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The sadness of dying at 48, and the joy of saving your own life.

November 30, 2015

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Joanne McCormack

Last week I heard the stories of 2 people.

 

 

One was the story of Jeff Cyr who can be found on www.zerocarbzen.com

 

 

Jeff saved his life though a low cabohydrate and high good fat diet.

 

The other story was of Frances*, a woman of 48, who was overweight, diabetic and sudd...

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The Microbiome

November 27, 2015

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Joanne McCormack

A little word about the Microbiome

 

Most people have never heard of the microbiome, and yet it may control your mood, your appetite, your weight, and the sense of what you like to eat, and ultimately even who you feel yourself to be. So it is possible that eating to cha...

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What do you call the EATWELL PLATE?

November 23, 2015

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Joanne McCormack

 

 

 

Tell me what is wrong with it, if it is not listed below

 

 

  • Some items in the fruit and vegetables section could go in the carbs and starches

  • Some items in dairy could go in there too- contain carbs. As in fruit yoghurts.

  • The words are not equivalent- fr...

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Campaign for better Food

November 23, 2015

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This is a plea I have posted from the Institute for Responsible Food

 

 

Dear Supporters,

Our food and health systems are both circling the drain, and for the same reason. Despite a vibrant food movement, the processed food and sugary beverage industries enjoy record sales while burdening the public with historic levels of diet-related i...

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The Truth about Food

November 19, 2015

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Joanne McCormack

 

Explaining to my nieces and nephews about food

 

 

Dear Shona, Evie, Charlotte, Matthew, Patrick, Nuala, Sam and Daniel, Finbar and Sophie,

 

I’m sorry to say that you have been given a lot of incorrect information about food. It is simply wrong. I have been researching fo...

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Real food to help treat Eczema?

November 19, 2015

Another girl who stopped eating Fast Food

 

3 weeks ago I saw a girl with terrible eczema- it is not often I see it so severe. She was 18 years old, a student at college with a part- time job in a Fast Food restaurant. The eczema covered her face, neck, arms, and legs, a...

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Real Food to Cure Migraine?

November 19, 2015

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Joanne McCormack

The spectrum of ways of eating

 

Starting at this end I give you the false food diets

 

Very bad- just living on biscuits, sweets, alcohol- it happens and people do admit it sometimes. I once saw a girl with terrible migraines who admitted she only ate American sweets and...

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Good Carbohydrates vs Bad Carbohydrates

November 11, 2015

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Joanne McCormack

 


 

 

 

Is it helpful to think in terms of good and bad carbohydrates?

 

Why not think about how foods make you feel?

 

If you ask me, I will tell you that I get ill if I eat wheat products, but they can be delicious and safe for other people. Do bear in mind that some d...

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The Girl who Stopped Eating McDonald's

November 11, 2015

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Joanne McCormack

Yesterday I saw an obese Mum with her slim daughter.

 

  • She was worried about her daughter because her daughter had stopped eating McDonalds food, and no longer liked their milkshakes and fizzy drinks. She seemed to think this indicated there was something wrong with...

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10 best foods for LCHF IMO

November 5, 2015

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Joanne McCormack

 

Off the top of my head these are the foods I think of as being very handy for low carb high fat ways of eating..

 

Eggs- great hard boiled as snacks when you are out and about. Quick and easy for breakfast as omelette, boiled, scrambled, poached. Crustless quiche makes...

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