Health

For literally thousands of years, the pomegranate has been steeped in myth and lauded for its healing properties. In the past 10 years, modern science has started to realise why.

Who knew this humble dairy product had so many benefits? From digestive healt, longevity, cancer and weight loss, yoghurt has all the bases covered.

The time for summer salads is here and what better dressing could there be than one that uses olive oil as its base? Read on to find out the wide-ranging benefits of this liquid gold.

Goji berries have become more popular with them moving from Traditional Chinese Medicine to Australian food products.

If there’s one supplement that truly deserves the word ‘super’, it’s alpha-lipoic acid. This antioxidant has positive effects on everything from blood pressure and cholesterol to anti-ageing benefits. Find out what else it can do for you.

The building block for healthy joints, glucosamine is actually made by the body, so when and how should we top up our supplies?

Tienchi ginseng root is one of the most highly valued plants in Oriental medicine, find out why.

L-lysine is well known for its beneficial effects on cold sores, but this amino acid has numerous functions that can enhance your overall health.

A naturopath reviews the medical journals and discusses the uses of ginseng and if it causes cancer.

There is nothing like the world wide web to reduce complex-whole-of-life-change down to simplistic keyword-rich mantras. This is why the Dark Mistress has settled on weight-loss as the start-up objective in her move back to embodied life – the ads on FaceBook told her to. Give FaceBook enough demographic data to work out you’re a) […]

Last month an International Conference of Psychologists is considering the declaration of Internet Addiction as a mental illness. In my view this is a long shot – I mean second-life maybe. The internet though IS the cause of many sedentary hours – there is nothing like the www to give you the sense of doing […]

Epsom salts aren’t just for nana and grandad, their pain-relieving qualities also leave your skin feeling incredibly soft, help your body to detox and replenish vital minerals such as magnesium, which most of us don’t have enough of.