Category: General health

People often think that if they are not sick, they must be in good health. Yet sickness can creep in over years, and running on empty can feel familiar...

How healthy are you really? Are you concerned with the short-term effects of diet, aesthetic results, or being healthy for the rest of your life?

Heavy metal toxicity is a major problem that most humans are unwittingly suffering from, and there are many ways to come into contact with heavy metals...

Due to being exposed to so much toxicity in modern life, the need for superfoods, supplements and careful detoxing has never been so urgent...

We love cayenne pepper for the extra kick it gives our curries, and the way it can be just the element we’re looking for to save a dish from being bland. However, cayenne pepper could actually even save your life, as long as you know how to use it properly!

One thing that is widely accepted is that metabolism slows down as we get older. It’s not something many of us give too much thought to until it actually happens, and that’s usually because we’ve started to put on weight and we’re not too keen on it...

The dairy industry has a lot to lose if people start to pay attention to what dairy is really doing to our health. What we are told is true – that dairy is good for us – is actually the opposite of true...

The power of music can’t be denied. It can lift us out of sombre moods, invoke joy or nostalgia, and soothe us to the point of drifting off to sleep. Despite this, music hasn’t been taken particularly seriously as an aid to neurological health... at least until binaural beats came into being.

In reality, there’s nothing good about alcohol. For many it is simply a crutch. The associations we have with the way alcohol makes us feel (if we don’t cross the line with it, that is) might seem positive. They aren’t. Here's the raw truth...

The New Year is a time to relinquish the need for comfort foods and unhealthy habits. So if you want to start as you mean to go on, check out our ideas on health supplements to get you on the right track...

Antioxidants are a crucial factor in maintaining good health. These molecules prevent the oxidation of damaging molecules and prevent them from causing serious cellular harm...

You might be surprised to hear that there are traces of arsenic in your rice, but sadly that's not all. So how do you stop rice from damaging your health?

Why are negative ions so good for us? They bond with positive ions outside of the body, rendering them harmless. That's why they are thought to prevent the growth of both bacteria and cancer cells...

Not all herbs and spices are equal. It is easy to think that they are, as the processes that they are put through are not listed on packaging, nor are the details of where they are sourced. Cinnamon it is considered to be extremely good for you. It has many health benefits, but those are …

Chlorophyll is a fascinating substance, that's for sure. Nature likes to spell things out for us, but as it doesn’t use language, this is done in a metaphorical way. This means we need to be open to and looking for the visual evidence if we’re to understand its tuition. We know that certain foods are …

When we think of bacteria, we think of our biological selves. It is not usually the case that we attribute mood changes and mental states to proliferation of bacteria. More evidence is amounting that this is a mistake, however. Gut bacteria can communicate with the brain in various ways. The good news is that there …

It’s not so much of a secret anymore that sugar (and aspartame) laden Coca Cola is not so great for human health, but the branding is as powerful as it is ubiquitous; this explains why it the damaging effects of this so-called beverage are overlooked or dismissed as no big deal. Sugar and aspartame are …