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Mental health
Free Talk:
Alzheimer’s Disease -
21 September
Nutritional Cooking Class:
16 September
Recipe –
Roasted Aubergine with
Saffron Yoghurt and
Fresh Pomegranates
New In Store!
Fresh Earth Practitioners:
Betsi Pendry
An integrated approach
to preventing and treating
Alzheimer’s Disease by
Dr Cornelia Botha
Essential Oil Workshop:
2 October
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Losing your mind as you get older is a myth. You can stay mentally alert with the right nutrition.
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If your memory isn't as good as it used to be, your concentration is fading and your mind is not so sharp, you may be another victim of a widespread epidemic of brain drain.
At best, you may be failing to reach your full potential for mental health. At worst you may be one of 4 million people now thought to be suffering from age related memory decline – reduced cognitive function and an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease later in life. With an ever-ageing population, the prediction is that by 2040 there will be 80 million Alzheimer’s Disease sufferers worldwide |
The good news is that mental decline is not inevitable and you can boost your memory and mental alertness at any age.
Research shows clearly that healthy, well-nourished and well-educated people show no signs of declining mental function with age. What’s more, while it is true that brain cells die with age, you can also build new brain cells at any age. How? By feeding your brain, both with the right nutrients and the right information.
Brain Friendly Foods such as wholegrains, lentils, beans, nuts, seeds, fresh fruit and vegetables must form part of your daily diet. Avoid any form of sugar
Combine protein foods with carbohydrate foods by eating wholegrain cereals and fruit with raw, unsalted nuts or seeds, and ensuring you eat starchy foods (potatoes, bread, pasta or rice) with protein-rich lentils, beans, organic eggs or tofu.
Use cold-pressed seed oils. Choose an oil blend containing flaxseed oil or hemp oil for salad dressings and cold uses, such as drizzling on vegetables instead of butter. Don’t cook with these oils as their fats are easily damaged by heat.
Minimise your intake of fried food, processed food and saturated fat from meat and dairy to avoid damage to brain fats.
Abundant health
Matthew Ballenden
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By Dr. Cornelia Botha
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a degenerative brain disease that slowly destroys memory, intellectual skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks of daily living. |
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Fresh Earth Food Store FREE Talk:
If someone you know, is affected by Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, then don’t miss our free talk on Monday 21 September.
Guest speaker: Dr Cornelia Botha, Homeopath.
Time: 10h00
Where: Fresh Earth Food Store,
103 Komatie Road,
Emmarentia
(click here)
Space is limited. Please call 011 646 4404 to reserve your seat or e-mail info@freshearth.co.za |
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As AD progresses, symptoms will include confusion, irritability, aggression, mood swings, language breakdown, long-term memory loss, and general withdrawal from society and even family. AD is usually diagnosed in people over the age of 60 years of age. However, the less-prevalent early-onset Alzheimer's Disease can occur in people as young as 30 – 40 years of age.
AD is considered irreversible, since there is no known cure. But the results of recent research indicate that someday it might be possible to delay the onset of AD, slow its progress, or even prevent it altogether.
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Medical scientists don’t yet fully understand what causes AD, but it is clear that it develops due to a complex series of events that occur over a long period of time.
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There are various risk factors for developing AD, which include genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. We may not have much control over certain risk factors such as age and genetic profile, but research is showing that modifying other factors (e.g. physical and mental activity, diet, and exposure to environmental toxins) may impact on the more fixed risk factors such as genetic make-up.
Genes:
There are a number of genes that predispose a person to developing AD. Possessing genetic risk factors does not mean that you will definitely develop AD; it only increases the risk. This is because genes often need to be activated: Genes + Environmental / Lifestyle Factors = Disease. Because there are a variety of different genes that contribute to AD development and progression, it is important to employ individualised treatment and / or prevention regimes. |
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Essential Oil Workshop:
When: Friday 2 October
Where: Fresh Earth Food Store,
103 Komatie Road,
Emmarentia
(click here)
Time: 09h00 - 11h30
Cost: R100 per person
Space is limited.
Please call 011 646 4404 to reserve your seat or
e-mail info@freshearth.co.za
For more information,
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Physical activity:
Epidemiologic studies have found associations between physical activity and improved cognitive skills and reduced AD risk. In fact, researchers have found that the risk of AD is 35 to 40 percent lower in those who exercise for at least 15 minutes 3 or more times a week than in those who exercise fewer than 3 times a week. Exercise increases the number of small blood vessels that supply blood to the brain and increases the number of connections between nerve cells. Furthermore, exercise raises the level of specific brain-growth factors in an area of the brain that is particularly important to memory and learning.
Mental activity:
Studies have shown that keeping the brain active is associated with reduced AD risk. Investigators reported that the risk of developing AD was 47 percent lower for people who spent the most time involved in information-processing activities (e.g. listening to the radio, reading newspapers, playing puzzle games etc). www.whatsyourbrainage.co.za
Lifelong learning also confers a substantial benefit. Researchers have reported that cognitively healthy older people had engaged in more mentally stimulating activities and spent more hours doing them than did those who ultimately developed AD.
Click here to read more
Dr Cornelia Botha is a registered homeopathic doctor who does a lot of work in her practice with various degenerative diseases (including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease), autoimmune diseases, cancer and HIV. She employs a holistic approach, tailored for each patient, which may include any combination of homeopathy, herbs, nutrition, nutraceuticals and chelation of heavy metals. www.healthinc.co.za |
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Betsi Pendry - Life Coach
Life design and performance coaching is a powerful method to support you to realise your potential, rediscover the power of play, develop your life and its transitions and to live powerfully, purposefully, peacefully, passionately and filled with possibility. |
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Betsi Pendry, MPH, combines her years of experience as social and movement/body therapist with the tools of Martha Beck based life coaching. These tools can help you transform your life, relationships and workplace, supporting you to discover new ways of being in life and in work, with yourself, with others and in the world.
She believes that play and the creative instinct are essential human capabilities which can be harnessed to help us create our lives, our families, our professions, workplaces and communities continuously. Helping us create the lives that we want to live. These tools for transformation and development can be helpful for individuals, families, businesses and NGO environments.
For more information about her Coaching sessions and workshops please contact Betsi Pendry on 082-666-5505 or by email at bitpendry@mweb.co.za |
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Serves four
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Ingredients:
- 3 Medium Aubergines
cut into wedges
- Olive Oil for brushing
- 2 tbsp Pine Nuts
- 80g Pomegranate Seeds
- 1 Handful Organic Basil Leaves
- Sea Salt
- Black Pepper
Saffron Dressing:
- A pinch of Saffron Strands
- 3 tbsp Hot Water
- 180g Greek Yoghurt
- 1 clove crushed Garlic
- 2 ½ tbsp freshly squeezed Lemon Juice
- 3 tbsp Olive Oil
Method:
Preheat the oven to 220 degrees.
Place the aubergines onto a roasting tray and brush with plenty of olive oil on both sides and sprinkle with sea salt and black pepper.
Roast for about 25 minutes until the aubergine takes on a light brown colour.
Allow them to cool. |
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Nutritional
Cooking Class:
Want to make healthy changes in your own life?
Our Nutritional Cooking Class, on Wednedsay 16 September, will show you how to take advantage of the healing power of foods.
Designed by Matthew Ballenden, nutritional chef, the class includes information about how certain foods and nutrients work to promote immune strength and inhibit disease progression along with cooking demonstrations of simple and healthy recipes that can easily be recreated at home.
The goal of this class is to show you how to prepare yummy meals from scratch without compromising on the nutritional value of the ingredients.
For more info, click here |
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For the Dressing:
Combine the hot water and the saffron to create an infusion.
Allow the water to cool for about five minutes.
Combine the yoghurt and the saffron infusion, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil and some salt.
Whisk well to create a smooth golden sauce.
Season to taste.
To Serve:
Stack the aubergine wedges on a large plate.
Drizzle the saffron dressing over the aubergines.
Sprinkle with pine nuts and pomegranates and arrange the basil on top.
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