Endocrine System

Insulin and Glucagon

Insulin and Glucagon: Counterbalance for Sustained Weight Release Written by DrArien van der MerweMBChB FRSPH MISMA Support your metabolism by eating to increase glucagon Glucagon is a hormone that plays a major role in breaking down fat and energy stored in the liver as glucagon, thereby allowing your body to have optimal energy levels. Glucagon […]

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Weight Loss: Insulin, Blood Sugar, Stress, Sleep and Cortisol

Weight Loss: Insulin, Blood Sugar, Stress, Sleep and Cortisol Written by Dr Arien van der Merwe The blood sugar craze With the epidemic of diabetes and metabolic syndrome plaguing the Western world, blood sugar and insulin have gotten their fair share of media attention. Blood sugar balance is a major principle of virtually every diet book

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Health & Happiness (Fox & Raven Publishing): Interview with Dr Arien

Health & Happiness (Fox & Raven Publishing): Interview with Dr Arien Today we have a chat with Dr Arien van der Merwe, author of the best-selling Health & Happiness, now available as an ebook from yours truly. So let’s not waste any time, and get to it!   Tell us a bit about yourself – how

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Timeless DNA Program: Antioxidants

Antioxidants: Dr Arien\’s Heart Brain Body Support & Antioxidant (excerpt from my book ‘Health & Happiness’, revised edition 2013, available from the Health Shop)   An antioxidant is exactly what is says: against oxygen. Every living thing needs oxygen. But certain kinds of oxygen can be dangerous and detrimental to our health.During all the metabolic

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Vitamin D: The Sunshine Vitamin

Vitamin D: The sunshine vitamin Written by Dr Arien van der Merwe MBChB FRSPH MISMA as an article excerpt from Health and Happiness, the newly revised and edited book written by Dr Arien, published by HSM Publishers, Jan 2013. Please visit www.healthstresswellness.com for more information The body makes vitamin D when sunlight is absorbed by

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