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30 The Parish Magazine - February 2022 Please mention The Parish Magazine when responding to advertisements Planning Your Traditional Wedding? Then you might like to discuss the possibility of marriage in our ancient and beautiful parish church. If so, call the vicar, Jamie 0118 969 3298 He will be pleased to help! In addition to the stunning and historic location in Sonning, we will work hard to provide you with a memorable and moving occasion. We can provide a choir, organ, peal of eight bells, beautiful flowers, over 100 lit candles set in ornate Victorian chandeliers and the use of our beautiful churchyard as a backdrop for your photographs. Church of St Andrew Serving Sonning, Charvil & Sonning Eye the church of st andrew SERVING CHARVIL, SONNING & sonning eye since the 7 th century With 35+ years of experience, the Active Domestic Appliances team have built an excellent reputation in and around the local area. Specialising in the repair of all makes and models of washing machine, washer dryer, tumble dryer, dishwasher, oven, hob and refrigeration they are Gas Safe registered and offer a 12 month warranty on parts and labour. Active Domestic Appliances have an extensive customer base working with letting agents, landlords, private schools, colleges, care homes and residential property owners. Fully insured and DBS checked. Contact us on: 0118 931 2071 0777 080 6129 (no sms) repairs@activedomestic.co.uk Louise Amanda Sheppard (BA/Dip) EMDR Specialist Hypnotherapist Mobile Therapist covering Oxfordshire & Berkshire EMDR Therapy (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing) A powerful tool, proven to be extremely useful in the treatment of traumatised individuals, which can give people back control in just a few sessions Trauma . Victims of Rape . Assault Combat . Drug Addiction . Bereavement Fears/Phobias . Anxiety . Depression Hypnotherapy Pain . Anxiety . Fears . Phobias Smoking . Weight Management Age Regression/Past-Life Regression Gestalt Therapy/Dreamwork Parts Therapy 07842 262 583 lasheppard61@gmail.com
HEALTH —1 Dr Simon Ruffle writes . . . 'Februa' As we enter the final month of the meteorological winter a lot of us have tried to be good in January and are thinking about entering spring full of energy, vim and vigour. The Romans knew this month as Februarius. This stems from 'Februa,' a ritual of februum meaning purification. For thousands of years humans have believed in ‘de-tox,’ from the Scandinavian use of saunas, native Americans using smoke in sweat lodges and medieval Europeans using leaches and blood letting. Mostly these actually cause harm but some have benefits but need to be used with caution. TOXIN OR TOXICANT A toxin is something produced by a living cell that can cause harm but cannot reproduce itself. Most of the ‘toxins’ that we produce during our normal metabolic processes are cleared by our liver and kidneys. So, the question is do, de-toxification methods work? The answer is conflated by concerns over toxicants that enter the body, such as lead in paint, mercury via water sources and pesticides. A toxicant is nonbiological. The answer is also influenced by the dose. 'The dose makes the poison.' (Paracelsus) A poison encompasses substances that cause illness or death. So, water is a poison. Drink more than your kidneys can excrete and you lose too much sodium, and fluid builds up where it shouldn’t, in your lungs and in extreme cases your brain swells. AMURULA Let’s turn to alcohol! (Don’t) Alcohol is absolutely harmless in low doses. It is found naturally in fruit. There is a well believed tale about elephants getting drunk. This is, and isn’t true. Elephants love Marula fruit. As Marula fruit rots, it, like most fruits create alcohol via yeasts — thus alcohol is a toxin and not a toxicant. Elephants do not have the enzyme to break alcohol down in Lashes the same way as humans do. But scientists have worked out that Nelly would have to drink 1.7L of alcohol to get tipsy. This would be 1,400 fully fermented Marula fruit. They also wouldn’t wait for the fruit to ferment and I’m pretty sure they cannot use a still! Amurula is produced from Marula fruit, cream and sugar; it is delicious but calorific and alcoholic. HIGH DOSES Humans only struggle with alcohol in high doses overwhelming our normal metabolic processes. I’m sorry to use alcohol as an example but it is a good one. There are many toxins normally present in our body. CO2, aldehydes, lactic acid, urea and oxygen can all be toxins that become poisons if we over produce them. There are many toxins in foods. The humble potato, many fungi and bacteria contaminating food such as botulinum toxin. I have included a link1 for more information on food based toxins. Vitamins can also be toxins. DE-TOXING Many therapist extol different ways of ‘de-toxing' so let’s start with absolute nonsense: 'Foot Detox'. This is where pads are placed on the foot and left overnight. Not The Parish Magazine - February 2022 31 Simon Ruffle surprisingly the pads go a bit brown overnight and apparently this is the toxins leaving your body. Another method is placing your feet in an ion bath with salts and an electric current. The water turns magically milky because of the toxins from you — nothing to do with a chemical reaction. These are essentially harmless though. VAGINAL CLEANSING Just don’t. Bacteria colonise the skin. We all have them and women also have bacteria naturally in the vagina. These keep a balance of acidity in the vagina that prevents yeasts and other nasty bacteria building up. Douching, soap, steaming and cucumber detoxing is harmful. This is from one website, I’ll not promote it with the details: You sit on what is essentially a minithrone, and a combination of infrared and mugwort steam cleanses your uterus, et al. It is an energetic release — not just a steam douche — that balances female hormone levels. NASAL CLEANING In general no. It causes tissue swelling damage and bleeding. In very specific conditions it can be useful. Post surgery, severe hay fever and exposure to hardwood dust are examples. turn to page 33
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