health ABC > Vitamin supplements
A, B or C: Vitamins are good for you.
As a child someone surly once said to you: ‘eat your vegetables, they have lots of vitamins that are good for you.’ But is that so ? Are vitamins really good for you ? Which ones are the best to b...read more
Antioxidants: fighting free radicals
Continuing research has confirmed that many of the twentieth century’s most common diseases are associated with a shortage of antioxidant nutrients. These diseases are thought to be the result of free r...read more
Cholesterol lowering tips
Stock up on vitamin E. Scientists have discovered that we have both good (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL) and bad (low density lipoprotein, or LDL) cholesterol running thro...read more
Do athletes need a special diet?
Vitamins and minerals perform the same essential functions for athletes and non-athletes alike. The key to obtaining the vitamins and minerals that athletes need is to eat a ...read more
Do we need orthomolecular medicines?
Orthomolecular medicine The therapy principle of orthomolecular medicine is based on the realisation that the human body needs vitamins, minerals, trace elementsread moreFacts about Vitamin C and vitamin supplements
Vitamin C's most important study was in the Canadian Medical Association Journal of Sept. 23 1972. During 102 days (3.4 months) in winter, 407 about 25 year old Canadians took 1 g/day + 3 g/day during the fir...read more
Key points for feeding vegan children
Infants need plenty of energy. Home-prepared cereals should be made as a thick porridge and not as a thin gruel. Add a little vegetable oil to the cooked grains to increase their calorie content, an...read more
The declining quality of our diets
Eating a balanced and healthy diet seems to be getting more difficult in the 21st Century. Your body needs lots of ‘bang’ for its nutritional ‘bucks’ and this means eating the best qua...read more
The importance of vitamins & minerals
So, what do they do for the body? Well, vitamins are an essential component to the body, keeping it tuned and functioning correctly, like a finely tuned car engine. Take away the spark plugs of a car engine, ...read more
The power of antioxidants
Studies throughout the last 30 years reveal that many of the so-called degenerative diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, cataracts and arthritis arise because of a deficiency i...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 K
What is vitamin K? Vitamin K is a fat soluble vitamin and is made by bacteria that live in your colon. It’s then absorbed back into your bloodstream to conduct a variety of important t...read more
