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Calcium
What is calcium? Calcium is found inside most cells of the body where it is involved in numerous biochemical functions. Calcium is stored in your bones and teeth. What calc...read more
Can Vitamin C cure colds?
Definition Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin that is necessary for normal growth and development. Function Vitamin C is required for the growth and repair of tissues in all parts of y...read more
Dietary deficiencies: causes and conventional treatment
Dietary deficiencies and their affect on health and fertility A lack of the vitamins and minerals found in food can be the cause of many of the PMS symptoms and can be corrected if recognised. It is important to eat a balanc...read more
Do you have white spots or marks on your nails?
You may have a deficiency in ZINC What is Zinc? The signs and symptoms of zinc deficiency include anorexia, growth retardation, delayed sexual maturation, hypogonadism and hypospermia, alopecia, immune diso...read more
Fluoride
What is fluoride? Fluoride plays a role in the development and health of bones and teeth. What fluoride does for you Fluoride hardens your bones and tooth enamel. Fluoride is absorbed into a child’s ...read more
Have you become sensitive to bright lights?
You may have a deficiency in Vitamin B2 What is Vitamin B2? Vitamin B2, or Riboflavin, is necessary for healthy skin and eyes. It is vital for converting proteins, fats and carbohydrates into energy. Vitami...read more
How essential are trace elements in our diet?
Inorganic, organic, chelated, elemental, ionic, colloidal, essential, trace - all these claims! What do we really need? Credentials in nutrition apparently mean very little when it comes to minerals.<...read more
How is iron-deficiency anemia treated?
Goals of the treatment The goals of treating iron-deficiency anemia are to restore normal levels of red blood cells, hemoglobin, and iron as well as to treat the condition causing the anemia...read more
Male infertility
Male infertility can be the cause of 40 percent of all infertility problems.It can be due to impotence or to defects in the male's sperm specifically their concentration, shape, motility (ab...read more
Oestrogen and osteoporosis
Osteoporotic fractures occur in one third of women, principally the hip (neck of femur), the vertebral bodies and the wrist. Apart from the life-threatening fracture of the hip which occurs in the older age g...read more
Sulphur
What is sulphur? Sulphur is found in all cells of the body and helps keep hair, skin, cartilage, bones and tendons healthy. What sulphur does for you Sulphur is necessary for the production of keratin, a <...read more
The truth about vitamin and other supplementation
Before we can evaluate whether or not a particular person in a particular situation could benefit from supplementation, we need to clearly establish what we mean when we say that someone is "deficient&qu...read more
Vitamin A (Retinol): introduction
Vitamin A and its metabolites play diverse roles in physiology, ranging from incorporation into vision pigments to controlling transcription of a host of important genes. Health depends on ma...read more
Vitamin D (calcitriol) : an introduction
Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that has long been known for its important role in regulating body levels of calcium and phosphorus, and in mineralization of ...read more
What is an atrial septal defect?
In this defect there is a hole between the top chambers (receiving chambers or atria). Due to the higher pressure in the left side of the heart, this allows oxygenated blood to flow through the hole from the ...read more
What is iron-deficiency anemia?
Iron-deficiency anemia is a common and easily treated condition that occurs when there is not enough iron in the body. It is the most common type of anemia. A lack of iron in the body can com...read more
