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A-Z For Healthy Winter Skin

It’s winter time and, believe it or not, your skin needs just as much care, if not more, as during the summer. Dr Leila Sadien offers comprehensive advice on how to keep your skin glowing and healthy throughout the chilly months ahead.

Ear Disease In Dogs

Dr Alex Niven outlines the causes, symptoms and treatment of outer ear infection in dogs so that you can be prepared if your best friend is afflicted with this common condition.

That Burning Feeling

Cystitis is an unpleasant condition usually caused by a bacterial infection that needs prompt medical attention. Following simple steps to promote bladder health can reduce the risk of recurrence of infection.

Yoga For Thight Hips

Your hips don’t lie but store and bury emotions. Yoga can unlock the secret to tight hips.

Say No To Nasties In Cosmetics!

The many beauty products available to us come in pretty packaging, but don’t be fooled – wise up and check those labels for the chemical nasties lurking in the ingredients that will only do long-term harm to both you and the environment.

The Reasons We Over-Eat

Our sedentary, food-abundant circumstances may be a byproduct of our ‘success’ as a society, and our nutrient, emotional and spiritual deficiencies a result of our hectic lifestyles – but they clearly create imbalances, gaps and voids in our lives, often leading to overeating and obesity.

Miracle Versus Law

DR JOHN DEMARTINI, BSC, DC. www.drdemartini.com info@DrDemartini.co.za He is a leading inspirational speaker, authority on human behaviour, teacher and author. His knowledge and experience are a culmination of 35 years of research and study of more than 28 000 texts in over 200 disciplines ranging from psychology, philosophy, metaphysics and theology to neurology and physiology. 

Beauty From Within

ANDREA DU PLESSIS, BSC DIETETICS, MPHIL EXERCISE SCIENCE. Twitter@andreaduplessis Andrea is a registered dietician. Following her initial career as a consulting dietitian, she furthered her studies in the field of sports nutrition with a Master’s degree in Sports Science. As nutrition expert, she has a passion for healthcare through nutrition, natural remedies and an active lifestyle. 

The Case For Marijuana As HIV Medicine

Support for medicinal marijuana has reached an all-time high in many parts of the world, especially among medical practitioners. Over 70% of the elite community are in favour of the use of cannabis to lessen the effects of a large number of chronic medical conditions.

Vegan Athletes Reach Peak Performance

Plant-based foods prove their mettle as well-known athletes go vegan and reach peak performance levels.

Finding Happiness

Finding happiness can be a life-long quest of enquiry, discovery and ultimately bliss. However, it is a journey and often a state that feels elusive, but by making the right choices it is very possible.

Ashes To Ashes

A different perspective on what our bodies contain – and what we need, to absorb minerals.

Healthy & Hearty Lunch Box Ideas

Feeding children a wholesome, nourishing meal at school has never been more important.

Chronicillness​ – A Four-phase Journey To A New Life

Learning to accept and live with chronic illness isn’t easy. This four-phase model provides helpful guidelines.

The Sunscreen Product Minefield

Dr Sandi Nye‘Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.’ ~ Mary Schmich, 1997

Discover your inner key to healing

Dr John Demartini explains how to look inwards, to your inner physiology, to find the tools to heal emotionally, spiritually and, subsequently, physically.

Coconut - Water, Milk & Oil

Coconuts are synonymous with island life – palm trees with huge coconuts swaying in a light breeze along a sandy coastline.

Genes To Plate

– nutrition made personal

Mind-Control Programming

Lisa Catano shows how it is possible to take responsibility and break free from imposed fear to spare our children from the vicious cycle of mind-control programming.

Saffron For Emotional Health

‘A herb is a friend of the physicians and a praise of the cooks.’~ Charlemagne

Disease and Health

A healthy lifestyle incorporates a philosophy of moderation or temperance in all things.

Destress With YOGA - Essential Tips

Life is stressful! The key is to keep stress manageable and positive – the happier you are, the more you laugh, and the longer you will live. Yoga is a peaceful way to assist with letting go of your stresses and worries of the day.

How Permaculture Can Restore Ecosystems & Commmunities 

Maddy Harland tells the story of the Shona African community who healed their damaged ecosystems. They restored their springs, rebuilt their soil, regenerated their agriculture and alleviated poverty and malnutrition. Permaculture farming has proven effective all over the planet.

Candida & Thrush

One of the most common gut infections of all is an overgrowth of a kind of yeast called Candida albicans – a tiny microbe which has the potential to cause myriad health problems.

Truth

Nothing of our physical senses can ever fully satisfy our Soul.

Dangers of Cough Syrup for the Elderly

When it comes to the care of the elderly, that over-the-counter quick-fix cough mixture may not be the safest bet.

Skin Cancer and the Sun Revealing the Myths!

Few subjects on health are as riddled with myths and misconceptions as the question of the sun and its presumed role in contributing to skin cancer. This intriguing subject deserves closer scrutiny.

Psychoanalysis and Science Vs Ritalin

Ritalin has become the quick fix answer to control ADD in the classroom and help children focus, but there is the choice of a more natural alternative to popping this pill.

Integrative Approach To Inflammation

Integrative Approach To Inflammation

A Balanced Diet - Calorie Counting Or Nutritional Density?

Nutrient density means how many nutrients you get from a food, given the number of calories it contains. Nutrient-dense foods give you the most nutrients for the fewest number of calories. No principle is more likely to support healthy eating than that of nutrient density, because it gives you concentrated amounts of valuable nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fibre, essential fatty acids and phytonutrients, to name just a few.