Natural Recovery Plan Article Archive

The Small Intestine

The average person over the course of their lifetime ingests over 25 tons of food that provide the nutrients for growth, movement, and repair and maintenance of all body systems.  Foods are chewed and swallowed where they are acted upon by stomach acid and pepsin which starts to break proteins down. After possibly several hours of being churned in the stomach, the food - now as a liquid purée known as chyme - passes through the cardiac sphincter at the bottom of the ...

The Body Clock

All living things respond to the cycles of the sun and the moon, from the humble algae and bacteria, through parasites and all animals. In fact, biological timekeeping is a core property of life on a revolving planet such as earth and can affect all aspects of life including growth, reproduction, molecular biology and behaviour. The field of study of these biological rhythms is known as chronobiology.  Probably the most important rhythm is the approximately 24 hou...

Colostrum

  Colostrum is the milk produced by mammals in late pregnancy with which they feed their newborns. The milk produced after this initial colostrum is known as transitional milk. Colostrum is high in protein and lower in fat than subsequent milk and contains a lot of antibodies which confer immune protection on the infant until its own immune system is up and running. It is usually yellower and thinner than subsequent milk.  The colostrum also helps to normalise...

L-Form Bacteria

L-form bacteria, which are also known as L-phase variants, or cell wall-deficient (CWD) bacteria, are strains of bacteria that have lost their cell walls. They were given their name by the researcher who first identified them in 1935 and who named them after the Lister Institute in London where she was working. There are two types of L-form bacteria. One form is unstable but is capable of dividing and of reverting back to its original morphology, and the other form is stable ...

Sadness

The life story of Anne Heche I recently read an interview with the actress Anne Heche (pronounced Heysch) who was a US teen star and has made many films of which four successive movies were blockbusters approximately 14 years ago. She was born in Aurora, Ohio the youngest of 5 children. The family lost their house and ended up living in the home of a generous family they knew through their church. Her father was a failed serial entrepreneur and from an early age Anne supported he...

The Spiritual Body

It is not - as some imagine - that physical beings have a spirit, but that the whole of the universe is spirit (frequency or vibration) made manifest to our senses by virtue of being massively slowed down to appear to us as 'solid'.  Einstein said this in so many words a century ago, and since then quantum physics has shown - and continues to show - that there is nothing here except energy. Things seem real to our senses which are finely tuned to perceive only very narro...

Biological Dentistry

What is holistic or biological dentistry? Well, the term means different things to different dentists and patients, but broadly speaking it is a dentist who recognises the impact of the dentistry they do on the whole body of their patient.  This is a significant factor and those who have training and experience in the nuances of dental disease and treatment estimate that 90% of all chronic disease either originates in the mouth or has some connection to oral status. ...

Mercury in Medicine & Dentistry

This article examines the current status of the use of mercury in medicine and dentistry in light of a recent report published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on the Future Use of Materials for Dental Restoration. WHO prioritises mercury as one of the ten chemicals that poses the greatest public health concern.   Environmental mercury Mercury is an exceptionally toxic heavy metal. It is unique among all metals in being a liquid and readily vaporising at room ...

Book Review: Trick and Treat

How 'Healthy Eating' is Making Us Ill by Barry Groves PhD, Hammersmith Press 2008  This is the time of year when various celebrities are promoting their diet and exercise DVDs. The trouble is, that more often than not last years' crop have already put the weight back on as soon as the DVD they were under contract to produce is finished and the personal trainer no longer calls. Likewise with the people featured with fantastic weight loss by various diet clubs ...

How To Be A Centenarian

In this talk by Dan Buettner of National Geographic magazine, the writer and explorer examines the longest lived and most vigorous peoples in the world to see whether there are any lessons we can learn from their example.  According to the Danish twin study only 10% of life expectancy can be laid at the door of genetics, which leaves 90% that we can influence with lifestyle. Most of us are confused about what constitutes a healthy diet and there is much conflicting informat...

Synthetic Chelating Agents

The word 'chelation' comes from the Greek word chele meaning claw. It is used to refer to a chemical reaction between a toxic or heavy metal ion and an organic molecule. Many synthetic chelating agents are either ring-shaped or possess a 'cavity' within which the offending metal can be embraced and removed from the body (see images right).  Chelation therapy is the use of a variety of synthetic chelating agents to bind poisonous metals rendering them inert and promoti...

Sexual Abuse

This is a big and very complex issue which can profoundly impact the victim on almost every level - physically, psychologically, mentally, emotionally and energetically - possibly indefinitely until adequately addressed. Although the scale of sexual abuse is starting to be recognised, the vast majority of incidents probably still go unreported so it is hard to get a handle on the true extent of the problem.  Commonly accepted figures estimate that one in four women have bee...