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Smoking and Vitamin C

2022-11-03T10:41:00+00:00By Dr David van Velden|Natural Living|

Smoking is the most preventable cause of ill health that we know, and every effort should be made to stop this destructive habit. Some people find it extremely difficult to stop this addiction, and clinicians are faced with the dilemma that they may have to opt for the second-best option by limiting the damage done by cigarette smoke inhalation. Since smoking initiates powerful oxidative processes in the human body, research concentrated on limiting oxidative stress by adding antioxidant vitamins to the diet.

Why and How to Stop Smoking – the final showdown

2024-07-22T16:34:22+00:00By Dr Adolf Lowies|Natural Living|

'I know all the mind games smokers play, all the defence mechanisms they employ to continue their habit, as well as the frustration and low self esteem of not being able to give up such a bad habit’. Writing from the ‘inside’ with the passion of one who knows, Dr Lowies describes the physical and psychological effects of smoking. He shares successful and practical ways to quit.

Smoking – taking a positive step towards quitting

2023-08-15T15:17:05+00:00By Prof WJ Serfontein|Natural Living|

It’s not only your lungs that are compromised by smoking – every organ in your body can be adversely affected. Statistics show that tobacco kills more people than AIDS, drugs, accidents and alcohol together. But even after many years of smoking, quitting can reduce smoking-associated health risk.

Understanding Addiction in Children and Adolescents

2021-07-07T11:29:30+00:00By Dr Raoul Goldberg|Children's Corner|

Addictive behaviour has become one of the most critical socio-cultural problems of our time affecting children as much as adults. Never before has a civilisation been affected by addictive tendencies as is happening today, and never has addiction affected children as much as it is doing so today.

Sitting is the New Smoking

2021-06-30T13:37:51+00:00By Ian Craig|Experts|

I am a workaholic and I know I need to exercise. The thing is that I am just too tired when I wake up in the morning and also too tired after work. So I do nothing. But this will lead me to age early with inflexibility and low muscle tone. Where do I start?

Spotlight on Bone Health and Supplementation

2024-07-30T13:31:04+00:00By Robert Heaney|Experts|

Calcium is the principal mineral in bone, and if you don’t get enough calcium you either can’t make enough bone during growth or you tear down your bone as an adult in order to make up for what your diet doesn’t provide. Now vitamin D comes into the story, because vitamin D is necessary to help the body regulate calcium absorption so that you use your food calcium with maximum efficiency.

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