Liver toxicity – do you have it
Is your liver toxic? Oh probably. With all the pesticides, herbicides, insecticides, POPs aka persistent organic pollutants, toxins in our foods, hygiene products, cleaning products, air pollutants, heavy metal toxicities, pharmaceutical drugs, etc etc etc, our livers are usually loaded with toxins.
Broccoli – you’ve got to love it
Many children don’t appreciate the flavour of broccoli, but as you grow older, your tastebuds might change and tell you how important broccoli is to your diet and health.
Kidney stones – now they can be painful
You never want to develop kidney stones. As one nurse put it – they are just as painful as giving birth, you just don’t get the happy ending...
Apples – they are not the same nutritionally
You have probably heard the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”, and while there is some truth in this, not all apples are created equally.
Insomnia – are you tired of it?
Apart from the obvious pun, insomnia is not just a frustrating experience, but it causes all kinds of other issues. There are a number of causes of insomnia, and a number of side effects, and a number of treatments.
Gardening for your health from A-Z
We are writing a series of health articles from A-Z – each day a new article going through the alphabet. We decided we would do the same for gardening. Each day addressing a different item for each letter of the alphabet. Hopefully you will find these articles beneficial.
Headaches are a real pain – but understanding them can help you eliminate them
Did you know that your brain doesn’t have pain receptors. But it does have pressure receptors. So when there is pressure – you will get a headache. Okay, so what can cause pressure? The most common causes include: Then we have the more serious issues that can include: There are different types of headaches: Cluster […]
Gout – suffer it or eliminate it
First off, what is gout? Gout is caused by a build-up of a substance called uric acid in the blood. Your body naturally produces uric acid and normally keeps it under control. However, if your kidneys cannot eliminate the excess uric acid, it can build up and cause tiny sharp crystals to form in and […]
Fever – kill it or nourish it?
The body is very good at talking to us if only we had learned to listen rather than confuse it with pharmaceutical drugs! When the body has an infection, there are several ways the body can eliminate the intruder. If the pathogen is in the respiratory system, the body can cough it out or sneeze […]
Your eyes – are they healthy?
Most people don’t think about their eyes or their eyesight till something goes wrong. Me included. At the age of 25, overnight I lost my sight, to the point I couldn’t read STOP on a stop sign sitting right in front of it. Wow. That was scary. My specialist told me I would be legally blind […]