So here we are in January and the ‘flu’ season begins! Is it just a ‘cold’ or is it the ‘flu’ that is making you feel so unwell? Here are a few of the differences to help you decipher: • Flu symptoms come on very suddenly whereas a cold is more of a gradual onset. … Read more
I have mentioned in a previous article about chemicals in our cosmetics but I want to reiterate it here because it is really so important that you understand what you are putting on and into your body and what it can do to you. Almost 13000 chemicals are used in cosmetics and only 10% of … Read more
The snow has arrived, Allez Allez! The ski season is looking better than ever. February half term is right around the corner, have you done any ski preparation? Ooops, do not fear, start today it’s never too late. Look below at these four simple exercises to keep those knee injuries at bay. Statistically most ski … Read more
Do you suffer joint pains? Are you taking ant-inflammatory drugs? Well, did you know that they could cause stomach bleeding? Did you also know that there are other alternatives like a 2000mg cbd joint pain cream? Here are a few ideas and some natural supplements that you can take to help with all types of … Read more
Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, the founder of homeopathy, believed all those years ago that all disease starts in the gut and a recent study published in PLOS ONE shows that having some control over your gut’s bacterial population may even help prevent cancer. Living inside your gut there are fungi, good bacteria and bad bacteria … Read more
Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance that’s found in all the cells of our body. It has a hormone-like structure that behaves like a fat in that it is insoluble in water and in blood. 80% of cholesterol in your body is produced in the liver in response to inflammation as a result of excess … Read more
The latest findings of a study, published in the journal ‘Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology’, have shown that patients taking statin drugs are more likely to suffer from hardening of the arteries, a leading cause of heart disease. Yes, the condition that they are given to prevent, they actually cause! Commenting on the findings, lead researcher, … Read more
Vitamin D is the sunshine vitamin and certainly with all the rain we have had over the last few months we have had very little Vitamin D so it is really important to take it as the supplement over the winter period. Recently it has been proven to be one of the most powerful disease … Read more
We are now in the middle of winter but we have not had much cold weather to kill off all the bugs, so it is really important to boost your immune system to help prevent any colds and infections. One really good way of doing this is by taking a probiotic because 60-70% of your … Read more
It is the season for the ‘common cold’, an infectious disease triggered by hundreds of different viruses and typically spread by hand to hand contact between people or touching objects that are harbouring the pathogens. It is not bacterial and therefore antibiotics will not help and will only encourage antibiotic resistant disease. The key to … Read more