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  Allergies were unheard of until 200 years ago.  Only half a century after the first description of hay fever in England (1819) it was considered an epidemic, clearly in association with urbanization. Currently more than 50 million people in the USA suffer from some type of allergic manifestation, mostly related to sinuses, lungs or skin.   Common allergy triggers The most common allergens are: gluten, pasteurized cow’s milk, sugar, wheat, food additives (colourants, preservatives, flavours) and eggs Junk food, e.g. processed foods, fizzy cool drinks -> sugar ...

Obesity and type II Diabetes have reached epidemic proportions, especially in the USA.  On a 2015 Diabetes summit it was stated that globally every 7 seconds someone dies from the complications of diabetes. There are about 3.5 million sufferers of DM II in SA, but the figure is likely to be much higher, as many cases go undiagnosed (an estimated 78% in Africa, where the diagnosis is often made late, i.e. when complications have set in). Symptoms are: dry mouth, thirst, frequent urination / bedwetting, fatigue and abdominal pains. Complications include: heart and blood vessel disease (...

THE ROLE OF SPORE PROBIOTICS IN GUT HEALTH The following info is based on the extensive work done by Dr Dietrich Klinghardt on sporebiotics. Spore probiotics… involve only 5 specific bacillus species, which are not alive. In fact, they are just a protective capsule with DNA, 'revived' when arriving in the small intestine.help to (re-)establish a healthy microbiome; they create the optimal environment for all beneficial gut bacteria:  they restore one’s own microbiome ‘fingerprint’.  This means that they are accepted by the resident microbiome, replicate in the gut and help ...