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Tallow The Glorious Benefits of Tallow for Skin: Nature’s Original Moisturiser If you’ve been on the eternal quest for the perfect...

DeepBreathing Catching The Butterflies, Calming The Spirit In this article we look at how the right foods,behaviours and nutrients can...

Tips to avoid the flu Stay Fighting Fit through Winter This article will provide some guidance about the best methods to avoid common...

Navigating the channel to good health Captain Cook’s crew didn’t know why the limes they had to eat saved them from scurvy. We now know...

Fish Oil Benefits There is so much information and claims made regarding fish oil that it can be confusing on why you would take a fish...

Soothing Tea Herbal Tea Comprehensive Guide Below is an alphabetical list of herbal teas. Herbal Teas have been used for centuries to aid...

Calcium Calcium is an abundant soft metal element. But in the body it interacts to produce the hardest parts of our body, our bones, and...

Iron Iron is required by the blood to transport oxygen in the blood to the muscles. It also plays a role in releasing energy from cells,...

Beans -Fresh! Magnesium Magnesium is an essential cofactor for more than 300 enzyme systems within the body. It is involved in aerobic...

Food Selenium (mcg) per 100g - Approx Brazil Nuts 1900 Other Nuts 420 Tuna 80 Whole Wheat Flour 70 Chicken 60 Pork/Ham 50 Oat Bran 45...

Zinc Zinc plays an important role in maintaining the structural integrity of proteins. It helps hold us together. More than 85% of the...

Carbohydrates The Basics Carbohydrates are stored energy. They are primarily synthesised by plants from water and carbon dioxide and when...

Protein The Basics Protein is digested by the body and broken down into chains of amino acids which constitute the building blocks for...

Protein and Carbs Proteins are the building blocks of life. We all need to consume adequate amounts of protein in our daily lives in...

The Good Oil? There are mixed messages in the media concerning good and bad fats. But this isn't some kind of marketing spin. The health...

Vitamin A - The Basics Vitamin A is made up of retinol, retinal and four carotenoids which are the dietary precursors of retinol. It is...

Vitamin C - Ascorbic Acid Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin used by the body in the formation of collagen throughout the body and...

Vitamin D is the term given to a group of secosteroids that can be ingested by the human body in a variety of ways. In addition to being...

Avocados - a source of Vitamin E Vitamin E is a fat soluble vitamin which exists in eight different forms. Its primary function is to...

Shape Up This Season They say what goes up must come down. But in the case of weight loss, gravity isn’t going to do the work for you....