Supplements All Teenagers Should Be Taking
Teenagers – they’ve got it easy, right? No responsibilities, no financial worries, they just go to school or college for a few hours, then come home and chill with their mates. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth. Teenagers today are under more stress and pressure than ever before...
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Children’s Health & Diet
The health of children is so important to their growth and development. Their bodies are still growing, their bones are strengthening and their brains are developing. Each day they experience and learn something new. Their diets and lifestyles have a huge impact on their health going forward, and lacking...
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Prebiotics vs Probiotics
Bioactive compounds are compounds that have an effect on living organisms, tissues or cells. They are non-essential and essential compounds that are found in small amounts in nature and specifically in plants and some foods. Consumption of bioactive compounds influences human health in different ways. Some examples of bioactive...
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Blood Health & Diet
Blood is a tissue that is found in liquid state, consisting of a liquid part (plasma – 55%) and a solid one (45% figurative cells), which circulates in a closed system (the circulatory system). Compared to other tissues, blood cells are not immobilized, they “float” in a viscous fluid...
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Lysine
Lysine, or L-lysine, is one of the nine essential amino acids required for growth and tissue repair in humans. Lysine’s main function is to aid in the production of Carnitine, a nutrient responsible for converting fatty acids into energy and helping lower cholesterol. Lysine also plays a role in...
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Digestion: Friendly Bacteria vs. Enzymes
More than just your gut is affected by your digestive health. In fact, your digestive health affects your mental and physical health, too. Everything that we take into our bodies goes through our intestines and our gut, and as such, our diet and lifestyle has a huge effect on...
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Zinc, Selenium & Your Immune System
What is the Immune system and what factors contribute to its activity? The Immune system is basically a complex network of cells, tissues, and organs that work synergistically to repel and fight various pathogens and intruders that enter the body through external means which may cause illness e.g bacteria, fungi,...
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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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The Benefits of Combining Vitamins D and K
Vitamin D3 is actually a fat-soluble form of Vitamin D that is naturally found in our bodies and triggered through our skins by sun exposure. There are also some foods that have vitamin D3 e.g seafood but it is also possible to take vitamin D3 from supplementation. It is...
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Heart Health and Blood Pressure
Blood makes up approximately 7% of a human’s total body weight and is the primary transport system in the body. The main “steam engine” of the blood system is the heart. Disruption of the blood, vasculature or heart can create detrimental problems to the health of the whole body. What...
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