All posts by Eleanor Wilson

Aeterna Gold Collagen Crème Serum, Medcare (Ozonated Olive Oil), NADH Skin Serum, Skin care

Natural Skin Care Solution: Go Organic And Ditch The Damaging Products

All of us, surely, are aware that the world around us is full of harmful substances. Different kinds of polluting chemicals, thanks to the likes of pesticides, fuel exhausts and harmful toxins in myriad food and drinks products, can do us and the planet harm. And, trying to avoid these chemicals by purchasing and using organically-sourced products that don’t contain them, can do our health a great deal of good – as well as the planet we all call home. And, don’t doubt it; that goes too for the products we apply directly to our skin and face.

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Liposomal Vitamin D3/K3, Vitamin D, Vitamin K2

The Perfect Pair of Nutrients? Why Vitamins D3 and K2 go Together So Well

It’s fair to say we need a generous helping of vitamins and minerals in our diet to ensure we remain healthy and our body functions as it should. In that regard then, is there one vitamin or mineral that’s more important than another? Well, it’s probably best not to look at it that way. Do two or more of these nutrients go together better than the others? Again, it’s surely best to try and consume as many of them as possible. And yet, that said; there are two specific vitamins that do seem to pair off particularly well – and to that end are often available together as a natural supplement – the Vitamins D and K2.

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Adrenal Support, Drive!, NADH

How to treat adrenal fatigue – because, chances are, you’ll get it at some point!

Yes, it’s true; at some point in your life it’s highly likely you’ll suffer from adrenal fatigue, but there are things you can do to either prevent it, help you get over it quickly or reduce the symptoms when you realise you’re suffering from it.

Indeed, the Internet is awash with the statistic that around eight in every 10 people across the industrialised world will get adrenal fatigue at some time or another in their lives. Whether that’s true or not, it appears the chances are very high you’ll experience it. Not least because, according to a leading expert on the condition, it’s the very lifestyles we lead that effectively bring it on – poor diet and chronic stress, which affect the body’s efficacy to recover from mental, emotional or physical stress and help give rise to the ailment1.

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Thyroid Health, VeganSafe B12, Vitamin B12

Vitamin B12 deficiency: what to do if you have a sluggish thyroid

A sure sign something’s wrong with your metabolism (the natural chemical reactions that happen within the body) is if you start to feel unexpectedly lethargic or too easily exhausted – in short, if your energy levels inexplicably drop. There could be many reasons for why this happens, of course, but one is because your thyroid gland isn’t working properly.

To be specific, this is what’s known as hypothyroidism – in layman’s terms, a sluggish, underactive thyroid; when this particular gland isn’t doing its fundamental job, producing enough hormones for the body. And, you may not be surprised to learn, there’s often a link between hypothyroidism and the body getting too little (or, at least, absorbing too little) of one of those all-important nutrients, a vitamin – in this case, Vitamin B12. So much so, in fact, that a vicious circle can develop – hypothyroidism can cause a deficiency in Vitamin B12 which, in turn, can drive hypothyroidism and negatively affect energy1.

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Digestive Enzyme, Polyzyme Forte, VeganZyme

Let’s break it down: why are digestive enzymes so important?

When it comes down to it, there’s a whole host of things you may have heard you need to ensure your digestive system works like clockwork – or as close to it as possible. For every kind of ‘good bacteria’ there’s a plethora of probiotics and for every antioxidant there’s a Vitamin A, B or C. Well, like it or not, you should add to that list digestive enzymes. Chances are, you’ve heard of them. But are you familiar with them? Do you know what they are?

Why are digestive enzymes so necessary?

Frankly, the clue’s in the word ‘digestive; that is, they’re crucial to the digestion process. The reality is we don’t just eat food to sate hunger; we really do so to give the body what it needs to generate energy – those all-important energy-creating nutrients. And these nutrients have to be broken down once they’ve been extracted from the rest of the food we eat (which is ultimately excreted from the body). It’s here that digestive enzymes come in.

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Detoxification, Drive!, Thyroid Health, Thyroid Support Formula

Thyroid facts: how to boost your thyroid health

For many of us, the thyroid is one of those parts of the body we’re aware exists but don’t tend to think about. So long as it’s working away in the background; it’s not in our thoughts – out of sight, out of mind. So much so, in fact, that many of us probably couldn’t say where it is in our body, what it looks like or even what it actually does. Now, that may be all very well, but the problem arises when something goes wrong.

The thyroid is a gland; it’s bow-tie-shaped and sits at the front of the throat. More importantly, though, it’s a critical component in the endocrine system, which is responsible for the running of the body’s glands, ensuring they generate, distribute and control effectively all the hormones that float about the body and help maintain our wellbeing. In fact, so critical to the endocrine system is the thyroid that it’s sometimes referred to as its ‘leader’, which means that if and when it’s harmed by dangerous toxins – specifically those known as ‘endocrine disruptors’, it can cause serious problems. All the more reason then, not just to be aware of the thyroid, but what thyroid health tips you can follow to look after this most significant of glands.

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General Health & Nutrition, MicroCell Lipotone Intensive, Weight Management

Fighting the flab: 7 ways to achieve effective weight loss

It’s a reality faced by many of us at some point in our lives – the desire (or necessity) to lose weight. The trouble is, of course, it’s easier said than done. For some, it proves a very difficult thing to achieve; a good number of people not only find it difficult to get started but also to keep up a successful regime so they keep the weight off. Other struggle to find something that works for them at all; they may be confused and irritated that what works for one person (probably someone they know) simply doesn’t work for them. Yet, the fact is that everyone – and everyone’s body – is different. By definition, what works for one dieter, one faster, one improved eater or one patient undergoing treatment won’t work for another.

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Hair & Nail Complex, Hair Health, Mega EPA 1000, MSM Powder

Hair-raising supplements: can boosting your nutrient intake reduce hair loss?

Your first reaction may be to scoff at the idea, but you shouldn’t; evidence suggests that taking the correct, targeted nutritional supplements may help with hair loss. Not to mention the fact that we’ve received strong, positive anecdotal evidence as to their efficacy in this area – especially from women customers.

But just how could boosting your nutritional intake prevent or reduce you losing those much-coveted curls up on top? Well, it all comes down to how our bodies, practically every part of them (from the individual systems to the skin, the brain to the heart and so on), require a regular, high level of vitamins and minerals to function well and remain healthy. It naturally follows then, when you think about it, that supplying your body with these natural well being boosters – or, if you prefer, nutrient deficiency products – should be great for preserving your hair and keeping it healthy and lustrous.

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Crystal Energy, Green Magma, Heavy Metal Reduction, OREA

Toxic fix: protection from and cleansing yourself of heavy metals

When it comes to the danger of being contaminated by toxic (or ‘heavy’) metals, it’s easy to sound like a doom-monger; frankly, though, that’s a risk worth taking – because blithely exposing yourself to such dangerous substances most definitely isn’t.

The truth is, whether we like it or not, many everyday items contain toxic metal at low levels. They can be found in what we eat and drink, as well as the air we breathe (thus, they enter the body through consuming food and drinks, inhaling air and via skin and eye contact). It’s true that our bodies actually require a very small amount of ‘trace metals’ (iron and copper, for instance), but it’s very easy to consume and absorb too much; it’s all too easy because we require so very little.

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The big O: a lowdown on oxygen – and why you might try oxygen cleansing

Don’t doubt it; oxygen is an absolutely critical substance for humans. The odourless, colourless gas that accounts for a fifth of the air all around us (and is the third most abundant in space beyond the Earth), it’s absolutely critical to our wellbeing, given that, along with hydrogen it makes up water – the basis for all life – and is the single most common chemical element in the human body; accounting for a whopping 65% of the body’s overall mass3. To that end then, its functions and benefits in the body are many and plentiful – and what can go wrong when the body’s deprived of it are serious, indeed.

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