What a mind and body energy formula! New Turbovite Bubbly 09 August 2011 In a double take on energy formulas, Turbovite Bubbly has just bounced onto pharmacy shelves offering great value for money paired with a formulation containing some of the most potent nutrient levels around. This one a day body and mind energy booster [...]
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Patrick Holford – Get Up & Go
GET UP & GO THE ANSWER TO A HEALTHY BREAKFAST We all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It kick-starts your metabolism, gives you energy to get on with your busy day and helps concentration levels at work and in the classroom. But the reality is that sometimes there just [...]
Project Phakamisa
Breast cancer is currently a leading cause of death amongst women in Africa. In South Africaalone, it is estimated that one in every 29 women is diagnosed with the disease every year, with the number of diagnosis amongst young black South African women continuously increasing1,2. The real tragedy however, is that many affected individuals cannot [...]
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 [...]
Nutrition for Healthy Adult Years
In the adult years, individuals focus their time and energy on building careers, contributing to society, nurturing their offspring, realising goals and planning for their retirement. Nutrition and lifestyle should be integrated in achieving the above mentioned goals, as they can support people and help them maintain good health during retirement. Alas, finding this balance [...]
Malnutrition
Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess, or in the wrong proportions. Malnutrition is a serious disease and the effects during the first two years of life are irreversible. Malnourished children grow up with worse health and lower educational achievements. Their own children [...]
Oral Health
The legendary tooth fairy is a fairy who gives a child money or a gift in exchange for a milk tooth. Children place the tooth in their shoe at night. The fairy is said to take the tooth from the shoe and replace it with money once they have fallen asleep! Whether we believe in [...]
The detox debate
Warmer temperatures and sunny days usually press the panic buttons in most women! All of a sudden they realise that within a few weeks, they might have to peal off the winter clothes and expose their newly curved bodies to the world. So this time of the year pharmacies are inundated with customers looking for [...]
Summer Hair
The lovely warmth and sunshine of summer is back and suddenly hair must be shaken out of its winter chills and shine as much as our plentiful sunshine outside. Just remember that hair protection should be high on the list of priorities to keep that shine. It should be protected from the harmful rays of [...]
National Health Insurance (NHI) system
Government should investigate combining different financing mechanisms in an equitable way to fund the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) system, says healthcare financing consultant, Professor Healther McLeod. Speaking at the Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) conference in Cape Town, McLeod said everywhere where funding is largely pre-paid and pooled there are trade-offs between the [...]
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