Joint-pain can be debilitating and enervating and cause extreme discomfort. Anyone afflicted with pain caused by degenerative joints will attest to this. Durban-based journalist, Adrian Rorvik, has suffered from knee problems for most of his life. “I was told by doctors that my knee cartilage stopped developing at ‘fish’ stage in the womb,” he says. [...]
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Bone Health
In spite of bone health not being on everyone’s healthcare agenda, it is an extremely important point to consider. The body’s skeleton keeps the body in shape, holds the muscles together and ensures that we maintain a healthy posture. It protects the body’s organs and stores calcium which is needed for many other metabolic functions [...]
CoQ10 – The Ubiquitous Enzyme
Coenzyme Q10 – commonly referred to as CoQ10 – is a substance that is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. According to a 2010 survey by Consumer.Lab.com, CoQ10 is the fifth most popular supplement in the United States and is being used by about 53 percent of Americans. A naturally occurring compound, CoQ10 is also known as [...]
Tonics
The sun is the ultimate source of energy for all life on earth. It provides the energy for photosynthesis in plants which enable plants to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. The breakdown of carbohydrates and other nutrients produce energy that can be used by the body to fuel all body processes. The body needs a constant [...]
Sweet Nutrients
Nutrients – the source of physiological nourishment and sustenance for survival. With the focus on wellness increasing, nutrition has become the buzzword in health- conscious circles. Scientific research now spotlights diet as a major contributing factor in many degenerative diseases, and the importance of nutrition as a vital element in disease-prevention is widely acknowledged. Glyconutrients [...]
Bladder Infections
Urinary tract and Bladder Infections: The urinary tract forms part of the body’s excretory system. It consists of the kidneys, the ureters, the bladder and the urethra. These parts work as a unit to remove waste products from the blood and body and excrete them in the urine. The bladder is a hollow muscular organ [...]
Antioxidants-Free Radical Scavengers
The terms ‘antioxidant’ and ‘free radical’ are used prolifically with reference to supplements, health foods and fresh produce, but how many people actually know what they mean? By definition, the prefix ‘anti’ indicates that antioxidants work in opposition to the effects of oxidation. And by-products of this oxidation process are commonly known as free radicals. [...]
Nutraceuticals – Foodstufs that provide health benefits
Back in 400 B.C. when the ‘Father of Medicine’, Hippocrates, came up with the iconic phrase “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food”, he could never have imagined that the synergy of food and medicine would evolve into a multi-billion dollar global market by the 21st century. As the worldwide trend for [...]
Tissue Salts
What are tissue salts? There are many ways to treat and support the body in its fight against illness and disease. One of the most subtle and yet effective forms of medical therapy is called “Biochemics” Is has been discovered that the health of an organism on a cellular level may be influenced by the [...]
Biochemic Tissue Salts – Cellular Nutrition
The human body is an extraordinarily complex organism comprising about 10-trillion cells. These are the smallest known units of life and the basic building blocks of all living organisms. From dermal to epithelial, approximately 210 various types of cells make up all the different parts of the body. Cells can be likened to factories within [...]
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