Jolie has been praised by Cancer Doctors for a her brave act and for setting a good example to other women.

I’m not one to rant, but are you kidding me???

Firstly, for any gene to express itself, it requires to be triggered by it’s environment. That’s how genes work. So if Jolie lived a healthy lifestyle, her chances of cancer would be minimal. After all, cancer was extremely rare prior to the beginning of the 1900′s. If it was a genetic disease, then it would have been prevalent in the 1700 and 1800′s, but it wasn’t!!!

Cancer has become a big problem since the introduction of poor quality, toxic, mass produced food and an enormous introduction of toxins into our environment.

If you stand back for just a second and look at the medical ‘advances’ since they began ‘experimenting’ with pharmaceuticals to kill cancer cells for over 100 years, the truth is that is has FAILED!!!!

The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy and/or surgery fails in the majority of cases. All cancer statistics are gathered over a 5 year period after treatment. So if someone dies after 6 years, that were considered a total success. Official statistics make it look like medical approaches are advancing, but the truth is that more people are contracting and dying of cancer than ever before.

If you understand that cancer has direct links to toxins, sugar consumption, low enzyme levels, emotional stress and weakened immune system, then if you avoid these things, you hugely reduce your chances of your cancer genes from being expressed. We all have cancer cells. The question is whether our immune system is strong enough to kill the cancer cells regularly enough so they don’t build up to dangerous levels.

Many pioneers of natural cancer treatments have been very successful, such as Max Gerson, William Kelley and others and their extremely successful treatments are just attacked by the medical community, despite the fact that the medical community have failed to be anywhere near as successful as these pioneers.

There is a history of bowel cancer in my family, but I certainly won’t be having my colon removed any time soon!!! I’ll just continue to eat well, stay hydrated, exercise regularly, minimise my toxic load, stay mentally and emotionally positive and get adequate rest and sleep. That’s my approach to staying healthy and vibrant and when you’re healthy, you can’t be unwell.

My own opinion is that Jolie didn’t have the full facts to hand before making such an important decision.

I think it was a very sad day (for her) and I really hope other women do not follow her example and instead educate themselves about the causes of cancer and how to lead a lifestyle that will greatly reduce the chances of cancer from occurring.

The reason it has been so long is because I have been working almost every waking hour on my latest book, “Axe Adult Acne”.

The book itself is finally finished and edited. The website where you’ll be able to purchase the book is almost ready too.

I will let you know as soon as the book goes on sale.

Research has suggested that alterations in the functioning of metallothionein protein (MP) is linked to children with autism. The malfunctioning of MP causes impairment of brain development and an over-sensitivity to toxic metals and other environmental toxins.

In a study by Walsh and Osman, abnormal levels of copper and zinc were found in the blood of over 500 autistic patients. This suggests impaired function of MP proteins. These proteins regulate levels of trace minerals, detoxify mercury and other toxic metals in the blood and play a role in nervous system development.

Defective MP during pregnancy or early infancy are consistent with many symptoms of autism. They include:

▪        Abnormal copper and zinc levels in the blood and brain

▪        Impaired neuronal development, especially in the first 30 months of life, which could result in incomplete maturation of the digestive tract and brain

▪        Loss of MPs ability to detoxify heavy metals including cadmium, mercury and other toxic heavy metals

▪        Impaired immune function

▪        Immature digestive tract

Gene regulation is easily affected by environmental and heavy metal toxicity. Toxicity changes affects which genes are turned on or off, especially heavy metal toxicity. Many experts believe the rising autism rates are due to genetics being impacted by a toxic environment.

Further more, research by the University of Texas in 2009, suggested a direct link between mercury pollution and autism prevalence. The study showed that the further away from the pollution, the lower the incidence of autism.

Research by Needleman has also suggested a link between the levels of lead to cognitive development, autism, ADHD and learning disabilities.

When you consider that pollutants such as pesticides, heavy metals, waste from burning coal and petroleum have been found in the blood taken from umbilical cords, it highlights the importance of living a healthy lifestyle and detoxifying correctly in the years leading up to trying to conceive.

Can You Reverse Autism?

I don’t know the answer to this question for sure. But, what I do know is that you can detoxify the body from heavy metals and maximise the effectiveness of minerals and proteins like metallothionein and glutathionine.

So What’s the Next Step?

Before doing any kind of heavy metal detoxification, it is imperative that you have a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) to identify your baseline mineral and heavy metal levels. From there, if required, you can begin to detoxify heavy metals and supplement any deficient minerals. An HTMA re-test helps to monitor the removal of heavy metals from the body and determines the length of detoxification required.

It would make sense that a removal of heavy metals that affect the function of MP could help to improve the symptoms of autism.

If you would like more information about HTMA and how it might help you or your child, please feel free to contact us @ info@bodychek.co.uk or telephone 0203 239 2470.

In truth, there are many potential reasons why you might have an energy dip in the afternoon.

However, the most common reason is eating a lunch time meal that is not right for your metabolic type®. When you eat a meal that has the incorrect ratio of fats, proteins and carbohydrates, you will either burn off energy too quickly or too slowly.

For instance, if you are a Fast Oxidiser, you turn food into nutrients very quickly. Conversely, if you are a slow oxidiser, you turn food into nutrients very slowly. If you like, a Fast Oxidiser uses energy like burning paper and a Slow Oxidiser like burning damp wood.

Each of us is different and we all require a slightly different ratio of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. Your requirement can also change from time to time, week to week, day to day or for some, hour to hour.

When working with clients, I get them to complete an online questionnaire that establishes there ‘starting point’. Once you know your starting point, you can then ‘fine-tune’ until you get it spot on.

Most commonly, people tend to over-eat starchy carbohydrates, which causes a rise and then crash in blood sugar levels, causing the energy dip. However, low blood sugar can be caused by any incorrect ratio of fats, proteins and carbohydrates.

There are other factors involved, especially getting adequate sleep at night, which includes getting to sleep by 10.30pm and getting at least 8 hours sleep per night.

Following these recommendations should help you have sustained energy during the day and prevent you from head butting your computer screen in the afternoon.

Metabolic Type® and Metabolic Typing® are registered trademarks of Healthexcel Inc.

OK, so there are a couple of questions to answer here. The answers are very complicated and more complex that I can discuss here, but here is my concise response.

Firstly, the post-workout insulin window. Insulin is a hormone released by the Pancreas to help maintain optimal carbohydrate and fat metabolism in the body. Insulin helps to drive glucose from the blood into the liver, muscle cells and fat cells. Once in the cells, glucose is stored as glycogen in the liver and muscles and triglycerides in fat cells.

The post-workout insulin window refers to being able to increase update of carbohydrates to replenish used muscle glycogen during the session, which also helps to reduce protein loss in muscle tissue. As far as I am aware, the research suggests that the ‘window’ can be anywhere from 30 minutes to 24-hours. It is likely that it depends on many other factors, such as workout type, training age and history, the condition of the person, biochemical individuality and hormonal status etc.

What is important is what you eat carbohydrates at every meal, not just post-exercise.

The second question is, when taking on 200 grams of carbs post-exercise is it possible to continue reducing body fat levels with continued use?

Firstly, it will depend on your current body fat levels. The closer you are to your lowest, healthy body fat level, the less likely you will continue to lose body fat. In addition, we all have different levels of insulin receptor sites on muscle cells and fat cells. The more receptor sites you have on muscle cells in proportion to the amount of receptor cells on fat cells, the more likely you are to be leaner.

It will also depend on what kind of exercise session you have performed and how much muscle glycogen you used.

To answer to the question, the proof is in the pudding. If you closely monitor your workouts, meals and fat body fat levels, you can  manipulate your post-workout carbohydrate intake and optimise the right level for you with careful fine-tuning. In essence, we are all different, so we need different amounts of post workout carbohydrates for optimal body fat loss and maintenance of muscle mass and these levels are likely to change over time.