Antioxidants play a huge role in maintaining health by preventing damage at the cellular level. In recent years more attention has been given to preventing serious illness through natural processes. Our body has an amazing capacity to produce everything we need to lead a healthy life. Unfortunately, human beings who are not medically inclined rarely [...] Read more »
Stress
Stress Is Stressful! “I’m stressed out!” That phrase is very familiar and we always hear that from a friend, a family member or even ourselves. Some of the reasons are working too much and there are a lot of workloads that we need to meet on a deadline; personal problems that are coming in and [...] Read more »
Nutritional Health
Nutritional Health Healthy Choices The term Nutritional Health, implies that our health status is in someway reliant on our nutritional intake. There is a very well known saying “you are what you eat”. In other words if you eat healthy nourishing food you will heave a healthy well nourished body, but if you eat junk [...] Read more »
Nopalea
Nopalea Nopalea is derived from the commonly known desert plant called the prickly pear cactus or Nopal. It produces purple flowers in the winter and is pollinated by hummingbirds. The plant thrives in subtropical and tropical regions and can be found in the south-western desert regions of the United States and Mexico. This amazing Nopal [...] Read more »
Vitamin C
Vitamin C Vitamin C – otherwise known as Ascorbic Acid is an essential nutrient for human beings. A lack of vitamin C can cause a deficiency disease called scurvy, which is characterized by pale skin, sunken eyes, tender gums, muscle pain, loss of teeth, and internal bleeding. Vitamin C is water soluble and is not [...] Read more »
Vitamins
Vitamins The human body is reliant on a certain level of nutrients for optimal health. Vitamins, minerals and other trace elements in the right proportions can help to keep disease at bay and ensure that the body is functioning optimally. Ideally we should be able to get all the vitamins and minerals our bodies need [...] Read more »
Antioxidant
What is an Antioxidant? An antioxidant is basically something that reverses the effects of oxidation. Although oxygen is a vital nutrient needed by every cell in the body every second of the day, it is also chemically reactive and highly dangerous. In normal biochemical reactions oxygen can become unstable and capable of oxidizing neighboring molecules. [...] Read more »
Joint Health
Joint Health Joint health is something we all become acutely aware of as we get older. Morning stiffness, rheumatic-type aches and pains, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow and arthritis are just a few of the conditions that we may encounter. Most people will see these conditions as a “to be expected” part of aging. They will [...] Read more »
Super Fruits
Super Fruits The term “super fruits” is basically commercial terminology for a range of the more rare fruits deemed to have a particularly high nutritional value, especially their antioxidant value. Their perceived health benefits would seem to be the main reason for their popularity. Some of the more popular superfruits include: acai, blueberry, cranberry, gogi, [...] Read more »
Vegetables
Vegetables Encouraging people to eat more fruit and vegetables is seen a top priority by the organizations around the world who are promoting a healthier diet. Many serious illnesses are caused by nutritional deficiency due to a diet made up of poor quality food. Research indicates that nine or ten servings of fruits and vegetables [...] Read more »