The best natural supplements for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) are calcium, magnesium, vitamin B6, evening primrose oil, isoflavones, Agnus […]
The best supplements for high blood pressure are reishi, magnesium, hibiscus tea, co-enzyme Q10, vitamin C, lycopene, aged […]
Supplements For High Blood Pressure
Several supplements help to boost working memory and recall, including omega-3 fish oil, vitamin B complex, vitamin D, […]
Supplements To Improve Your Memory
Eating locally produced honey is a popular treatment for hay fever. Local honey contains pollen, pollen causes hay […]
Does Local Honey Reduce Hay Fever?
Several natural supplements can lower cholesterol levels and improve the balance between ‘bad’ LDL-cholesterol and ‘good’ HDL-cholesterol. The […]
Best Cholesterol Lowering Supplements
Many herbal supplements are used to treat type 2 diabetes, including cinnamon, Gymnema sylvestre, turmeric, bitter melon, fenugreek, […]
Herbal Medicines For Type 2 Diabetes
Does chocolate cause acne? If so, is dark chocolate less likely to cause acne than milk chocolate? Sadly […]
Does Eating Chocolate Cause Acne?
Raspberry ketone has gained an enviable reputation for boosting weight loss. Raspberries are among the tastiest of fruits […]
Raspberry Ketones for Weight Loss
Most of us would benefit from eating more omega-3, as few people eat enough oily fish to get […]
Omega-3 Benefits
More supplements can improve knee pain than just about any other condition. Here, I’ve focused on the best […]
Best Supplements For Knee Pain
Fatty liver disease is an increasingly common condition that affects as many as one in three adults in […]
Is Artichoke A Cure For Fatty Liver Disease?
Hydrolysed collagen drinks are increasingly popular to help combat the effects of ageing on skin, hair, nails and […]
Can Hydrolysed Collagen Drinks Reduce Skin Wrinkles?
Coconut water is one of the most refreshing drinks and, in its pure state, provides many unusual health […]
The Unexpected Health Benefits of Coconut Water
Beauty sleep is essentially the amount of sleep you need to both look good and feel great when […]
Cherry Juice For Beauty Sleep & Exercise Performance
With a name like the Mushroom of Immortality, who could resist taking this traditional herbal remedy whose medicinal […]
Red Reishi May Support Cancer Treatment
Horny Goat Weed is one of those herbs whose name evokes lingering curiosity – does it deserve its […]
Does Horny Goat Weed Really Work?
World Thrombosis Day seems a suitable occasion to highlight the beneficial effects of tomato extracts. The clear jelly […]
Tomato Extracts Protect Against Unwanted Blood Clots
Lavender oil capsules are a traditional herbal medicine for the relief of symptoms of anxiety such as stress […]
Lavender Oil Capsules For Anxiety
Flaxseed is emerging as one of the most effective nutritional medicines for lowering blood pressure. In a study […]
How Flaxseed Can Lower Your Blood Pressure
Green coffee bean extracts are often dismissed as simply a source of caffeine, but their weight loss potential […]
Green Coffee Bean Extracts Can Boost Weight Loss
The suggestion that taking calcium supplements might increase the risk of dementia comes from data involving 700 women, […]
Do Calcium Supplements Increase The Risk Of Dementia?
A stong link has been identified between vitamin D and asthma. If you have asthma, adding an oral […]
Vitamin D And Asthma
Brazil nuts are one of my favourite snacks, and I’ve just discovered a reason to eat more of […]
Brazil Nuts Have Miraculous Effects On Cholesterol Balance
Apparently it’s National Trail Mix Day on August 31st every year. Trail mix was originally developed as a […]
Top Up Your Polyphenols With My Pecan Punch Trail Mix
Turmeric is a traditional Ayurvedic medicine used to treat inflammation and reduce pain. Several studies suggest that its […]
Turmeric As Effective As Ibuprofen for Knee Pain
The first cacao powder with an approved EU health claim that it ‘helps maintain the elasticity of blood […]
Cacao Is The Best Medicine For Your Heart
I’ve taken magnesium supplements for several years, ever since convincing trials suggested that people with the highest intakes […]
Magnesium Supplements Lower A High Blood Pressure
Have you ever wondered why the Mediterranean diet is so beneficial for health despite featuring ladles of pasta? […]
Is Pasta Fattening Or Not?
If you have restless legs syndrome, commonly known as the heebie-jeebies, you could have low iron reserves. It’s […]
Restless Legs Linked With Low Iron Levels
Ginger is helpful for treating morning sickness in early pregnancy, according to new guidelines from the Royal College […]
Ginger Is Good For Nausea in Pregnancy
Nuts are an excellent source of antioxidant polyphenols, omega-3 polyunsaturated, and omega-9 monounsaturated fats which have beneficial effects […]
Eating Nuts Improves Prostate Cancer Survival
You may have heard some recent sweeping claims that everyone can get all the vitamins and minerals they […]
Some People DO Need Vitamin Supplements
If you love butter, you’ll be glad to know that the latest review of some old data now […]
Butter, Margarine or Oil?
If you read the recent headlines such as ‘Being a vegetarian could kill you’ or ‘Vegetarian diet raises […]
Vegetarian Diets And Cancer
According to a recent Mintel report, the use of seaweed flavours in new food and drink products across […]
Seaweed in Your Kitchen?
If you miss the old days, when dipping toasted soldiers and asparagus fingers into a soft-boiled egg made […]
Eggy Soldiers Are Back!
If you are on a statin drug, it’s important to know that these can lower your blood levels […]
Statins Lower Your Vitamin D
Lack of iron is one of the most common mineral deficiencies world-wide, so I read with despair the […]
Don’t Stop Your Iron Tablets!
Several studies have shown that aged garlic extracts can protect against hardening of the coronary arteries by preventing […]
More Good News For Garlic
A new study has caused some consternation. It goes against current accepted wisdom by suggesting that vitamin D […]
Vitamin D & The Risk Of Falls
Which fats and oils do you use in the kitchen? You may decide to switch to olive oil, […]
Which Oils Are Best For Cooking?
New research confirms that dietary changes can significantly improve the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, which is the most […]
Diet Can Improve Multiple Sclerosis
If you love garlic but haven’t yet tried the aged, black version, you’re in for a treat. As […]
Have You Discovered Black Garlic?
If you have a raised cholesterol and a high blood pressure, you may have spotted recent headlines suggesting […]