Are Whole Grains Really Good For You? – Part 2

by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Chronic Fatigue, General Health, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Weight Loss

In Part 1, I explained how grains contain phytic acid and enzyme inhibitors that require neutralising through soaking. In addition, we know that proteins found in grains, especially gluten, are very difficult to digest. A diet high in gluten, such as cereals, breads...

Are Whole Grains Really Good For You?

by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, General Health, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Weight Loss

We are advised by Nutritionists to ensure we eat whole grains like our ancestors and not refined grains which are very popular these days in the form of breads and breakfast cereals. Whilst it is true that our ancestors ate whole grains, they either soaked them or...

Jack Lalanne – A Man Way Ahead of His Time

by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, General Health, Strength & Conditioning

Check out this link posted on Dr Mercola’s website of Jack Lalanne on a TV show in America in the 1950’s. If only we had someone in the UK who could tell people this and be believed. It’s amazing how he knew this 50 years ago and the experts today do...

More Expensive Meats

by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Chronic Fatigue, General Health, Strength & Conditioning, Weight Loss

It was announced today, that the price of meat is to be increased due to the price of feed being increased. The main reason why the price of feed is being increased is due to a bad wheat harvest, partly due to the floods this summer. This is rather interesting...

The Cricket Jelly Bean Scandal

by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Strength & Conditioning

If you follow sport, you would have seen this week that a scandal broke out when an England Cricket player threw a Jelly Bean at the stumps whilst Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan was batting. Now I’m not too interested in the Sledging that goes on in cricket, but...

Oats & No Wheat

by bodychek_admin | Dec 23, 2011 | BodyCHEK, Chronic Fatigue, General Health, Sports Injuries, Strength & Conditioning, Weight Loss

People are becoming more and more aware that they may have an insensitivity to wheat and are therefore restricting it from their diet. Food insensitivities or intolerances have been shown to cause many common ailments and diseases known today. So if you restrict or...