2018 New Year Resolutions?

Life sometimes can get really messy and we struggle to survive.

As much as we try our best we don’t always get it right. 

And this makes us feel miserable, makes us cry, boil with anger, ferment with frustration and toss around during the night.

But I am here to whisper to you, that you are not alone. 

That you can get help and guidance.

Just for a second, imagine if you could start 2018, with much more insight of how to deal with stuff that happens in your life.

Just for a second, imagine, that you have the tools to take care of yourself in a more considerate manner. Just the way you need it, just the way your heart desires.

In an astrology session with me, you get exactly that. 

The guidance and the tools of how to better take care of yourself in the coming year. How to take care of your general wellbeing and health. 

Because you know what?

If you do not take care of yourself first, no one else will do.

So before immersing yourself in buying presents for others, think about your needs and gift yourself 60 min of tailor-made guidance that will last you for a whole year.

And if you book 2 x 60 min sessions you will get 20% off the regular price.

The extra session you can use it for yourself or gift it to another person.

This offer is valid for sessions paid in advance from 29-11-2017 till the 06-01-2018.

All the sessions have to be used by the 31-01-2018.

Hurry, book now. Available slots tend to fill up very quickly.

For further information and to book a session, message me on my Facebook Business Page @Acquafortis Astrology.

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Book Review: The Alkaline 5 Diet

I was given a copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for a review.

The book starts with the good and bad news about diet and health, from the “health” agenda of the giant corporations, GMO food, the false ideas of health induced by the medical authorities and health experts, the lies about cancers etc. Followed by enlightened beliefs about health as suggested by the author. Then there is a description of what is an alkaline diet and how it works.

The author explains why an alkaline diet is not exactly the same as vegan diet and goes into explaining the alkaline-acidic ratio (in this case 80:20) and the benefits obtained by following such diet and how to apply it in daily life.

Part One of the book gives the framework for Optimum Health and Healing that is:

1. Sunlight and deep oxygenation
2. Pure hydration
3. Sleep and balancing rest
4. Living alkaline foods
5. Eliminating acidic toxins
6. Movement and posture
7. Postive mindset and emotions

Each of the above topics has a small chapter fully dedicated to the argument. 

Part Two expands the principles of the Alkaline 5 Diet. Which is from 30-80% (by calories) raw fruits, vegetables and leafy greens, the rest are cooked vegetables as in soups and whole grains and wholegrain products. Seeds and nuts are only allowed in a measure of at max 50g per week. Natural condiments are allowed but only if vegan, GMO-free, low fat and free of any additives, flavourings and colouring. Pulses are allowed in very small quantities because they are only 68% carbs.

Then there is a description of the Alkaline 5 Diet Meals that are:

1. Blood Cleanser
2. Vitamin Vitality Meal
3. Fat-Loss Sugar Meal
4. Raw Alkaline Mineral Meal
5. Hearty Cooked-Fibre Meal

All accompanied by a detailed description of what each is and a list of how to stock your pantry to follow the diet.

Part Three is a day by day, 21-days diet programme.

I am not new to the subject and much that has been written in this book I already knew. In the book there is a lot of motivational talks, personal health story and testimonials of people who followed the Alkaline 5 Diet.

My only warning for this diet is: always check your insulin sensitivity. If you have low insulin sensitivity, known as insulin resistance, you may have difficulty metabolising all the glucose released in this diet and excess glucose becomes fat.

If you are diabetic or pre-diabetic check your blood glucose regularly with each meal plan as indicated in this diet. If you are going to keep it for a long haul check your A1C.

We are all made differently and the concept of holistic health and diet is that each diet is tailored to the individual.

I am sure many will find this diet an excellent way to reverse diseases, even serious ones. As I am sure for a percentage of the population this low fat, high carbohydrate vegan diet, is not a good way to achieve an alkaline environment in the body and urine.

However even if you can’t follow the diet as a whole, incorporating several of the alkalinising fruits and vegetables mentioned in the book, the healthy lifestyle tips plus a blood glucose monitor and a litmus paper at hand in the morning, will surely help to obtain a healthier solution for some.

Published by Hay House

My Self-undoing... 17 years later

Today it is an important day in my family of origin. So wherever I am my mother phones me.
Today she reminded me that 17 years ago on the 13th January 1998 she had phoned but did not find me at home. I just was being admitted in hospital to come out only 30 days afterwards, on the 14th February 1998.
Not because I was healed but because I was loosing so much weight that the doctors thought I would not make it through.
So after 17 years I had the courage to look back at the clinical data of the event that has and still is changing my life. And I found the time when I was admitted to hospital and surgery.
Now as you may know I am studying astrology so I was curious to cast a chart. The surgery started at 20:10 Rome Italy.
That makes it Capricorn Sun, Virgo Rising and Leo Moon.
The bi-wheel shows 5 planets in my 12th house (the house of hospitals, prisons and self-undoing or the house where you just simply loose your identity to the world), Saturn in my 2nd house (my body) and the Moon in my 6th house (the house of health and mind-body connections). Saturn was transiting on my Chiron in my 2nd house. The Lord of Time meeting Wounded-ness on my body.
The Capricorn Sun was on my North Node that had just been touched by transiting Venus that was making an opposition to my natal Venus conjunct South Node. In short my values where being called on duty...were am I really living my life?
I wasn't aware at that time that I was putting everything in my unconscious. I did not want to see and feel. It was only a year and a half that I had left my natal land. My life had changed drastically, more than I had expected and accepted.
Reliving that period, the moment I decided that I could not take it anymore and needed medical help. The moment I went in hospital, the what seemed the long waiting alone in a corridor shivering in pain and with cold. The waking up with more scars than I was expecting. The long complicated recovery which seemed never to arrive with brutal therapeutic methods. A diagnosis that left me helpless. The watching people dying alone and without family. The loosing the want to eat and live....
17 years afterwards I am still licking the wounds. I am still slowly healing.
Yes that surgery was really my self-undoing giving me more scars physically, emotionally and spiritually than I am comfortable with even to this very day.

Review Book: The Diabetes Breakthrough

I was very interested in reading this book since I have been living with my genetical diabetes for quite some time now. 

Sincerely speaking I thought there was more to this book than what I felt was stating the obvious. But I kept on reading...

And yes for me it states the obvious or at least most parts although rereading them can help refreshing parts that I might tend to forget willingly or not (such as portion weighing).

Now I do not want to sound arrogant in my knowledge (but being a health practitioner does help a bit here)  on second thoughts this book might not state the obvious for those who are new to diabetes, or pre-diabetes or whatever there is in between and akin.

And from my experience with patients even those who have being living with such maladies for quite a long time might not find it so obvious.

So what is my “verdict”:

I would suggest this book as a life-time companion to read and reread occasionally. A book to keep at a GP's waiting room or a nutritionist. It is simple to read. No medical jargon. Easy to follow. All things are taken in steps and tables come to aid.

Just one thing to add, not all diabetes or pre-diabetes are created equally. Each of us has her/his own story and need specific and individual treatment. 

So yes read and follow this book but first of all listen to your body, discuss with a doctor you trust and a nutritionist that can follow you through. And remember there are no hard and fast rules, we change in time and so our needs.

For website and blog by author click this link

Female Gay-Friendly Gynecologists in Rome/ Donne Ginecologhe gay-friendly a Roma

For all of you who happen to be in Rome and need a female gay-friendly gynecologist please do not hesitate to contact these two great gynecologist.

1. Dr. Adriana Bruno, telephone number 0656483029 (direct line)
2. Dr. Elizabetta Canitano, telephone number 0656483024 (answering machine, works as well for Dr. Bruno)

Address: Consultorio Familiare di Ostia (Rome)
L.MARE TOSCANELLI 230
Roma

Dr. Bruno uses also homeopathic remedies.
The visit is free because it is part of the Italian National Health Service. Present are also pediatricians, obstetricians and social workers.



Per quelli che capitano a Roma e hanno bisogno di una ginecologa gay-friendly, non esitate di contattare queste due splendide dottoressa.

1. D.ssa Adriana Bruno, numero ti telefono 0656483029 (linea diretta)
2. D.ssa Elizabetta Canitano, numero di telefono 0656483029 (segreteria telefonica, funziona anche per la D.ssa Bruno)

Indirizzo: Consultorio Familiare di Ostia (Roma)
L.MARE TOSCANELLI 230
Roma

D.ssa Bruno utilizza anche i prodotti omeopatici.
La visita è gratuita perché fa parte del sistema sanitario nazionale. Nel consultorio sono presenti anche dei pediatri, ostetriche e assistenti sociali.

Plastic bottles safe enough? /Sono sicure le bottiglie di plastica

So you think that reusing a plastic bottle is a smart thing....read this!
Credevate che reutilizzando una bottiglia di plastic è una cosa molto inteligente...leggete questa.

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