Probiotics – what can they do for you?
For thousands of years microbial cultures have been used to ferment foods and prepare alcoholic beverages. Even the book of Genesis references the preparation of fermented milk. Evidently, probiotics have been with us for as long as people have eaten fermented products. However, their association with health benefits dates only...
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Essential Nutrients: Antioxidants
One of the fundamentals of healthy living. It is well known that regular consumption of a diet rich in plants such as fruits, vegetables and grains is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. One of the reasons for this is because plant sources are rich in antioxidants. Spices, herbs and...
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How To Keep Your Eyes Healthy
Our eyes are how we see the world, literally. When we’re tired they might become sore, and if we wear glasses or contact lenses, our eyes may need more help to stay healthy. Staring at computer screens, our diet, and our genes can all have a negative impact on...
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Calcium, The Wonder Nutrient for your Bones
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in our bodies, which is just as well seeing as it’s one of the most important. Without calcium we would quite literally fall apart – our bones would become brittle and break easily, our muscles would spasm, hair and nails would become fragile,...
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Lifestyle, Diet and Kidney Disease
Kidney disease, often referred to as chronic kidney disease or CKD, is the loss of kidney function over a period of time ranging from several months to several years. KCD is very common and can affect anyone regardless of health or age. Without dialysis treatment or a transplant the...
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Dental and Periodontal Health – Looking after your pearly whites!
Tooth and gum problems are on a steep increase both in children and in adults. Between the years of 2014-2015 there was an increase of 9.8% in children under the age of 10 with dental problems. Even more shockingly, 25% of adults admit to not brushing their teeth twice...
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Drink Up: Benefits of Staying Hydrated
Your weight loss goal’s best friend No need to order delivery meals with portioned calories to trim your waistline. If you want to up your game in the weight loss department, then make sure you meet your body’s hydration requirements – and that includes drinking water. This is because water increases...
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The World’s Biggest Killer
Heart disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, is a series of physical conditions of the heart, the arteries and the blood vessels within the scope of the cardiovascular system. It can be an in-born heart condition such as congenital heart disease, or a developed condition such as blood vessel diseases...
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Vitamin D – Your Daily Dose of Sunshine
Vitamin D is well-known for the role it plays in the absorption and metabolism of calcium in the body. Lately people are becoming more and more aware of the importance of vitamin D. Vitamin D3 in supplementation form could be a well-needed addition to your life at any age. Vitamin...
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What is Glutamine?
Almost 20% of our body is made up of protein, proving the important role of this macro-nutrient. Proteins consist of many attached smaller units, the amino-acids. One of these amino-acids and the most abundant in the bloodstream is glutamine, also known as L-glutamine. What is glutamine? Glutamine is characterized as a...
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