Tis the Season...
So many of my clients this year have been asking how they can minimise ‘Xmas damage’.
And while Xmas can be a time when our best efforts to eat well and exercise can become derailed...but we need not fall off the wagon completely or let a few brief weeks halt a whole years worth of progress...
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Wednesday 14 December 2011
We’re Not What We Eat - We’re What We Absorb!
For any supplement to be effective it must be absorbed efficiently. Having said that just how many people understand the process of what happens to a health supplement capsule or tablet when they take them. Do you?
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Wednesday 8 December 2010
Colour Fights Cancer: Free Radicals and Phytochemicals Demystified
It took a while but the message is slowly getting out on the importance of antioxidant phytochemicals (or phytonutrients) in the diet. Phytonutrients are the nutritional elements that give fruit and vegetables their distinctive colours, odours and tastes. They mainly act as antioxidants which help form the body’s defense against free radical damage to cells.
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Wednesday 3 November 2010
Health Benefits of Globe Artichoke
Globe artichoke has a long history of traditional use in herbal medicine dating back to the 16th century. It was used in cases of jaundice, oedema (fluid retention) and urinary stones.
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Wednesday 20 October 2010
