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Gut Feeling

Mention you have a "gut feeling" about something, & everybody will know what you mean.  For centuries language has honoured the role of the gut in processing feelings & "intuition". "Butterflies in the stomach", "stomach churning" & "gut instinct" are all familiar phrases.   In the chakra system the solar plexus chakra relates to the gut & is the energy centre of feelings, processing raw emotions.  Stress, unhappiness, anger & fear all go straight to the gut.  No wonder the gut in now being referred to as the "second brain".   The vagus nerve connects the brain stem directly to...

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Soakaway

Grains, nuts & seeds are packed full of scrummy nutrients, but the greedy little rascals want them all for themselves......& who can blame them!   As the future generation they need to be pretty tough nuts to survive until the conditions for germination are right, so Mother Nature has given them some awesome weapons, known collectively as anti-nutrients.  These include various toxins & enzyme inhibitors.  Yes, that's right, they're making it really hard for your digestive system to get to work on them, & they can even steal some of your minerals by binding to them to prevent them being...

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