vitamins
Preparation for holiday travel with natural first aid
Are you planning an ocean cruise or a skiing trip ? Some brief suggestions for improved vitality, protection from injury, fatigue, food poisoning or illness, sometimes experienced on business or holidays journeys; these are: Adopt a healthy lifestyle ...read more
Prevent cancer
The general term for all forms of tumour which are malignant in nature. Cancer mainly affects the elderly. In most developed countries it is the second most common cause of death after heart disease, accounting for 20 per cent of all deaths.Cancer is, in m...read more
Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
Nonpharmacologic therapy Nonpharmacologic therapy can be divided into the categories of nutrition, lifestyle, and fall prevention. These represent the foundation for the management of osteoporosis, without which patients are unlikely to achieve the full ben...read more
Probiotics are for life
In our modern Western culture we are continually brainwashed to think all bacteria are bad for you. The commercial marketing hype from vested interests repeatedly tells us we need chemicals to kill the bad bugs we are exposed to on a daily basis. We are exho...read more
Probiotics: the good guys that can improve your health
Looking after the health of our digestive systems is something we tend to forget about until it gives us problems. But there is growing recognition that, just like caring for our skin, our gut will feel better following a bit of TLC. One way to keep your digestive system hea...read more
Salt: how much do we need?
Vegan diets have been proven to be characteristically low in saturated fats, high in beneficial fibre and free from harmful cholesterol. But when it comes to salt, in itself a very harmful mineral if taken in excess, what is the true state o...read more
Selenium
What is selenium? Selenium is a mineral that works as an antioxidant together with vitamin E. It also helps keep the male sperm and prostate gland healthy. What selenium does for you Selenium operates as co-factor to your antioxidant enzyme systems,read more
Sodium
What is sodium? About a third of the 120mg of the mineral sodium in the body is found in your bones. The rest is in your body fluids. It ensures a proper fluid and electrolyte or pH balance in your body, together with chlorine and potassium. What sodium do...read more
Soya allergy
Symptoms Symptoms include vomiting, colitis, diarrhoea, anaemia and irritability. Coughing, wheezing, asthma and rhinitis can all be features of soya intolerance. Asthma can result if soya flour or dust is inhaled. Skin problems such as ato...read more
Soya-based infant formula
Breast is best but for mums who need an infant formula feed, soya-based formulas are a safe and nutritious alternative to cow’s milk-based ones. Breast is Always Best Breast is best for babies and all mothers should be encouraged to breastfe...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 protein that promotes healthy skin and hair. An ing...read more
Supplement regulation: who's behind it and why should you oppose it?
Let’s make sure that all vitamin and herbal supplements are clinically proven to do what they claim, and that they’re safe, before they reach the consumer. Let’s ensure that their ingredients are closely monitored, and that their labels and...read more
Take control of varicose veins
If you have achy, tired legs or swollen ankles these could be an early warning sign of varicose veins.A healthy blood supply delivers oxygen, glucose and nutrients around the body for tissues and organs to function properly. But the veins in...read more
The basics of good nutrition
Your body is a biochemical organism. The chemicals you add into this system dictate how efficient it functions. Or in other words: You are what you eat!Your food intake helps dictate your energy levels, your moods, your ability to handle str...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 quality food you can. Choose fresh food where possibl...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, or simply get them damp, and the car just will not start, no matter...read more
The key to preventing osteoporosis
ARE YOU AT RISK? All men and women have some risk of developing osteoporosis as they get older. However, the following situations increase the risk. If you: have a small bone structure, are short in height and with a thin build are a woman past ...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 in antioxidants – nutrients that protect the ...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" in certain areas of his/her nutrition. How can we "measu...read more
The wonders of Zinc
Zinc is one of those minerals that we have all heard of but have no idea what it does, but we do know that the white spots on the fingernails indicate zinc deficiency. Another sign can be loss of taste. Well, it is extremely important at ove...read more
Turmeric: how this curry favourite can also help reduce joint inflammation
What is inflammation? Inflammation is the immune system’s first reaction against damage or infection and an extremely effective one at that. During this battle of repair the injured site may become swollen and red as the flow of blood increases to the area. Once the r...read more
Understanding immunity
The immune system can be thought of as the army that defends you from hostile invaders such as viruses, bacteria, yeasts and free radicals (damaging molecules). Your immune 'army' is constantly patrolling, identifying invaders, attacking them and cleaning up the debris after...read more
Vegans and weight loss/gain
A varied vegan diet provides all the nutrients needed for good health. A vegan diet based on whole foods, with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, plus cereals, pulses, nuts and seeds, will typically be low in sugar and fat, and high in carbohydrat...read more
Veggie health for kids
Animal Products Promote Disease Meat and dairy products promote disease. They are high fat foods, a primary source of unhealthy (and inessential) saturated fats and cholesterol, contain no fibre, no complex (starchy) carbohydrateread more
Vitamin A
What is vitamin A? Vitamin A was the first so-called "fat-soluble" vitamin to be recognised in 1913.This vitamin is also known as retinol (also called retinal or retinoic acid), a word much favoured by manufacturers of skin preparations that aim t...read more
