Family Health
Advice for the whole family: See the importance of a preventive approach, the role of optimum nutrition, and the benefits of supplementation.
Hormonal Health for Men & Women
Testosterone, progesterone and oestrogen are the sex hormones belonging both to males and females. These hormones, like the many others in our bodies, act as messengers and need to be kept in balance to ensure a healthy mind and body.
Healing the wounds of love and sex
Sex, love and relationships are such a complex combination that it is a small wonder they create so much anguish. In this article Barbara Brennan shares her approach, based on healing the specific wounding suffered in childhood.
Ageing with a Lagging Libido?
Reignite intimacy in later life with natural and practical advice for overcoming common challenges like low libido, vaginal dryness, and erectile difficulties. Discover tips, supplements, and lifestyle changes to keep love alive at any age.
10 Steps to Body Confidence
Discover 10 powerful steps to build lasting body confidence. Learn why internal perception matters more than external appearance and how to break free from damaging beauty myths.
Tired All The Time?
Chronic tiredness and fatigue leads to diminished productivity and a lower quality of life. This article explores common causes of fatigue and offers a holistic approach to managing it through nutrition, lifestyle changes, and natural remedies. It highlights ginsenosides in combating fatigue. By addressing fatigue holistically, individuals can improve their energy levels and overall well-being.
Teenage Stress in Today's World
Teenagers today have to charter far choppier waters than we, their parents, ever had to. Increased competition in the classroom and on the sportsfield, challenging economic times and the demands of social media are, quite simply, stressing our children out.
Headaches versus migraines
This article explains the differences between headaches and migraines, detailing their causes, symptoms, and treatments. It also covers natural therapies and self-help tips for managing these conditions, with a focus on a holistic approach to pain relief.
Manage Menopause Naturally
Discover natural ways to manage menopause symptoms like hot flushes, mood swings, and insomnia. Learn about the importance of oestrogen, herbal solutions, and lifestyle tips to ease your transition.
Beating Exam Stress Naturally: Tips and Solutions
Are you staying up late into the night consuming copious quantities of caffeine in the form of pills, hot drinks, energy drinks and chocolate bars in order to stay alert, focused, upbeat – and awake? There are much better ways to boost your brain power.
A Look At Bone Health
Dem bones, dem bones .... A few words of the old familiar lyric may bring a smile to the face, but bone decay is no laughing matter. Sandi Nye discusses the many factors – far more than calcium alone – that contribute to bone health.
Finding Calm Amid Panic Attacks
Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterised by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, dizziness, shortness of breath, or abdominal distress.
Borderline Alcoholics
While some alcoholics are at the full-blown or chronic stage, most are in earlier phases. This article is for those still on the road, the ‘borderline alcoholics’ about to cross the boundary into the dark realm of addiction and heartbreak.
The Reality of Depression in High School Learners
If you are a teenager and your mood is down or if you know of a teenager who may be suffering from depression, you need to read on. With double the incidence of depression in teens compared to adults, research further shows that anxiety disorders and depression are particularly high in South African teens
Understanding Bipolar Mood Disorder
Bipolar mood disorder is a serious and chronic condition that requires recognition, understanding and empathy. By coming to terms with and managing this mental illness the sufferer and their loved ones will enjoy a better quality of life.
Treating Anxiety and Mild Depression – the natural way
Everyone feels a bit blue from time to time. Some of us often feel sad and depressed, however, and for little or no reason. It’s a good idea to consult with a professional if your depression is severe, but for mild depression and anxiety there’s a lot you can do to help yourself feel better. You don’t need to pop a pharmaceutical – here are some tips to help bring sunshine back into your life the natural way.
Are There Different Types of Stress?
When I feel stressed, the symptoms I experience are not always the same. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed, driven and generally ‘hyper’, sometimes I can’t stop worrying, and at other times I just feel exhausted, or ‘down’ and lacking in motivation.
Oral Health and Ancestral Nutrition
Periodontal disease has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease, arthritis, diabetes and even dementia. According to periodontist and functional medicine practitioner Dr Alvin Danenberg, simply changing diet and lifestyle habits hold the key to reversing this major health threat. In his opinion, a carbohydrate-rich diet, along with processed flour and sugar products, causes caries and gum disease.
10 Simple Rules for Permanent Weight Loss
On a physical level, losing weight and keeping it off really couldn’t be easier. If you adopt my 10 simple rules and make sure you rarely digress, you will not only lose weight but, much more importantly, you will keep it off and you will be healthy.
Chronic Electromagnetic Field Exposure & Cancer Risk
There is growing evidence of a link between exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs), which are generated by electrical currents, and cancer. For this reason we need to be more mindful of how we can limit our exposure to these fields in order to safeguard our health and the health of our loved ones.
Insomnia & Related Sleep Disorders
Today insufficient sleep is increasingly seen as important to public health, with too little shut-eye linked to medical and occupational errors as well as disasters on the road and in factories. So our sleep quality needs to be prioritised with measures put in place to ensure a good night’s rest.
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