Nutrition and Cancer

Cancer is a frightening but common word. Many have asked me this question: did you use your knowledge of nutrition in your journey of dealing with cancer. ABSOLUTELY!! Vital. Totally important. Completely relevant, wouldn’t be here writing this if I hadn’t.

Gut-Brain connection

In other words, the use of probiotics.

A lot of research is going on in this amazing connection between the gut and the brain. Pro-biotics rather than anti-biotics are words if you are new to tailored nutrition, that indicate we are discussing nutrients specific to the flora or micro nutrient in the digestive system. The health/balance of the digestive system is incredibly important to whole body, to the whole system. We are now aware of a vital connection with the working of the brain. If the microbiome in the gut is not ok, the brain energy will not be efficient.

Let’s cut to the quick! – I am focusing here on Anxiety and Depressive states. The main thing to look out for in the listed ingredients are Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium. If these two are the main ingredients you won’t go far wrong. Research may bring more to the front with time, which I will report.

Those especially new to this therapy need to be careful in their choice. There are very many of this supplement on the market. They can have side effects. They do need to be taken as instructed, either by your Nutritional Therapist, or you trust to the bottle instructions. This is because taken carelessly they could produce uncomfortable side effects, or certainly reactions. They are not dangerous if you know about them and how to handle the situation. Neither do you need to be afraid, anxious or panic – the very thing we are attempting to resolve with their use! So strongly suggest you speak with a Nutritional Therapist to ensure you don’t put yourself off before you get anywhere! Powerful, successful, enduring results will prevail, as powerful supplements they are – some needing refrigeration, some not. Some will not make it through the stomach acid. Some are powders, some are tablets, some are capsules. Your unique system needs specific care. Be nourished. Be well. Be in touch if you have need.

Magnesium for calm alertness/relaxed muscle power

In these unprecedented days of continuous isolating yet public concern for everyone, there is plenty of recognised and understood upset, worry, strain, anxiety, stresses and pressures, constant ongoing obstacles to fulfilling our routines, usual, well known to us formats that sees our days moving along in a forward manner. All of sudden we are thrown into chaos, unknown territory, looking for guidance we all need to adhere to as a focused nation to come through the crisis as unscathed as possible. Not easy for very very many. Politicians in charge of our status seem as confused as the rest of us!

So we must absolutely must keep alert, aware, conscious of what we are doing, deciding, following, choosing. Choosing with care and thorough thoughtfulness what to eat, drink, do, remove, change, create etc from day to day, moving into different spheres and phases, dealing constantly with new processes to simply stay in the loop of life that is meaningful with pockets of enjoyment, contentment, hope and faith. Achieving this is different for everyone. Every person has a different set of circumstances.

And everyone has a different unique system. Accomplishing our day to day stuff takes its toll. Some more than others. But again, it depends where your whole person was when the Corona Virus shut down began. No one is immune from the challenges presented. You know when you could do with an extra top up of ease and comfort within ourselves as time runs on and we continue to stay under pressure. Food for pleasure is ok. We can do that.

Nutrients vital now to carry us through rely on working with the stressed out body systems. This is where MAGNESIUM is an important essential mineral at this time. It is needed in quite large quantity – depends as usual of course on your gender, age, situation. It is needed for metabolism, energy production, transmission of nerve reflexes, 350 approx enzymatic reactions exercise, muscular issues, inflammatory issues, high blood pressure and more.. PMT for example, asthma – all these conditions worsened by anxiety.

MAGNESIUM is found in muscle, soft tissue, fluids, and bone. We don’t get enough – we don’t take enough in our diet, our soil is too undernourished to enter the foodstuffs grown. LACK OF MAGNESIUM (over 70% in women and 50% of men according to recent surveys are not digesting enough MAGNESIUM). We are very susceptible to stress, lack of good sleep, headaches, chronic fatigue, poor bone health, and more issues, like heart problems, without SUFFICIENT MAGNESIUM. Chronic stress and long term stress/anxiety leads to more and more DEPLETION OF MAGNESIUM

In supplementation, you have choice of powder, tablets, skin spray and absorption via bath salt soaking. MAGNESIUM comes in many forms: citrate, elemental, oxide, carbonate, hydroxide. There are combination tablets too. Be in touch if you need help choosing which is the best for you.