel the benefits coming through as an increased adaptability and resistance to stress and more stamina and energy. And the added benefit is that it also tastes great! A far cry from the usual foul tasting horrible smelling medicines we come to equate with healing.

To make a simple hot chocolate elixir, you can take any tea base (gynostemma is my favourite, goji berries, cinnamon, pau d’arco etc) and then add coconut oil and/or cacao butter to create a creamy consistency, then add any additional powders to give the drink substance along with your favourite sweetener for flavour.

From this basic recipe, you can build upon it and expand the ingredients you use to create your own unique delicious and healthy beverage!

Enjoy!

Healthy Recipes: Stimulating, Mood and Energy Lifting Hot Chocolate Drink

BGH Healthy Living Recipe

Basic Hot Chocolate Recipe Ingredients:

500ml of Hot Tea base (tea bags, gynostemma, gogi berries, cinnamon sticks, etc)

2 tablespoon raw cacao powder

1-2 tablespoon of raw organic honey (or stevia to taste)

1 tablespoon coconut oil and/or cacao butter (cacao butter is optional)

Pinch of sea salt

Directions:

Heat the water until it is at a low boil.

Pour the hot water over your tea leaves or tea bags and steep for 10 minutes.

If you are using Gogi berries and/ or cinnamon sticks, bring the water to low boil, then add in 2 tablespoons of organic Gogi berries and /or 6 Ceylon cinnamon sticks and simmer for about 30 minutes.

Strain tea and place in blender. Blend the tea and the oils first to emulsify the oils. Then add remaining ingredients and blend on high for 30 seconds.

Pour into a mug and sprinkle with a small amount of cacao powder.

Optional additional ingredients:

Everything You Need to Know About the Insidious Non-Alcoholic Cause of Liver Disease

Do you know about the insidious non-alcohol factor in fatty liver disease? Insidious because it’s hidden in popular soft drinks and many packaged foods, is not considered a toxin, yet is known by researchers to be very harmful to your health.

What is this ingredient? Fructose, especially high fructose corn syrup which is found in soft drinks, sodas and many bottled juices.

Fructose is lipogenic, which means it turns even non-fat foods into body fat. It makes you fat, which can affect all parts of your body. It also promotes inflammation in the body. Inflammation a major factor in almost every modern disease, including allergies. It also increases the risk of obesity and fatty liver disease. A vicious circle, isn’t it?

Think about that when you next reach for a soft drink or bottled juice. Choose fresh juices instead, or just plain clean water. Your liver will love you for it.

Do You Feel Tired All the Time No Matter How Much You Sleep?

It could be your thyroid gland. Over the years, I have treated many patients with low thyroid states as well as those whose thyroid is underactive due to Hashimoto’s disease. Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune condition where the immune system has become confused and begins to attack the thyroid causing the inflammation which disrupts thyroid activity.

Like all health conditions, thyroid dysfunction is usually the culmination and result of a combination of factors including toxic load, deficiencies in magnesium, iodine, iron and vitamin A; stress; hormonal imbalances, lack of sleep, depression, overwork, chronic infections, heavy metals, petrochemicals and solvent exposure.

In my experience, hypothyroidism commonly escapes detection by standard thyroid tests. However, it can sometimes be detected by a low basal body temperature. Â First thing in the morning before you get up, take your temperature with an oral mercury thermometer in the armpit. Â Do this for three days in a row.

For menstruating women, take your temperature at day 2 to day 4 of your periods. If your temperature stays below 36.3 degrees C, your thyroid may be underactive, and you should consult your health practitioner.

Statin Drugs for Women?

I read an article in Time magazine that says around 12 million women in America are prescribed statin drugs. Most of them don’t have heart disease, just high cholesterol.

But are these drugs really beneficial? Not so much for women, researchers say.

Research shows that women do not get the same protective benefits from statins that men do. They are also more likely to experience serious side effects than men, including severe muscle pain, diabetes and memory loss.

So why are so many women taking these drugs? Because they’re afraid of dying of heart disease.

Yet high cholesterol is not a blueprint for heart disease. It’s one possible risk factor. What’s more, in most cases, cholesterol can be reduced with a combination of diet, exercise and fish oil. These same factors strengthen and tone the heart, improve circulation and reduce inflammation.

And learning to de-stress regularly with Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Meditation or deep relaxation removes the real major cause of heart disease and emotional stress.