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This Week's Webcast (Video): Intense Synergy: How to Dramatically Boost the Effectiveness of Supplements with Stephen Terras

Posted by nutricentre 17 Dec 2010 0 comments

Whether you're a natural healthcare practitioner who prescribes supplements or a member of the public who uses them, the priorities in choosing products are essentially the same. You not only need the product to have the right nutrients - you also need the nutrients to get where they have to go in the body AND you need the nutrients to do what they're supposed to do when they get there! Ultimately, what is needed for any supplement to work is for the body to achieve a state of intense nutritional and metabolic synergy in the body that is specific to the nutrients that have been consumed. However, factors such as genetics, age, gender, diet, lifestyle, stress levels, digestive capabilities can drastically impair our ability to achieve the necessary levels of synergy. This results in a reduction in the effect of nutrients consumed in both food and supplements.

Stephen's talk addresses these challenges and explains a scientific and holistic innovation in supplement formulation designed to enhance biological synergy which appears to be dramatically boosting the effectiveness of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. A scientific and holistic advancement designed to dramatically enhance the therapeutic and preventative benefits of nutritional supplements. Click below to watch the seminar and learn more.


The Nutri Centre Nutritionists watched this seminar and shared their expert opinions for you:

"Terras discusses the importance of synergy and that for any nutrient to work countless processes have to take place in the body.

It is not necessarily the supplement itself it is the person who is going to take it and their environment. Every nutrient needs a perfect environment for optimal use and each nutrients environment if different. There are so many factors such as genetics, age, gender etc that can affect the absorption of nutrients. It is essential to select the appropriate supplement and amount for the individual person.

Synergy is essential for optimal effectiveness of the nutrients which are ineffective unless the body can convert to an available form. It is important to combine the right nutrients for maximum absorption, such as adding root ginger with calcium, as ginger helps to stimulate the stomach.

Terras discusses the limitations to isolated nutrients and the importance of the optimal environment for the nutrient to carry out its full potential. He looks at trying to replicate the correct environment in the individuals diet to make the nutrient more affective. Use of whole fresh plants is essential to help replicate the chemistry as close as possible. Freeze-drying is important at retaining the properties of the product, and doing so as soon as possible after picking. Overall creating more bespoke products."

Stephen Terras, founder of Terranova Nutrition, is one of the UK's leading authorities in natural medicine. During his 30 year career in the natural healthcare field, including more than a decade as Technical Director of Solgar UK, Stephen's main focus has been the development of technical, scientific and educational programmes within the supplement industry. He has presented more than 400 lectures in 16 countries and has been a frequent guest lecturer for nutritional and naturopathic colleges. Stephen is also the author of eight books, an award-winning series of audio tapes and several magazine articles, as well as participating in numerous interviews in the press, radio and television.

Here are some of the products Stephen Terras mentioned during his seminar:


Due to Christmas season, the next Webcast Wednesday Live will be held on January 5th 2011.

To watch the next week's webcast LIVE, just visit The Nutri Centre Webcasts Page at 7 pm on January 5th, 2011.

To view our future webcasts list, click here.

To get more nutritional advice and daily health tips, you can always follow The Nutri Centre on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

Best of health,

The Nutri Centre Team


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Last Week's Webcast (Video): Herbs for Advancing Years with Jill Davies

Posted by nutricentre 13 Dec 2010 0 comments

Ageing well and feeling good is everybody's ideal.

It takes knowing how, commitment and enjoyment. Herbs, foods and more will be discussed and how to restore and revitalize the ageing body from changing, how the immune system functions altering cellular replacement activating and strengthening declining organs and systems in general. Just feeling empowered that you can radically change so called genetic or older age patterns can make an enormous difference to both the body and mind.

Click below to watch this seminar online:


The Nutri Centre Nutritionists watched this seminar for you and shared their expert opinions:

"The talk by Jill Davies a master herbalist was a really interesting and informative one, well worth checking out.  She has been in practice as a herbalist for 30 years and in this seminar discusses herbs for advancing years.

She mentions her training with Dr. Christopher, as well as the book Safe Hormones, Smart Women.

Detox is essential for ageing and it is essential we consume foods which are high in antioxidants. She discusses the ORAC scale and how the level of antioxidants is measured in foods, with foods such as blueberries and goji berries being high on the ORAC scale.

Using herbs such as black cohosh and agnus castus can help represent progesterone and oestrogen in the body. This can help to stop us aging. Research has found olive leaf to be linked to bone density and can increase osteoblast activity as well as possessing many other properties. 

Jill discusses the advantages of using herbs on-going from post-menopause to help reduce any deterioration.

She mentions a lot of different herbs which are available in gardens across the UK. 

Nettle root and saw palmetto can help to keep prostate healthy and steady out male hormones. Thyme has had research on it for an anti-aging herb, as well as its antioxidant properties, like that of wild oregano and garlic.

Hawthorne (berries, leaves and blossom) can help with arterial health.

The health of the liver is essential for detox and thus aging. Dandelion and burdock can be used for liver and kidney cleansing, helping to detox the system. Burdock is also great for balancing blood sugar levels. Wild collected nettle is very rich in calcium and magnesium so is fantastic for bone health and is a fantastic detoxifier too. Milk thistle is very strong and great for liver health, but should not be used daily. Artichoke is great on a daily basis for liver processes.

A lot of disease results from chronic inflammation. Echinachea has anti-inflammatory properties and can help keep the immune system from aging."

Jill Davies also mentioned the benefits of the following products during the seminar:

Flax Seed - £13.09



Jill Davies, F.A.M.H, PhD is a Herbalist and Natural Healer of 30 years. She has run both many clinics and her business selling herbal formulas during this time. She also teaches the subject and once owned a small herb school. She has written on her subject and has had over 14 titles out in her name over the years. Her love of this subject is still her passion together with plants and gardening, her formative training being in Horticulture at The Royal Botanic Kew and The Royal Horticulture Society, Wisley. Jill is a member of the Association of Master Herbalists, of which she was a former Chairman and also member of the British Herbal Medicine Association. 

To watch the next week's webcast LIVE, just visit The Nutri Centre Webcasts Page at 7 pm next Wednesday, December 15th.

To view our future webcasts list, click here.

To get more nutritional advice and daily health tips, you can always follow The Nutri Centre on Facebook and Twitter.

Best of health,

The Nutri Centre Team


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Last Week's Webcast (Video): Natural Solutions to Depression with Peter Smith

Posted by nutricentre 6 Dec 2010 0 comments

Whether or not depression is genuinely on the increase is hard to say, what is definitely on the increase however is the medicating of depression with pharmaceuticals. Antidepressants have a useful role in saving lives from suicide in serious major depressive episodes. When antidepressants are prescribed in cases of moderate and even mild depression it is an example of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. In such cases supplements, herbs, dietary change and humanistic psychotherapy can provide a genuine alternative to antidepressants. Click below to watch the video and learn more on this subject:


The Nutri Centre Nutritionist Lorna watched this week's seminar and shared her expert opinions for you:

"This week at Nutri Centre -we had a free talk on Natural Solutions for Depression. Depression at many levels is a common condition and can be often resolved without the need for prescription medication. Even if you just want to improve your mood and brain function...this lecture explains how." 

 

Peter Smith mentioned the following products, due to their helpful effects for fighting depression. You can click on the product names to view them on The Nutri Centre website.


Now Foods L-tyrosine - £8.95
Now Foods L- phenylalanine - £9.95
Udo’s Choice Ultimate Oil Blend - £9.99
Higher Nature True Food B complex - £6.60
Higher Nature True Food Theanine - £7.45
Solgar Rhodiola - £16.54
New Era Tissue Salts Kali Phos - £4.90
VM75 (Solgar) - £8.53
NAC Cysteine (Now Foods) - £23.95


Peter Smith practices at the Hale clinic (central London) as a holistic medical consultant and has been in practice since 1988. He is trained in Bicom resonance therapy, which diagnoses and treats allergies, Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, nutritional medicine, psychotherapy and meditation/Kundalini yoga. He has extensive experience in nutritional approaches to treating depression and anxiety.www.BalancingBrainChemistry.com www.HaleClinic.com 


To watch the next week's webcast LIVE, just visit The Nutri Centre Webcasts Page at 7 pm next Wednesday, December 8th.

To view our future webcasts list, click here.

To get more nutritional advice and daily health tips, you can always follow The Nutri Centre on Facebook and Twitter.
Best of health,
The Nutri Centre Team


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Relieve the sore muscles during the winter colds and sports!

Posted by nutricentre 3 Dec 2010 0 comments

The days are getting shorter and the nights are drawing in. While for some the official start of winter means cosy nights in front of the fire, others are eagerly anticipating hitting the slopes as the action packed ski season kicks off.

Cruising down the powdery runs can be exhilarating and, while nothing can compare to the adrenaline rush, the sudden burst of activity and continuous pressure can place increased strain on joints, stress that over time can result in the breakdown of cartilage, and a loss of joint stability. Weak joints, particularly in the legs make winter sport enthusiasts highly susceptible to injury, with around 2-4 in every 1000 skiers sustaining injuries each day.

However, preparing your body for the winter sport season has never been easier with the wide selection of joint and tissue support products on offer at The Nutri Centre.

The Nutri Centre Team recommends:


Dynamint Muscle and Joint Balm(s)

25% off for The Nutri Centre customers - Just use the code DY01 when you purchase online. 

Click here to view or purchase Dynamint on The Nutri Centre.


View our entire Joint Health Selection by clicking here!

Wishing you all the best in health.

Hope you have a good winter!

The Nutri Centre Team


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Top Tips for Eating Out Healthily

Posted by nutricentre 2 Dec 2010 0 comments

   
TOP TIPS FOR EATING OUT HEALTHILY


1. Make careful menu selections by paying close attention to the food descriptions – If it says deep fried or creamy it may be higher in fat and calories. Go for grilled, boiled, poached, steamed or stir-fried.

2. Drink water with your meal – fizzy drinks are a hugh source of calories. Ask for a slice of lemon or lime in your water for flavour.

3. Ask for any sauces to be on the side rather than on the food. You then have control over how much you eat.

4. Watch portion sizes. Don’t ask for large of anything.

5. Watch your salt intake – Don’t add salt to fast food which tend to already have added salt to the food.

6. Eat slowly and enjoy every mouthful.

CHINESE FOOD

• Choose items with lots of vegetables
• Substitute chicken for duck
• Remember that anything in batter may be high in fat
• Opt for steamed or plain rice rather than egg-fried rice
• Swap dishes with fried meats for dishes with lots of vegetables
• Good options are steamed fish, chicken chop suey, Szechuan prawns

ITALIAN FOOD

• Enjoy pasta with a healthier sauce of tomatoes or vegetables rather than a creamy sauce
• Swap garlic bread (which can be laden with saturated fat) for a bruschetta topped with fresh tomatoes and herbs.
• If you order pizza choose toppings such as spinach, mushrooms, broccoli, fish, and roasted peppers.

INDIAN FOOD

• Start with a salad or yogurt with chopped or shredded vegetables. Avoid eating all those popadoms!
• Swap curries made with a coconut milk or cream for curries with a vegetable or dal base.
• Choose a chicken tikka meal rather than a creamy korma or massala
• Opt for steamed or boiled plain
• Ask for a chapatti rather than a fried or stuffed bread

BURGER RESTAURANTS

• Beware of burgers topped with cheese, mayonnaise and bacon – they add saturated fat and calories
• Pickles, onions. Lettuce, tomato, mustard and ketchup add flavour without the fat
• Swap fried chicken for grilled chicken with salad
• Swap French fries for baked potato with vegetables or low-fat or fat free sour cream topping
• Swap a milkshake for juice or water

BREAKFAST RESTAURANTS

• Start your meal with a glass of fruit juice
• Order wholegrain instead of white toast
• Ask for omelette or scrambled eggs rather than fried eggs
• Enjoy a low fat yoghurt with fruit
• Ask for tomatoes and mushrooms with your cooked breakfast rather than sausage or bacon

Written by The Nutri Centre Nutritionists


You may want that little bit of extra help by taking a supplement.

Ultra Fat busters by Natures Plus - Fat Blocker/Carb Blocker (£25.75)

Nature’s Plus® ULTRA FAT BUSTERS TABLETS is an advanced weight loss supplement. When used in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise program, this product fights the battle of the bulge on two fronts by targeting both fats and carbs. Ultra fat busters supports your weight loss with a fast release layer that works immediately in the stomach and the small intestine and an extended release layer that delivers up to 10 hours of nutritional metabolic support for maximum effectiveness.

The Nutri Centre Team also recommends Optibac For A Flat Stomach (£8.49) and Viridian Digestive Aid (£6.75) for your optimum digestive health.


Wishing you all the best in health,

The Nutri Centre Team


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Hangover Cures for Christmas

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During all the Christmas rush, we shouldn't forget about maintaining good health. Therefore, why not read the following article on hangover cures & prevention written by The Nutri Centre Nutritionists?

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The day following a night out often means a throbbing headache, nausea, fatigue and generally feeling terrible.

These are all hangover symptoms that show that the body is in a dehydrated and very acidic state.  Alcohol disrupts blood sugar balance and blood glucose control which can often means sudden and intense hunger, cravings and nausea – all signs of low blood sugar.

You need to nourish, rehydrate and support the body.

As a prevention, before you go out take a milk thistle tincture to help the liver deal with the toxins that will be introduced into the body.  Taking it in tincture form will enable it to be digested quickly rather than in capsule form which is slightly slower.

Milk Thistle Tincture (100% Organic) by Viridian - £7.30


When you are out, drink a glass of water for every alcoholic beverage.  This slows down drinking, providing more time for the body to deal with the alcohol.  Some people deal with moderate spirit intake better than wine due to the sulphates in wine.  Try not to mix your drinks.

Before bed, drink a couple of glasses of water. Try having a snack to help balance blood sugar levels.  Consider marmite on toast (marmite has high levels of B vits), Humous, peanut butter on wholegrain toast.

In the morning try having a smoothie made up of banana, kiwi, flaxseed, cinnamon and spirulina.  This will ensure a good supply of vitamin C, B vitamins and chromium to help balance blood sugar levels.




Drinkin Mate is a good supplement to take. Drinkin' Mate™ is an effervescent tablet with all natural Wild Guava Leaf extract that may reduce or eliminates the negative effects of alcohol. (£3.20 on The Nutri Centre)









Kudzu is a supplement that may help accelerate recovery from hangovers by facilitating the elimination of acetaldehyde from the body. (Kudzu by Planatary Formulas -  £17.49)




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The Nutri Centre Team also recommends Napiers Vintage Overindulgence Set (£10.00) for hangovers and after-meal bloating.

Wishing you all the best in health,

The Nutri Centre Team


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A great article on Slimming, by Ultra-FIT Magazine

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As slimming has become one of the major issues before the Christmas and New Year's Eve, we would like to share a quite informative article on slimming and fat burning, previously published by Ultra-FIT on their Oct/Nov 2010 issue. 

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Fat Incineration - The CV* way

Ask many of you why you exercise and the answer will be ‘to burn fat and shed weight’, in pursuit of a lean and toned attractive body. Weight watch provides you with the tips to fan your fat burning flame – this issue we consider CV exercise’s role.

* CV: Cardiovascular.

CV exercise and Fat Burning

When we workout our body uses more calories (the body’s preferred energy source is carbohydrate, but in many ways this is not important as total calorie burn counts. However, with prolonged CV training, as we shall see, we can tip the calories burned scales more toward fat. And we can tip the basic fundamental laws of chemical thermodynamics in your favour (see box).

Working out increases the amount of lean muscle on our body. This is a good thing because the leaner we are the more calories we will consume to tick over at rest (our ‘basal metabolic rate’). This is great news, as more
calories will be burnt even when sitting or sleeping! A gain in 0.45kg of lean muscle can result in around 200 - 300 calories being burnt a week by doing nothing! Our training also helps regulate appetite, which in turn helps maintain the appropriate balance between ‘energy in’ and ‘energy out’. Without regular workouts many people lose the ability to regulate their energy consumption, overeat, gain weight and end up on the ‘wrong’ side of the thermodynamic equation.

Working out is the number fat loss tool, but what’s more effective CV or resistance training? The sort of simple answer to that is initially at least aerobic exercise (also known as ‘endurance’, ‘cardiovascular’ or ‘stamina’ training) such as jogging/running, cycling, swimming, rowing, skipping, X-country skiing etc. This is because aerobic exercise is fuelled by combining carbohydrate, fat and (to a small extent) protein with oxygen. The use of oxygen is especially important here because a) there’s an unlimited supply in the air around us so providing we don’t exercise too vigorously we can continue to exercise for long periods. This helps us burn a lot of calories in total and b) using oxygen means that we can derive large amounts of energy for aerobic exercise from fat. Unlike carbohydrate (the other main fuel for the body), fat needs an abundant supply of oxygen in order to be converted to energy.

Intense stop/start (anaerobic) exercise promotes oxygen uptake (but it relies almost exclusively on carbohydrate for energy) and so can’t ‘train’ the body to burn fat. However, it does have its place in an exercise programme as we’ll see later.

How much, how intense?

Numerous studies have shown that (for those new to exercise at least) that 3-4 sessions of aerobic exercise per week lasting from 30- 60min can produce significant fat loss. As a rule of thumb you should be aiming to expend about 1000-2000 calories per week through your workouts. But how hard should you be working? If you use the treadmill or rower at your gym, you may well have seen charts describing the optimum ‘fat burning zone’, as an exercise intensity of around 60-65% of your maximum heart rate (MHR = approx 220 – your age in years). However, this is a gross oversimplification and in many cases just plain wrong. Note: the myth of the ‘fat burning zone is thankfully being gradually banished from training folk-lore.

The myth developed because at very low exercise intensities, a large proportion of the energy required to fuel our efforts is derived from fat. However, as exercise intensity increases progressively more energy is supplied by carbohydrates and the proportion supplied by fat begins to decline. At very high intensities, nearly all the energy comes from carbohydrate breakdown and almost none from fat.

It’s important to realise however that the exercise intensity at which most fat is burned (‘fat max’) varies enormously from person to person and crucially, the aerobically fitter you are the more fat you will burn at higher exercise intensities. A very unfit person may have a fat max at 50% of their maximum heart rate. A moderately fit person at 60%, a very fit person at 70% and an elite athlete at 75-80% of MHR! Although exercising at 60-65% of your MHR might be a good intensity for those new to exercise, it’s not the optimum intensity for fat burning. Increasing your intensity a little might reduce the proportion of energy coming from fat, but if the total calorie burn is higher, you will still burn more fat calories in total. This is a very important consideration – the fitter you get aerobically the greater the intensity of your fat max fat burning will be.


Oct/Nov 2010 - Ultra-FIT


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In addition to these invaulable excercise suggestions offered by Ultra-FIT, The Nutri Centre has brilliant nutritional supplement solutions to assist your weight management goals for Christmas.


Wishing you all the best in health,

The Nutri Centre Team


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Gargling Green Tea to Fight Colds and Flu

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According to Daily Mail's recent article based on a Japanese study, gargling green tea, aside from drinking it, can be helpful on fighting colds and flu (November 30, 2010).

Why not check the article on Daily Mail?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1334187/Latest-health-findings-Gargling-green-tea-fight-flu-ear-implant-banish-dizziness.html

If you like the idea, we have two brilliant mouthwash products, rich in Green Tea:

T-Oral Intense Mouthwash (with Green Tea) - £6.99
T-Oral Regular Mouthwash (with Green Tea) - £4.99












Green Tea is always a star, so if you are after various other green tea solutions, why not check out the options below?

Solgar Green Tea Leaf Extract
60 Veg Capsules - £12.72










Jason Tea Time Green Tea Moisturiser (Organic)
113g Cream - £10.99












Wishing you all the best in health,

The Nutri Centre Team


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