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Algae: the History of Life Back for the Future

by David Howell

Could our future well-being be as inextricably dependent upon a primitive organism as surely as our remotest past has been? All the evidence suggests that it is.

Bee Products, Properties and Applications

by Professor Avshalom Mizrahi

Prof Avshalom Mizrahi, Dean of the Faculty of Natural Medicine in Israel gives an authoritative and comprehensive account of the health benefits of a range of bee products. He de...

Beneficial use of Seaweed in Special Diets

by Simon Ranger

In a conventional diet of mainly land-grown and manufactured foods, careful choice and variety is required to provide all the daily nutrients the body needs to maintain homeostasis ...

Chlorella - Single-Celled Green Algae

by Michael McInerney

Chlorella is a single-celled species of green algae that grows in fresh-water. It is one of the earliest forms of life, with scientists believing it to be approximately 2 billion ye...

Chocoholism: To Binge,  Or Not To?

by Rajgopal Nidamboor

A brace of squares at lunch time, or dinner. Or, a steaming cup before bedtime. Just think of a simile – “Wouldn’t it be ‘loverly?’” as Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) crooned, wit...

Chocolate - Food Of The Gods

by Alan Luke and Jacquie Durand

He looks into the history of both the chocolate and cocoa bean, tracing it back to ancient central American civilizations, and discusses the benefits of this confection. Neurologi...

Clinical Properties of Deer Velvet

by James M Suttie, Ph.D. and Stephen Harris, Ph.D.

Deer velvet has been known to be beneficial for health for more than 2000 years. Silk scrolls found in a Chinese tomb in 168BC clearly documented deer velvet as a part of the Chine...

Dietary Seaweed in Preventive Health

by Simon Ranger

An important, 18 page scientific review was published in the international peer-reviewed journal Phycologia in November, 2015.[1] The authors, two Canadians and a Danish scientist, ...

Drugs versus Nutritional Medicine for Common Health Complaints

by Jerome Burne

The author points out that although we would like to believe that drugs are developed, tested and prescribed on the basis of being the most effective for curing what is wrong with ...

Ease Menopause Symptoms with Amino acids and Vitamin B5 – A dynamic Combination to Boost Cognitive Performance

by Dr Nisa Aslam and Suzie Sawyer

While the menopause is a natural stage of life, typically taking place between the ages of 45 and 55 and occurs due to a decline in the hormones oestrogen and progesterone, it doesn...

Evolution of Nutritional and Pharmaceutical Science during the 20th Century

by Julia Pendower

This column is one in a series to focus on some of the 'ground breaking' discoveries today in the field of nutrition and health.  Following ones will look at emerging sciences such...

Five Drugs in Your Medicine Cabinet that May be Making You Sicker

by Michael T Murray

We've grown accustomed to taking pills when we feel bad - for headaches, insomnia, mild depression, indigestion, and the aches and pains of ageing, to name a few common complaints. ...

Glyconutrients - Quintessential Cell Communicators

by Gill Jacobs

This article focuses on glyconutrients and glycol-science, the study of carbohydrates/biological sugars and how they work. The author examines in depth the source of glyconutrients...

Glyconutrients - The Missing Link?

by Peter Smith and Kelly Ramsey

The authors explain that, according to the newly emerging technology of glycobiology (the study of sugars), it could be glyconutrients (simple sugars), rather than proteins, that a...

Harnessing the Healing Powers of Honey

by Dr Alexander Goroshit

Honey's healing properties have been known to humanity for millennia. The medicinal community has started to increasingly value honey for its potent antibacterial and anti-inflammat...

How Important Are Bees?

by Klaus Ferlow

We are all familiar with honey bees but do you really know how important they are for sustaining life of human beings?

How to Overcome the Four Challenges to Marketing Disease-Specific Medical Nutrition

by Benoît Gouhier

With the increasing number of medical nutrition solutions for the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases like diabetes, sarcopenia, HIV and obesity comes a new set of marketin...

How to Use Magnesium Oil

by Dr Mark Sircus

Magnesium deficiencies are present in healthy populations[1] thus it behoves every healthcare practitioner and doctor to become fully familiar with how to use magnesium oil, which i...

Klamath Lake Blue Green Algae - the Ultimate Brain Food?

by Kirsten Brooks

Klamath Blue Green Algae grows wild in the mineral-rich Upper Klamath Lake, in Oregon, USA.  Because the lake, formed by a volcanic eruption, is very rich in minerals, the algae ca...

Kombucha Tea Therapy

by Alick & Mari Bartholomew

Kombucha has proved itself to be a quite remarkable therapeutic drink, made from sweetened tea into which a Kombucha culture (a symbiosis of bacteria and yeasts) is placed.