Stacey Hancock

Stacey's here to help nourish your brains on tricky nutrition matters such as food allergies, intolerances, supplements..and a myriad of other things under the nutrition umbrella. Stacey Hancock is a CHEK Exercise Coach and Nutritionist based in Hamilton. Also a CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach, Stacey bridges the gap between nutrition, exercise and lifestyle to achieve clients goals throughout the Waikato. You can check out Stacey's website www.staceyhancock.co.nz here

About Stacey!
In June 2005, I didn't like me very much - I was overweight, depressed, moody and metabolically damaged.  After hiring a fantastic trainer, I slogged it out at the gym and learnt how to eat right.  The weight fell off and I started lifting out of my depression...from that point on I was hooked on food, but in a more obsessive science type of way. 

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Toxicity and "Detoxing" Detoxifying the body has been around since ancient times, and whether it be for religious reasons, to cure disease or to cleanse the physical and psychological aspects of the body there is one thing that is constant, that detoxifying is to essentially expel "bad stuff".

Let's skip ahead to modern day. At some point along the historical timeline, some smart health entrepreneur created the first retail "detox" that you and I could purchase so we could "detox" at home. Now, I'm using the word detox in inverted commas because most of these preparations are nothing more than a bunch of herbs that aren't going anywhere except down your toilet. To understand this, we need to understand detoxification. It's not a buzz word, and it's not a crazy alternative health concept.

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