More Ways To Shine

Seed oils have been getting a bad rap lately, and many people are avoiding them at all costs. But how can it be that seeds are considered...

We are naturally attracted to brightly coloured foods , because fruits and vegetables are most nutritious when they are ripe and deeply...

Beyond food, there are different ways that calcium can be supplemented to the body. Many products contain calcium in less absorbable...

Conventional sunscreens are effective at protecting against sunburn, and reducing the likelihood of skin cancer in later life....

We are all aware that dairy products are a good dietary source of calcium.  For example, cottage cheese has 125mg per half cup, and...

Antibiotics are life-saving medications, there’s no question about that. The discovery of drugs that could cure pneumonia, prevent...

We all know people for whom medications have improved their quality of life, and others where medications have actually kept them alive....

When we think about calcium, most of us think first of bone density,  and there has been lots of research on this topic. Given that we...

Planning a spring detox?* As well as a clean diet, together with herbal or nutritional support for your detox biochemistry, these tools...

Chrono means time, so chronobiology is about how time affects our biological systems. We have long known how important time is to our...

We know that exercise burns glucose, but the bigger picture of how it helps our blood sugar metabolism is a lot more complex than that. ...

Have you ever wondered why blood glucose levels are not used to diagnose diabetes? After all, we know that diabetes is a disease of high...

Some fitness watches, rings and other trackers track Heart Rate Variability. You may have seen that and wondered just what Heart Rate...

February is Heart Health month . Beans are well enough known for their benefits to cardio-vascular health that we’ve played upon the...

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, so let’s take a look at the MIND diet. It’s been in the news lately, since several research...

In Chinese medicine winter is the season associated with the kidney. So when you start to think about supporting your health in the new...

Our skin is our largest and most visible organ. There’s a reason we find smooth glowing skin attractive: because healthy skin reflects a...

We all know that feeling. Oh no: you are suddenly aware that your throat is sore! You know you have to do something to look after...

Remember the old question “Is the glass half-full or half-empty?”  This is a perfect example of how the same event can be looked at in a...

We take breathing for granted, but no-one teaches us in childhood that breathing can do so much more for us than just supply oxygen: it...