Healthy Food Suppliers in the UK

The quality of the food you eat is essential for improving your health. Much of the food we find in supermarkets is unhealthy because it is full of chemicals that are very harmful for us. The meat sold commercially comes from unhealthy animals that have been fed the wrong fuel for them. For instance, cows are supposed to eat grass however, most of the meat sold in supermarkets comes from grain fed animals, which is not their natural diet and that shows.

Another example is dairy. While dairy shouldn’t be a staple food, it can make a huge difference to your health consuming dairy that hasn’t been cooked because the high temperatures have destroyed all the goodness (vitamins, enzymes, good bacteria, antibodies). So if dairy is part of your diet, make sure you use unpasteurised or raw milk, which means it hasn’t been subjected to extremely high temperatures. Some people with dairy intolerances are usually ok with unpasteurised milk because it contains the enzymes that digest it better.

For suppliers of grass fed meat and raw dairy products in the uk, log on www.seedsofhealth.co.uk. In this website you will find a list of farms all over the UK. Some of them have online ordering service and they deliver to your home. Alternatively, you can buy these products from farmers markets. To find your nearest market, visit the farmers market website www.farmersmarkets.net

Other Food Suppliers

Graig Farm Organics – www.graigfarm.co.uk. Good for organic fish and meat. Also sells unpasteurised goats milk, delivered frozen for home storage. Accepts orders online and delivers anywhere in the UK.

www.teddingtoncheese.co.uk - for cheese and raw butter. Mail order available.

www.riverford.co.uk - for organic vegetables delivered to your doorstep.

Books

The Metabolic Typing Diet by William Wolcott

Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. ProMotion Publishing, 1995.
A combination of cookbook/nutrition book. Highly recommended. Sound advice about food sources and preparation with an abundance of traditional recipes.

Total Health Program by Dr. Joseph Mercola. Mercola.com, 2005 – Recipes based on the Metabolic Typing approach.

The New Optimum Nutrition Bible by Patrick Holford. Piatkus 2004

Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom by Dr. Christine Northup.

Relaxation / Meditation

We are constantly stimulated in our daily lives--visually, mentally, emotionally and physically. Not surprisingly, taking a break from this stimulation can actually improve your health. Meditation provides a way to give your mind a rest and allows it to focus on one particular thing, without a barrage of outside distractions, or on nothing at all. Numerous scientific studies have confirmed the health benefits of meditation and these are some of the areas where you can benefit by practicing regular meditation:

• Stress, tension, anxiety and panic
• High blood pressure
• Chronic pain
• Headaches
• Respiratory problems such as emphysema and asthma
• Sleep disturbances
• Gastrointestinal distress
• Fatigue
• Skin disorders
• Mild depression
• Premenstrual syndrome
• Irritable bowel syndrome

Use the following links to get started:

Insight CD – I always recommend this CD to my clients or to anyone with stress related health problems (probably the majority of us!) I use it myself and I like it because, not only have I experienced the benefits, but also because of the easy way to incorporate it in my daily routine. It is an audio technology that helps you achieve a deep state of relaxation. You need to listen with a CD walkman, preferably everyday, to achieve the best results. For more information or to place an order log on Insight CD.

www.meditateinlondon.com - For meditation classes In London and greater London

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an acupressure technique I most highly recommend to address all your emotional issues. Emotional health is absolutely essential to your physical health and healing. No matter how devoted you are to the proper diet and lifestyle, you will not achieve your body's ideal healing if emotional barriers stand in your way.

I have used it on myself and it has helped me enormously to address many issues, one of them was giving up smoking.

EFT is very easy to learn, and will help you:

• Remove negative emotions, such as anger or anxiety
• Reduce food cravings and additions
• Reduce or eliminate pain
• Implement positive goals

EFT is based on the same energy meridians used in traditional acupuncture to treat physical and emotional ailments for over five thousand years, but without the invasiveness of needles. Instead, simple tapping with the fingertips is used to input kinetic energy onto specific meridians on the head and chest while you think about your specific problem - whether it is a traumatic event, an addiction, pain, etc. - and voice positive affirmations.

To download the easy to read manual and learn the technique, log on www.emofree.com. You can also buy the CD’s to continue learning from your own home.