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Alan Levi: Posted on 27 December 2016 17:33
Cholesterol has been cited as the key reason behind heart disease, it has led people to eschew eating fat for fear that it will clog their arteries and have them keeling over dead in ten minutes. They religiously go to the doctors to get their levels monitored and feel relieved when they are told their cholesterol is low or normal.
Well, I am here to tell you...it's all total cobblers.
I was first introduced to the myth of cholesterol by legendary Olympic strength Coach, Charles Poliquin, during a Biosignature course I attended, Needless to say I was shocked when he stated what a minor player it was in heart disease and that the greatest cardiovascular risk factor came from having high levels of the dangerous amino acid, homocysteine (this is an issue I will address in another article). |
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Alan Levi: Posted on 18 November 2016 23:14
An issue close to my heart is what causes chronic illness and how to resolve it
Along my inquiries I encountered the remarkable concept of Meta Health, the theory that all chronic dis-ease is caused by unresolved trauma locked into the body. The body is constantly trying to clear this but is sometimes locked into a negative feedback loop.
So for todays subject we will look at something VERY close to home ~hip pain and disorders.
What is the metaphor at work here and how can we help resolve it? |
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Posted on 27 April 2015 12:17
This idea has become all the rage and I have to admit, its one fad that is actually based on good science.
Why? ... As a PT I am always asked which energy drink is the best. The answer is simple...none of them. They are all caffeine and sugar laden rubbish.
Howevercaffeinehas been scientifically proven to improve sports performance, insulin management and digestion (its one of the few bitter herbs we consume).
Butteris rich in CLA (a fat that helps you burn fat) and the fat contained is rich in butyric acid which is anti viral and anticancer. |
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Alan Levi: Posted on 18 November 2014 17:24
In Meta-Medicine, the stimulus to the entire disease process is the UDIN or Specific Emotional Event.
It starts the whole illness process off. How long it lasts, whether it becomes chronic or life threatening depends on whether we are able to avoid it being re-triggered or whether we are able to resolve the underlying problem in its entirety,
So what is a UDIN, and how does it come about?
A UDIN is Unexpected, Dramatic, Isolating and there is No Strategy for it.
If you find yourself suddenly involved in an unexpected dramatic situation, we go automatically into the COLD phase, we are stressed. |
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Alan Levi: Posted on 14 November 2014 16:18
I am proud to announce that I have begun a new process in my Personal Training developement - Meta Medicine. Under the tutelage of Master Coach, Sam Thorpe, this promises to be a new paradigm in assessing and diagnosing client illnesses and injuries. Called Meta-Medicine, it is an integrative approach to the Spiritual, Environmental, Diet, Physical, Psychological and Emotional realms.
Here is a thought - if you became ill, and the situation persisted, what if...your body DIDN'T make a mistake. |
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Posted on 07 March 2014 13:11
My first yoga instructor told me
that our body is a locked in history of our emotional state. Biosignature modulation, pioneered by Charles Poliquin
states that hormonal imbalances make you store fat in certain specific places
(ie. Stress makes you fat around your stomach) and Traditional Chinese medicine
states that the internal organs can house negative emotions (kidneys - fear,
lungs - grief, liver - anger, spleen - worry, heart - sadness).
So what is YOUR body telling you
right now about your emotional state? |
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Alan Levi: Posted on 08 September 2013 09:57
EFT works in the same way as clearing an obstacle to clear running water does. Energy flows through us in much the same way as a river flows cross country. However, over time, debris, stones and rubbish accumulate(negative emotions, limiting or damaging beliefs in the Energy Body). Eventually the river may find itself blocked or dammed up and its gentle flow disrupted, stagnated or its path altered. EFT seeks simply to remove these blockages, the beauty being that this process often doesn’t require much work – once the boulders of emotional pain, negative self-talk and limiting beliefs are removed the river will flow to the full power of its remarkable potential. |
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Alan Levi: Posted on 04 August 2013 18:55
There was a recent media feeding frenzy over the "revelation" that fish oil could cause prostate cancer. However the problem was that even the people who conducted the study conceded that there was no empirical link! This was because the study was an epidemiological one which attempts to show CORRELATION and not CAUSATION. There is a huge difference (this is discussed entertainingly in the link at the bottom of this article by nutrition expert Dr John Berardi). Why do these studies make it into the media? |
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Alan Levi: Posted on 28 April 2013 14:59
There is a lot of controversy surrounding a diet high in red meat content. This started with the cholesterol controversy (which has been resoundingly debunked by guys a lot smarter than me - Dr Jonny Bowden, Dr Mercola, Dr Briffa, Coach Charles Poliquin and a number of pharmaceutical "whistle blowers" in the USA who confirm what a lot of us fear - that cholesterol is vital for body function and that reducing it could actually be counterproductive to good health!) This is an argument for another day - but what is obvious from the research out there is that the old LDL = bad, HDL = good paradigm is a gross oversimplification of a far more complex issue. |
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Alan Levi: Posted on 16 April 2013 09:56
One of the greatest individuals that I have had the pleasure of personally meeting on a number of occasions is Geoff Thompson. A fearsome martial artist with a remarkable life story, what makes him such a compelling and charismatic person is that he is a fine example that we can create our own lives in the image that we choose. His is a story of abuse, violence, divorce, fear and yet this tough and unrelenting journey has forged a man who is gentle, kind, compassionate, considerate and who is living a life that most people from his background would have deemed "impossible". |
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