So as a kinesiologist I spend a preposterous amount of my time around nutritional supplements, literally I’m surrounded by bottles and jars of different coloured and sized pills.

I haven’t always been fascinated by them. Up until I was 30 the most I’d ever taken was one of those delicious fizzy orange things that are supposed to be good for a hangover, but now they are a big part of my life

So the big question I get asked a lot is why do we need them? Well here’s the thing, since we started intensively farming in the 80’s many trace minerals have been depleted from the soil meaning that basically our food isn’t as packed full of the good stuff anymore. This has created what we kinesiologist’s call “nutritional gaps

So come on be honest,  hands up who eats:

• 5 a day?
• 10 a day?
• Organic 10 a day?
• Eats fast food or pre prepared food?
• Has central heating or carpets in their house?

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Organic food. The posh looking food in the supermarket with a higher price tag. And as the recession has hit more and more people have opted out of buying organic. http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=451191&in_page_id=2

Actually organic is so much more than a posh label. Organic food is produced without artificial chemicals or genetic modification, and with respect for animal welfare and the environment. And importantly, studies show pesticides are damaging to our health.

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A friend of mine sent me an email this morning “have you seen Kerry Katona in Heat magazine, she has put on so much weight!” I, like the rest of Britain, have been following the chaotic soap opera that is the ex-Atomic Kittens life and I logged on to take a look. http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&hs=QmU&q=kerry+katona&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=hXxDSsagM5iQjAe9ncm8Dw&sa=X&oi=news_group&ct=title&resnum=280607457

 Six months ago Kerry had a whopping £15,000 worth of surgery to loose 6 stone only to put on two stone a month later. Every woman’s nightmare. Many of the newspapers report what a complete waste of money and they may be right. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1194915/What-waste-15-000–Kerry-Katona-gains-stone-months-losing-control-diet.html) It seems Kerry was on a strict diet and fitness regime after the surgery to help her slim down to a size 8 but that diet has definitely gone out the window.

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