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This article offers a new approach to mental and physical health. It shows how our physical environment can be responsible for a wide range of ills, from fatigue to headaches, from arthritis to colitis, from hyperactivity to depression. It also shows how these environmentally related problems can be dramatically relieved in a relatively short time [...]

There are two main methods of removing contaminants from water: activated carbon filters and reverse osmosis. Activated carbon filters Activated carbon is a highly reactive surface which attracts substances such as chlorine, chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethyiene, phenols, DDT, other pesticides, PCBs and dioxins. These and other organic molecules found in tap water stick to the [...]

Avocado pears have a laxative effect on some people. If you have bowel symptoms then you should not include these. If you have never eaten them before, try eating a couple at one sitting before you start Stage 3, to see what effect they have. Spinach and chickpeas should not be included if you have [...]

Although the baby in the womb is nourished by the mother’s blood, the blood of mother and baby do not mix. Instead, they both pass through tiny blood vessels (capillaries) in the structure known as the placenta. The capillaries carrying the mother’s blood lie directly alongside those carrying the baby’s blood, and vital substances such [...]

Acute attacks of diarrhoea should be taken very seriously indeed, especially in small babies. They can lose so much water from the body that they become seriously ill. In extreme cases they can suffer brain damage or die. The signs of moderate to severe dehydration are little urine, which is very dark and smells strongly [...]

A possible suspect in this regard is wheat, which contains defensive proteins called lectins that bind to cells in our bodies. Certain people, known as coeliacs, are made seriously ill by wheat, and the way in which lectins might cause their disease is dealt with on pl36. Coeliac disease is inherited, which suggests that there [...]