My Squidoo Lenses
1. Healthy Sugar – Trehalose
Trehalose
Trehalose is a relatively recent discovery and just 10 years ago Trehalose was confined to the research labs and academics. The breakthrough came in Japan about 15 years ago when a scientist managed to get an enzyme to convert simple starch into Trehalose. This breakthrough enabled Trehalose to r…
Healthy Living – Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:18:18
Healthy Living – Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:18:18
2. Healthy Sugars – Are There Any
We’ve been told by countless people over countless years that Sugar is bad for us and we’ve believed it to be a true statement. The question we should be asking is this Is all sugar the same and are there healthy sugars and even vital sugars. We know know that the statement ‘all fats are bad for …
Healthy Living – Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:53:19
Healthy Living – Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:53:19
3. Sickle Cell – Questions and Answers News!
Get your complementary Parents Guide to Sickle Cell Sickle Cell was very poorly understood as recently as 1960. It existed we just didn’t understand it. Today we understand sickle cell (often referred to as sickle cell anaemia, sickle-cell or sicklecell) but as yet there is no cure. There is a ho…
Parenting & Kids – Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:58:31
Parenting & Kids – Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:58:31
4. Dietary Sources of Galactose
Galactose is a vital component of our diets and sadly it is becoming increasingly rare in our processed diets. That means that there is some significant benefit to be obtained from adding it back in the form that the body can metabolise easily. That best form is arabinogalactan which is often der…
Healthy Living – Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:37:17
Healthy Living – Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:37:17
5. Artificial Sweeteners News!
The human body is a remarkable thing but strangely it can get addicted to things. All addictions are harmful in some way but we have become so sensitised to food being sweet that a huge number of people are effectively addicted to sucrose or glucose or artificial sweeteners – e.g.. sucralose, spl…
Education – Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:52:00
Education – Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:52:00
6. Cut Motoring Fuel Costs News!
In order to cut your motoring fuel costs there are some really simple things you must do. You need an engine running cleanly (good emissions)and well maintained, tyres correctly inflated and a car in good condition. With Fuel, Petrol and Diesel, costs rising every day it makes sense to make sure…
Cars – Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:43:01
Cars – Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:43:01
7. Masterchef
It is a sign that winter is approaching whenMasterchef appears on the television once again. So why is this format of reality television so engaging? The competition reminds me of a sort of gladiatorial match between culinary warriors. The question is who wields the biggest sword and who has the …
Food & Cooking – Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:21:28
Food & Cooking – Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:21:28
Menopause need not herald the historically recent period of purgatory that most medical professionals seem to have settled on. With a little bit of effort it can be a period of hope and happiness that heralds the rest of your life. Hot flushes and everything that goes with them can be banished. T…
Healthy Living – Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:51:21
Healthy Living – Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:51:21
The odds are that you, or someone you know, has diabetes already or is at risk for developing this disease. Nearly 21 million Americans-or roughly 1 in every 14 people-have diabetes, and many more are at risk (the proportionate figures for the UK are much the same). Of course, if you or someone y…
Healthy Living – Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:17:53
Healthy Living – Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:17:53
Alzheimer’s is an incurable, degenerative and terminal illness that is more common in the elderly but is also known in much younger people 20 years and upwards. It is typified by memory loss, confusion, short & long term memory issues, mood swings and other problems. It places huge burdens on car…
Healthy Living – Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:45:33
Healthy Living – Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:45:33
11. A Sugar That Protects Teeth!
Teeth are living cells and repair themselves continually. Constant exposure to sugary substances live sucrose or drinks like coke, lemonade etc all lead to damage that, if it gets severe enough can’t be repaired. Xylitol has been used for some years in drinks and confectionery but now there is a …
Healthy Living – Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:38:33
Healthy Living – Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:38:33
12. Acid Reflux | GERD | Heart Burn
I suffered for 27 years with Acid reflux and for all that time suffered both chronic and acute pain. I was being sick, couldn’t sleep properly. I remember one time that even driving around a roundabout i had to stop because I felt so ill. Sometimes the acute pain feels like a heart attack and oth…
Healthy Living – Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:52:10
Healthy Living – Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:52:10
Diabetes is endemic in western society today and it is increasing all over the world where we see people switch to a diet rich in simple starch and carbohydrates. China, Nigeria, Kenya, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Europe, America, Canada are all reporting explosive growth in diabetes. We have to …
Healthy Living – Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:23:17
Healthy Living – Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:23:17
14. Nitric Oxide and Sickle Cell
Research into Sickle Cell as recently as 2005 suggests that an inability of red blood cells to relax blood vessels through the release of nitric oxide is a major factor behind the disease’s primary symptoms — including oxygen deprivation and blocked vessels that can lead to pain, clots and strok…
Healthy Living – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:11:20
Healthy Living – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:11:20
For an Englishman the Americas cup is an emotive subject. We held the innaugural race around the Isle of Wight in 1851 between 2 yachts – it was won by the yacht America and sadly hasn’t been won by the UK ever since. In truth it remained with the USA until 1983 when it was won by the yacht Austr…
Sports & Recreation – Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:34:13
Sports & Recreation – Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:34:13
16. Amino Acids
The essential amino acids are arginine (required for the young, but not for adults), histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. The 10 amino acids that we can produce are alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, gluta…
Healthy Living – Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:56
Healthy Living – Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:45:56
We use a common working structure that allows us to align as a team and work extremely effectively together. It is called the creative process. The creative process structure allows you to set specific goals around your health and business and provides a framework for achieving those goals. We u…
Education – Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:10:56
Education – Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:10:56
Diabetes is a debilitating illness that affects and blights so many people and the number is growing exponentially. This lens is born out of personal experience and the strong desire not to become a diabetic myself. That’s a very personal thing because every one of my father’s brothers and sister…
Healthy Living – Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:29:27
Healthy Living – Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:29:27
19. Creating What Matters To You
We work with people to create a healthier them. We have a simple, easy to understand 4 step process that can’t help but lead towards better health for you and your family. We don’t tell you what to eat or when to eat it. We simply ask you what you want to achieve and ascertain how important it is…
Culture & Society – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:30:18
Culture & Society – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:30:18
This emotive and enthralling film is about the journey rather than the cast. Yes the cast area good but the journey continues beyond the film in many different ways. If a story births a movement then that has to be bigger than the film on its own. The cost to Hilary Swank in her relationship with…
Culture & Society – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:21:18
Culture & Society – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:21:18
21. Raw Food Diet
Raw Food Benefits In a closely monitored trial of 6 people with insulin dependant diabetes by adopting a raw food diet over 30 days – that means no meat, no dairy and eating foods close to the way nature made them. In 30 days each one was off Insulin, getting back to a normal weight, looking and …
Education – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:56:58
Education – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:56:58
22. Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Kiyosaki has influenced my thinking about finances and wealth probably more than any other author. His book Rich Dad Poor Dad is a seminal work which concentrated my mind on where money goes and where it comes from and even more importantly – how can I make more and hold onto more so that …
Books, Poetry & Writing – Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:33:39
Books, Poetry & Writing – Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:33:39
23. healthography
I have grouped these pages into 3 areas so it is easier to navigate through them by broad subject area. 1. health or human environment 2. natural environment 3. making/saving money I love educating people and researching new things. I love researching areas that i know little about but am critic…
Healthy Living – Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:29:37
Healthy Living – Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:29:37
24. Healthy Mentors waiting to help
Healthy Mentorsare people, from all walks of life, who have direct and personal experience of health challenges and offer to walk alongside others sharing their experience. A mentor is someone who will listen and talk with you to help you find your way. They will not tell you to do anything but r…
Healthy Living – Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:48:50
Healthy Living – Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:48:50
25. 101 Reasons Why Im Proud To Be English
Even though we lost to France in the 2011 Rugby World Cup I’m still proud to be English. The Scottish are patriotic, the Welsh are glad to poke fun at the English and the Australians just want to beat us at any sport. Why is it they can be patriotic but being English gets lost in the background n…
Culture & Society – Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:51:55
Culture & Society – Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:51:55
26. drawing
I started using Smart Draw 3 some 8 years ago. So long in fact that no one at the corporate offices has a copy any more. I lost my copy of Smart Draw 3 missed it so much. Smart Draw is much more than a business drawing programme. It has such amazing educational resources for teachers and pupils a…
Education – Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:06:11
Education – Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:06:11
The Mitsubishi Pajero (Shogun in the UK Market and Montero in North America) is a long-standing 4×4 made in Japan and subsequently exported all over the world. The Pajero is a strong, stylish and comfortable 4×4 and one that has gained an enviable reputation among enthusiasts. The first few cars …
Cars – Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:01:52
Cars – Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:01:52
28. Gulf Heritage
You may have seen the arabian coffee and tea pots being used in films like Laurence of Arabia but theya re fast becoming collectable items. The really valuable ones are those that are well used and cared for and many are 30 years old or more. This page is about Gulf Heritage and the collectable a…
Culture & Society – Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:56:06
Culture & Society – Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:56:06
29. alzheimers
There are many risk factors associated with the development of Alzheimer’s and one of the most common is the concept of Insulin Resistance. Insulin resistance probably affects 50% of the population even before it is diagnosed. The other risk increasing factors around Alzheimer’s are discussed a l…
Healthy Living – Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:24:17
Healthy Living – Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:24:17
COUGHS, COLDS, COLD SORES AND FLU – it’s that time of year again. Prepare for winter chills by building up your natural immunity. And if disaster strikes and you pick up an infection, reach for natural first aid treatments.
Healthy Living – Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:41:41
Healthy Living – Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:41:41
31. Matt Redman
Matt Redman is probably the single most influential Christian musician of the last 25 years. His music, driven by guitars and powerful lyrics, has led christian music and worship in a whole new direction. This site is more to do with where he’s come from, who has influenced him and interstingly, …
Music – Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:28:44
Music – Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:28:44
32. SMARTDRAW LESSON 3 – Charts
The charting modules within SmartDraw make creating bright charts with unlimited flexibility probably mean that once you’ve grasped the principles you will never create another chart the old way.
Education – Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:10:40
Education – Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:10:40
33. How to Help People with Parkinsons
For many years now we have heard and seen a growing body of people with parkinsons ‘come out of the closet’. The most famous being Mohamed Ali and Michael J Fox. I have huge respect for both of them and only wish to serve the cause. There is a growing sense that the cause and cure of Parkinsons m…
Healthy Living – Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:26:46
Healthy Living – Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:26:46
Water is not a limitless commodity and consequently its is sold to us. As it becomes more scarce the simple laws of supply and demand work to push up prices. Now I know that is a bit of an oversimplification but it isn’t far from the truth. However, costs are rising and there are some simple thin…
Education – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:38:07
Education – Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:38:07
This looks like an unlikely combination but what we’ve found is that combining various dietary and nutritionally lead approaches to Sickle Cell with Trehalose has produced results that we couldn’t have dreamed of. We have to be honest but some of what we are seeing in terms of the effects of Treh…
Education – Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:21:35
Education – Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:21:35
36. Insulin – is it essential?
If we ate food that wasn’t highly processed and didn’t contain loads of starchy carbohydrates would we even need insulin? This lens sets out to examine the question – what would life be like if we didn’t NEED Insulin? Let me expand just so you know where we are headed. I’ve been working in the pr…
Healthy Living – Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:17:03
Healthy Living – Sun, 30 Oct 2011 19:17:03
37. probiotics
this page is all about dispelling the myths around probiotics and suggesting how you might want to select a product to use. Read about a peer review paper that proved that doctors don’t understand or use probiotics even when the recommend antibiotics that destroy the flora of the gut.
Healthy Living – Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:19:22
Healthy Living – Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:19:22
38. Work from Home
If you are looking to build a business based on the goal of developing a residual income just be aware that there are many people who will take your dream and sell it back to you but their motives may well be selfish. The goal of residual income is worthy and worth striving for but there are many…
Business & Work – Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:14:00
Business & Work – Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:14:00
39. SUPER FOODS – EASY CHOICES
SuperFoods are far more than just “supplements” like vitamins and minerals. They are foods that provide health benefits far beyond their recognized nutritional value. They help us to embrace health instead of fighting disease. When you increase your SuperFoods consumption the inevitable result is…
Food & Cooking – Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:54:02
Food & Cooking – Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:54:02
To perform at any level in sports you need to have adequate glucose in you blood stream and muscles to sustain the level of activity. Too little and you just can’t perform and too much and you’ll feel awful. Elite athletes learn how to ensure they have the right levels at the right time, that’s w…
Healthy Living – Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:03:22
Healthy Living – Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:03:22
41. Label Printers
Label Printers are becoming the must have desktop accessory for productivity. Imagine needing to print a label and just selecting the text and sending it to the label printer directly. It’s fast, clean and easy. Labels used to cause so many problems but today with all the technology improvements …
Business & Work – Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:31:48
Business & Work – Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:31:48
42. stirling engines – lesson 1
If you’ve never heard of a Stirling Engine – all that’s about to change. Stirling engines are very good at certain things and have potentially high efficiencies. This first lesson in Stirling Engines just gets the general principles across. Stirling Engines are not new they just haven’t really re…
Education – Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:03:26
Education – Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:03:26
43. The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson
Throughout my life i continually come accross people who display a very common trait. The people I’m talking about are those that are focussed no getting the ‘big break’. They are in every area of life, business, politics, medicine, authors, the lottery, dieters and church. The list could probabl…
Books, Poetry & Writing – Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:54:39
Books, Poetry & Writing – Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:54:39
44. Homeopathy
Phil and Rosa Hughes are delighted to welcome you to the Homeopathic Clinic in Crosby, Liverpool. Over the years the clinic has built up an excellent reputation in the Merseyside area by offering effective, safe complimentary therapies. The centre (formerly known as the Waterloo Homeopathic Clini…
Healthy Living – Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:54:08
Healthy Living – Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:54:08
45. The Power of the Mexican Wild Yam
There are some 600 different types of Yams and it is important to identify the differences and make sure you get the right one. Dioscorea villosa is the Mexican Wild Yam that has received most attention particularly for its health benefits. It is important that right at the start we make the dist…
Healthy Living – Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:39:30
Healthy Living – Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:39:30
46. ARE YOU SAFE ON THE INTERNET
In 2003 there were 6000 new viruses every week. They were looking to damage. Today the threat is very different. The goal today is to capture your personal details for very organised gangs to steal money on a huge scale. Today less than 1% of cybercrime involves e mail viruses. So how does it hap…
Internet – Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:32:15
Internet – Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:32:15
47. Credit Cards – Myths and Truth
The legends that grow up around credit cards aren’t quite as easy for the average person to research and refute. Credit card issuers can be pretty close lipped about their practices, and even those who proclaim themselves experts in the field can get it wrong. So I talked to spokespeople from Vis…
Culture & Society – Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:12:45
Culture & Society – Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:12:45
48. STROKES – BE AWARE OF THE SIGNS
There is a lot of misunderstanding and confusion about strokes and it is worth knowing the signs and what to do about them. In very simple terms a stoke occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted or even reduced. They can be caused by burst blood vessels, blood clots, embo…
Healthy Living – Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:37
Healthy Living – Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:11:37
49. MicroCHP
The principle is that a gas or oil fuelled engine drives a generator that produces electricity. The heat from the engine block, oil cooler and exhaust, which would normally be wasted is absorbed by coolant water through a high efficiency heat exchanger. This energy, stored as hot water is then u…
Education – Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:52:15
Education – Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:52:15
50. Business Labels
Label printing used to involve printing on sheets of labels and feeding them through our normal inkjet or laser printer. It was very difficult to set them up properly and very often I’ve ended up wasting a whole sheet because I got the alignment wrong or something on the label wasn’t right. Eithe…
Business & Work – Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:53:40
Business & Work – Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:53:40
51. Nutratose Fraud | The Future is Bright | The Truth Is Finally Heard |
SPRINGFIELD — A federal grand jury indicted three businesses in Springfield on Thursday on charges of fraudulent marketing. The grand jury believes the companies, their two owners and business associates fraudulently marketed several dietary supplements over the Internet with illegal claims that…
Healthy Living – Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:21:51
Healthy Living – Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:21:51
52. Linda Caster
Linda Caster is the wife of Sam Caster, founder and Chairman of the Board of Mannatech Inc., a global nutraceutical company. She is also the co-founder and Vice President of MannaRelief, a Christian charity that freely supplies highly specialized nutritional products to thousands of orphans and c…
Nonprofits – Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:23:47
Nonprofits – Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:23:47
One of the best indicators of Ageing is level of inflammation in your systems. C-reactive protein (CRP)was originally discovered by Tillett and Francis in 1930 as a substance in the serum of patients with acute inflammation. As inflammation increases so does the level of CRP – it is this CRP that…
Healthy Living – Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:05:23
Healthy Living – Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:05:23
54. Ellen Mcarthur
Ellen McArthur is probably the most significant UK Yachtswoman in living memory. She achieved so much by pursuing her dream that she is an inspiration to me and many others.
Culture & Society – Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:28:59
Culture & Society – Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:28:59
55. smart draw lesson 1 – using smart templates
In this lesson we will talk about using smart templates and even better than that how you can customise templates or even create your own by modifying an existing one or by creating one from scratch.
Education – Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:31:43
Education – Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:31:43
56. start something today
Start something today comes directly from a small group of independent business owners who have been meeting on the phone every Monday morning to share experiences and to encourage each other. We have concluded that we’d like to take these calls and the resultant community and do something positi…
Business & Work – Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:26:14
