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Mixed Comprehensive Academy 11-19 Homewood School & Sixth Form Centre invites current Year 11 students and other prospective Sixth Form applicants and their parents to our

SIXTH FORM OPEN EVENING Thursday 14th November 2013, 5pm - 8pm Principal’s Speeches at 5.30pm and 6.30pm Applications can be made on the UCAS Progress website For further information telephone: 01580 764222 or email: info@homewood.kent.sch.uk Ashford Road, Tenterden, Kent TN30 6LT

WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO OUR

Teddy Bears’ Picnic & Christmas Fayre At Ashford Prep School in Great Chart

Saturday 30th November 2013 from 11am to 2pm Children aged 2-4 years are welcome to bring their favourite cuddly toy to join them at a picnic lunch and a tour of our school.

Everyone is welcome to the Fayre. s Story time s Meet Father Christmas s Take home a school Teddy Bear s Get your skates on at the ice rink s Buy your Christmas presents at the festive stalls

If you would like to come and join the adventure please RSVP on 01233 620493 or email us at: ashfordprep@ashfordschool.co.uk

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Welcome to the village directory

Hi everyone, Welcome to the November issue, I hope you all remembered to set your clocks back for the winter season. Apparently the Anglo-Saxons called November ‘Wind-monath’ or Wind Month, as it was the time when the cold winds began to blow and certainly as I am writing this the wind is blowing a gale outside, let’s hope winter won’t be quite as long and severe as it was last year.

“Remember, remember the fifth of November gun powder, treason and plot”! For 400 hundred years this poem has served to remind us of the night Guy Fawkes and his band of followers tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament. So with Bonfire night approaching and the accompanying fireworks exploding left, right and centre make sure you take special care otherwise your house may not be quite as lucky as the famous Westminster home of our government! Alternatively there will be a number of organised firework displays on locally, if you have any trouble locating them why not go online to my website and check out the magazines for the other areas.

DH (dear hubby) never fails to remind me well in advance of November that his birthday is approaching, dropping not-so-subtle hints on what new gadget he might possibly like to arrive around the 14th of the month, of course backing it up with the fact that Prince Charles was born on the same day. I reckon he expects me to treat him like royalty! Maybe I could stick him in the tower of London when he gets on my nerves, h’mmm now there’s a thought! (only joking dear).

Our pubs and restaurants are all gearing up for the Christmas season so do check them out and book your Christmas parties in soon to avoid any disappointment.

Have a great month ~ Debbie T: 01233 720488 e: info@thevillagedirectory.co.uk w: www.thevillagedirectory.co.uk

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Ground Cover Ground cover plantings are a wonderful way to create gorgeous carpets of colour in your garden, whatever its size and wherever it’s located. But what’s so special about groundcover growing, when is it most useful and when should you start?

by Pippa Greenwood

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The initial few months will take some effort, but once growing well, most ground cover planting needs little if any maintenance except perhaps a very occasional trim, some food and water in drier weather.

It has a superbly smothering effect on the weeds, killing weedlings and deterring further weeds from appearing. The denser the groundcover planting, the better the effect.

Autumn is a great time for planting. Trees, shrubs, climbers and herbaceous plants that go in to the ground at this time of year often establish extremely well as they have the luxury of enjoying the relatively warm and yet moist soil, a perfect place for new roots to grow out and establish rapidly.

Make sure you invest a bit of time and effort in to the preparation.

Clear the area of weeds, digging out all tough weeds completely if you can. Fork the soil over, removing debris such as large stones or buried rubbish and then fork in plenty of well-rotted manure or garden compost, and perhaps a little slow-release feed too.

If you’re planting up a slope, it’s worth trying to secure the soil a little too, as all that preparation and weed clearing will have loosened the surface and made it prone to erosion. Once growing well the roots of the plants will help to secure the slope brilliantly, but in the meantime,

use landscape fabric pinned down onto the surface of the slope.

Don’t be tempted to cram the plants in too closely. Given time they will form the desired effect if planted at the correct spacing. But if you fall in to the trap of planting them elbow to elbow, then they are more likely to become stressed and miserable, more prone to disease and will need thinning out. Make sure the plants are kept just moist at the roots until they’re well established and feed occasionally. By choosing varieties of plants which are recommended for use as groundcover you’ll be unlikely to have to do much if any pruning.

So what should you choose to grow? Foliage that is attractive and interesting makes a wonderful groundcover planting and if you wish you can add a few more flamboyant flowering plants to the mixture too. By using plants with interestingly shaped leaves or variegated leaves your leafy planting will look even better.

If you want a reasonable effect all year around, then select at least some of the plants you use from the evergreens. These may lose their leaves, but they do so gradually so you’ll never be left with totally bare soil.

Great Shrubby Groundcover Ideas Heaths and Heathers, Cotoneaster horizontalis and Cotoneaster microphyllus, Stephandra incise ‘Crispa’, groundcover roses eg the

‘Flower Carpet’ roses.

Great Shade-Tolerant groundcover Ideas Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis, Mahonia repens, Gaultheria procumbens, Hypericum calycinum, many hebes including Hebe pinguifolia, Euonymus fortune cultivars such as ‘Emerald n’Gold’, ‘Emerald Gaiety’ Herbaceous Ground Cover in Shadier Spots Sweet violets, pulmonaria (lungworts) eg the white-flowered ‘Sissinghurst’, Bugle (the ajugas eg Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’), Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping Jenny), Lily-of-the-valley, Lamium ‘White Nancy’ and Lamium ‘Silver Beacon’, Bergenia Sunnier Groundcover Snow-in-summer, thymes, oregano, many of the sedums, chamomile.

Visit Pippa’s website www. pippagreenwood.com for a great range of gardeningrelated Christmas gifts including stylish ‘Grow Your Own with Pippa Greenwood’ gift card, handmade pottery herb planters, recycled metal sculptures, Pippa’s favourite weeding tool, signed books and lots of seriously useful garden items.

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Tree Work & Fencing Services Stephen Hulbert NPTC T: 01227 732253 M: 07867 557998 www.ashwoods.net If you are a private home owner in Kent with any manner of tree or boundary problems, then please get in touch with Stephen Hulbert of Ashwoods.

Similarly, for any estate or property management enterprise requiring tree work or land development agencies and builders requiring site clearing / tree stump removal, Ashwoods can help!

Please note that the Photo Gallery on the website – www.ashwoods.net – has various photos of onsite tree work, hedge cutting and fencing construction.

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The photo below shows Stephen removing a bough from a tall oak tree. He uses all his skills and experience in reducing this bough to the trunk, and is fully insured for up to £5m public liability. Below, his qualified groundsmen have been clearing the brushwood and processing them via their portable wood chipper.

Therefore, at the end of the job, all traces of the tree surgery are removed - leaving the client with a clean and tidy solution in their grounds / garden.

We offer FREE no obligation quotations and can deal with all local council planning administration and Tree Preservation Orders Ashwoods can help with you with: • Tree Surgery • Stump Grinding • Hedge Cutting • Fencing Services • Site Clearing Please contact Stephen on 01227 732253 or 07867 557998 or email: stephen@ashwoods.net

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Twice Baked Cheese Souffles Makes 4

Ready in 1 hour 20 minutes

If the thought of baking a fragile cheese soufflé for a special dinner seems a little too ambitious, then think again. Baked once in advance then baked again just before serving, these delicious individual soufflés work every time.

Ingredients: 12

• 40g butter, plus extra for greasing • 40g plain flour • 225ml milk, warmed • 4 large eggs, separated • 3 tbsp fresh chopped parsley • 75g mature Cheddar cheese, grated • 75g Stilton cheese, crumbled • Salt and freshly ground black pepper • 150ml double cream • Green salad, to serve • Cayenne pepper, to sprinkle (optional)

Melt the butter in a saucepan then stir in the flour and mix with a wooden spoon to make a smooth paste.

Cook over a low heat for 1 minute. Gradually whisk the milk a little at a time. Once all the milk has been added, cook over a low heat for a further 2-3 minutes, whisking continuously, until you have a smooth and thick sauce. Remove from the heat and cool for 5 minutes.

Beat in the egg yolks, parsley and two-thirds of the Cheddar and Stilton. Season lightly with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Butter four large ramekin dishes and line the bases with circles of baking parchment.

Place the egg whites in a clean, grease-free bowl and whisk until stiff. Beat one spoonful of the egg whites into the cheese sauce to loosen it slightly then gently fold the sauce into the remaining egg whites. Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared dishes.

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Place the dishes in a roasting tin and pour in boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the dishes. Bake for 20-25 minutes until risen and golden. Transfer the dishes to a cooling rack (the soufflés will sink a little but don’t worry). Increase the oven temperature to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6.

To prepare ahead, leave the soufflés to cool after the initial baking, then turn them out into the baking dish and cover with cling film. Chill in the fridge for a few hours or overnight and top with the cheese and bake for the second time just before serving.

Turn the soufflés out into a shallow baking dish and remove the lining papers. Sprinkle over the remaining cheese and return to the oven for 15-20 minutes until piping hot and puffy. Spoon the cream over the top and bake for a further 2-3 minutes until heated through. Serve immediately with salad, sprinkled lightly with cayenne pepper, if liked.

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LOCAL MARKETS

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CHALLOCK Challock Memorial Hall, Blind Lane.

1st & 3rd Friday of each month 1pm to 4pm Contact Pauline Hickson 01233 740979

Pure Carpet Cleaning, Kent’s premier lady carpet cleaner, where you get more attention to detail.

Professional, commercial and domestic cleaning services throughout Kent providing both the highest quality and great prices.

Please call to discuss how we can help you:

THE BARN SHOP TRADITIONAL MARKET Challock - 2nd & 4th Saturday of each month

01797 369222

10am – 2pm Contact 01233 740237

CHARING FARMER’S MARKET Charing Church Barn 9 -11.30 every Thurs morning Contact 01233 740176

EGERTON Every Friday 2 - 4.30pm Millennium Hall

ROLVENDEN - 01580 240763 Every Thursday 10am -12 noon St Mary’s Church and the Village Hall

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RYE FARMERS MARKET Every Wednesday at Strand Quay 10am - 1 pm

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Professional unique intensive valet process Range & AGA specialist All ovens, hobs, extractor fans & microwaves Environmentally friendly, no toxic chemicals, no fumes See ovenu.co.uk for a video of the valet process Ovenu Ashford is approved by Trading Standards Contact Richard at Ovenu Ashford 01233 380023 or 0800 1409800

(12pm Oct - April)

RYE MARKET Every Thursday at the Cattle Market Car Park.

Early till around 3pm (depending on the weather)

RYE COUNTRY MARKET Formerly WI Market Rye Community Centre, Conduit Hill.

Every Friday 10am -11.30am

TENTERDEN COUNTRY MARKET Every Friday 9.30am -11.30am St Mildred’s Church Hall, Church road.

FABRIC CLEAN

WITTERSHAM MARKET

Professional Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning

Every Tuesday Village Hall 9am. - 11am Tel: 01797 270757

WYE - 07804 652156 First and third Saturday of every month on the Village Green in Wye. Tel: 07804 652156 www.wyefarmersmarket.co.uk

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At Done and Dusted Lifestyle Services we offer bespoke cleaning and housekeeping services to make your life easier, and we are focused on providing a quality, confidential service helping you to regain control of your precious time.

We are experienced in all domestic and regular cleans, and if key holders it enables us to assist you in many other ways. Whether you require help with shopping, watering whilst away, catering for a dinner party, or just stuck in traffic and need the dog walking or letting out, at Done and Dusted we can help.

For any further information or free quote please call

Marion tel. 07852193404 And why waste your time waiting in for deliveries, servicing etc. when we can be there for you whilst carrying out a variety of tasks.

Maybe treat yourself to a deep clean, reducing that ironing pile or come home to dinner in the oven.

We are also available to undertake one-off cleans including End of Tenancy, moving or maybe judt for that special occasion, and with a florist as part of our team we can provide floral arrangements for an event.

With a selection of offerings to choose from, including an experienced gardener, we are sure you will be happy working with us. All our staff are fully insured.

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Live Mu s i c Nov e m b e r The Kennington Ulley Road, Kennington, Ashford TN24 9HX Tel: 01233 629 028 Friday 8th November Friday 19th December Monday 23rd December 70’s 80’s 90’s Floor Filling Friday 7:30pm to 1am. The Kennington Turn Back - Party Nights A chance to Boogie the night away - The Kennington will be turning back the clock every month.

T h e Wi n d m i l l I n n Hythe Rd, Ashford TN24 0QR Tel: 01233 647349 Fri 1st November

User Friendly (Classic rock ... at it’s very best) Sat 2nd November

New White Trash Fri 8th November

Back 2 Back (Rock covers) Sat 9th November

Captain Mildred (Hard rockin’ freakshow)

Events November 9th November Farriers Firework Spectacular. 5pm onwards Farriers Arms, Mersham

Saturday

01233 720444 Monday 11th November - ASHFORD MUSIC

SOCIETY - ALISON TEALE (oboe/cor anglais) ELIZABETH BURLEY (piano) Alison Teale is the principal Cor Anglais player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Her aim is to demonstrate the beauty and versatility of the Cor Anglais and raise its profile so that it receives the recognition it deserves. Her varied programme for Ashford will be both exciting and full of interest. Venue: The Norton Knatchbull School, Hythe Road, Ashford, TN24 0QJ Time: 7.30 p.m. Tickets: £12 (Adults) and £3 (Students) Contact: Brenda McCormack on 01233 622971 or Hilary Pittock on 01233 623700 Pilgrims Hospice . Forthcoming Events: Now collecting – unloved gifts .… ‘Gift it Again! Christmas Fair – Sat 16th November New Venue Norton Knatchbull School. See www.pilgrimshospices.org for more details

Christmas Fair Saturday 23rd November 11.00am2.00pm at St. Mary’s Community Centre, Rylands Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9LH – 50p entrance – variety of stalls.

Ashford (Kent) Art Society Autumn Exhibition and Sale of Work. 20th - 30th November daily, 10 - 4 (except Sunday) at St Mary’s Parish Church, Ashford. All welcome to browse and enjoy the varied works. Free admission.

Saturday 23rd November 7.30pm Ashford Choral

Gary Dean Band -

Society and Orchestra presents Mozart’s Davidde Penitente KV469 and Haydn’s Missa in Angustiis (The Nelson Mass). With soloists Kathryn Jenkin, soprano, Juliet Schiemann, soprano, and James Oxley, tenor.

Conductor is Mark Deller. Venue: Colyer-Fergusson Concert Hall, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NB Tickets: £20.00, £16.00, £10.00 (Children half price all tickets) Tickets available from: The Gulbenkian Theatre Box Office: 01227 769075, online at www. kent.ac.uk/gulbenkian.

Sat 23rd November

Saturday 23rd November Egerton Church of

COLD STEEL (Classic Heavy Rock)

England Primary School Gift & Craft Fair

Fri 15th November

Crossfire Sat 16th November

Parachuting Monkeys (Four piece indie/rock covers band) Fri 22nd November

CENTAUR PARTING (Awesome classic rock covers)

Millennium Village Hall, Egerton 10am - 3.30pm. Come along to our ever popular fair, for all your original gift ideas.Free Entry. Plus cake stall, refreshments & loads of fun.

Sat 30th November

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Fri 29th November

Bad Pennies (Top Dollar Rock and Blues)

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FANTASTIC FOOD OFFER One Course £3.50 - Two Courses £5.00 Three Courses £7.50 Mon - Sat 12-2.30 & 6-9pm

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The Kennington

www.thekenningtonevents.co.uk Ulley Road, Kennington, Ashford TN24 9HX

Come to The Kennington for all your party needs, all ticketed nights include a three course meal, live entertainment and dancing in beautifully decorated surroundings with a real party atmosphere. COMING SOON TO THE KENNINGTON TICKETS FROM £15...

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what’s on Saturday 21st December 7.30pm (Doors open

6.30pm for refreshments) Ashford Parish Church, TN23 1QG Ashford Choral Society presents its annual Carol Concert. Mark Deller conducts traditional and less well-known carols with the audience encouraged to join in with some of the more familiar carols. Accompanied by organist Matthew Raisbeck. Tickets: ÂŁ6.00, children free Tickets available from: Tourist Office, Ashford Gateway Plus, Church Road, Ashford (01233 330316); Right Track Music Shop, Tufton Street, Ashford (01233 662682); Wye Newsagents (opposite Wye Church); Also by phone from Hilary Swan (01233 626059)

It’s Panto Time Again! Bethersden WI panto group present: Goldilocks And Little Red Riding Hood In Bethersden Village Hall on Friday 6th Dec. 7.30pm Saturday 7th Dec. 3pm

and 8pm tickets ÂŁ3.00 call 01233 822565 Saturday 7th Dec 2pm - 6pm - Free Entry

Crafty Christmas Cheer Festival The Red Lion (Barn), Charing Heath, TN27 0AU Come and buy beautiful hand made gifts, cards and Christmas goodies. Meet Santa on his Sleigh, find out what the future holds for you, enjoy a glass of Christmas cheer & yummy festive foods.

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Clubs & Societies Tai Chi For Health classes at William Harvey Hospital Every Wednesday 5.30pm enter from the external entrance to the Elizabeth Brown Unit Gym. First session only £3 then £6 pay as you go. Beginners always welcome For details www.taichiforyou.co.uk Ashford (Kent) Art Society would love to welcome new members. All ages and standards. A friendly group with a wide variety of events and meetings. Please call 01233 623139 or 01233 620455 for details.

Ashford Photographic Society meets at Givaudan Sports Centre every Friday from September to May. Check www.ashfordps.org.uk for full details.

Da Base Ashford Town Youth Centre, 5-7 Park Street, Ashford, Kent, TN24 8LR (back of Iceland, opposite Wilkinson’s) If you have any questions or enquiries visit www.dabaseyouthcentre.com or contact us on 01233 631 472.

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Knatchbull School on a Wed evening from 7.30 p.m.-10.00 p.m. Contact Shirley Mountford on 01233 610134.

Ashford Board Games Club Come to a session of the Board Games Club to play card, tile and board games of every kind: Carcassonne, Pandemic, Dominion, Small World, Agricola, Settlers of Catan or anything else. Every Sunday evening at 7pm at the Rose Inn, Faversham Road, Ashford, Kent TN24 9AJ. Games players of every kind welcome. https://www. facebook.com/groups/31085029201 01233 625 362 Warehorne Folk Dance Club: Meets every Wednesday at Kingsnorth Village Hall, Church Hill, Kingsnorth, TN23 3EF from 8.00 to 10.00pm Beginners or experienced dancers welcome For further details contact Edna 01233 627121 or David 01233 812935.

Ashford Birdwatchers’ Club: Meets on the second Wednesday monthly September to April inclusive from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm at the WI Hall, Faversham Road, Kennington. All welcome to a friendly club; it doesn’t matter if you can’t identify many birds! Admission £3 including tea/coffee and biscuits. For information about programme, tel 01233 637067.

Ashford Chess Club: Meets every Tuesday from 7.30pm @ the Kennington Women’s Institute, Faversham Road, Ashford, TN24 9AN. Beginners or experienced players welcome. Free chess lessons are available. Tel: 01233 625998 and ask for Murray.

Extreme Watches When a watch is just not a time piece: On March 18th 1952 explorers Raymond Lambert and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay set a new altitude record when they climbed to within touching distance of the summit of Mount Everest. They missed out by just 660 feet (200 metres). They stopped as they were suffocating due to climbing without the aid of oxygen.

A year later they returned with John Hunt and Sir Edmund Hillary, this time they reached the summit at 29,035 feet on May 29th 1953. During these historic climbs, many of the climbers were known to be wearing Rolex Oyster Perpetual Chronometers.

The watches were very important to a climber because by timing their ascent they could measure their oxygen use; and quite literally bet their lives on the accuracy of these watches.

There was a twist to this story as Rolex had spent a vast amount of money on advertising that theirs would be the first watch to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was equipped with a Prototype Rolex Explorer which performed without fail; it was believed Sir Edmund Hillary had also worn the same watch but to Rolex’s embarrassment it was soon learned that he was actually wearing a watch called a Smiths Deluxe made by an English watch company Smiths.

The First watch that was taken into space was by a Swiss watch company called Heuer (Tag Heuer) this was a stopwatch and it was worn by John Glen in 1962 on the spaceship Friendship 7 which was the first U.S manned orbital mission. The first watch which landed on the moon was worn by U.S space astronaut Scott Carpenter and he had a Breitling Navitimer Cosmonaut, which was designed with a 24 hour analogue dial to avoid confusion between AM and PM as it was always dark in space.

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You don’t need to have an ailment to benefit from colour reflexology. This combines colour therapy and reflexology both of which were practised in ancient civilisations. In fact in Egypt there were colour temples in their pyramids and a picture of someone giving a reflexology treatment in a physician’s tomb. The colour part involves crystals pomanders and silk that can transfer colour via the skin when held. Many conditions are successfully treated with a few sessions and as it can detect crystalline deposits in the feet (because of gravity) it is possible to eradicate them. In this way vital energy pathways are unblocked thus “balancing the bodies” systems.

Everybody needs to talk and conversation has been found to have been detrimentally affected by modern technology like television, computers and electronic game playing.

Talking in confidence to someone in a peaceful environment can be very therapeutic when life seems to be on a downward path. Together both client and therapist explore difficulties in order to find ways to change situations or learn coping strategies. Couples too are welcome to benefit from this service.

Forget stage hypnosis and someone clucking like a chicken at the hypnotist’s whim this does NOT describe hypnotherapy! It is a natural therapy in which the client is NEVER out of control. We all go through the same daydreamy state at least twice a day. When we wake up and when we fall asleep also when maybe engrossed in a good book or have driven a journey and don’t remember it all.

The only requirement we ask people to bring to a session is an open mind!! Hypnotherapy is a very powerful tool for change and can be adapted to work with virtually anything at all. Dispel the myth and have a session as it can really allow YOU to change your life!

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Daniel Leffler, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, in Boston states that “Gluten Whilst recently discussing the increasing is fairly indigestible in all people,” and goes prevalence of gluten intolerance and allergies onto say “There’s probably some kind of gluten at a presentation I gave at the local hospital, intolerance in all of us.” opinions amongst the medical fraternity on the subject of gluten intolerance varied from So what is gluten? Well, gluten is a protein found denying its existence altogether (rather it was in certain grains, namely wheat, rye, barley, more down to a person’s taste preferences spelt and kamut. When mixed with water, it whether they liked products containing gluten becomes like glue. Inside the digestive tract, this reaction can lead to gluten binding to the gut wall damaging it and making it permeable We’re the only clinic in (‘leaky gut’). Food particles are then able to cross into the blood stream creating a stress or this area to offer TATTOO immune response in the body. Basically, gluten REMOVAL with 2 high sensitivity creates inflammation in the entire body, beginning in the gut. powered Q lasers.

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Experts now believe that the condition celiac disease represents just one extreme of a broad spectrum of gluten sensitivities that includes millions of people with less severe but nevertheless problematic reactions to the protein.

According to American gluten researcher Dr. Kenneth Fine some individuals may have digestive discomfort (‘irritable bowel syndrome’), most do not. Many may instead experience inflammation in the skin (eczema & psoriasis), joints (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriatic arthritis), respiratory tract (asthma, allergies) and brain (brain fog, poor memory, dizziness, etc). Other conditions associated with gluten sensitivity include migraines, epilepsy, dementia, schizophrenia, osteoporosis, anaemia, cancer, autoimmune disorders (SLE), Multiple Sclerosis, depression, anxiety, autism and canker sores.

health & Lifestyle So why do we have health issues with gluten?

Well, the first point to address is a genetic one. Dr Fine’s research shows that the genes responsible for predisposition to celiac disease are different to those predisposing an individual to lesser gluten sensitivities, but also that gluten intolerance does exist and that it is a distinctly different condition to celiac disease.

The second point to consider is that modern day grains (compared to those of biblical times) have been manipulated and hybridised by farmers to improve their resistance to pests and increase yield, which may be why the incidence of gluten intolerance is on the rise.

So you decide. I know I’m going with the experts. Fact!

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