Wellness Blog

HealthPost 09-09-2013 15:39:55

The initial quality, or type, of your skin is genetically determined – meaning you are born with it.However, the health and beauty of skin later in life largely depends on what you eat and how you tak … READ MORE →

A spot of bother: How to deal with acne

HealthPost 12-08-2013 14:44:51

Adults often look back on their teenage years with rose tinted glasses, remembering the good times they spent with friends and forgetting about the pressures of school, romance, and a body overwhelmed … READ MORE →

Make Every Day A Great Hair Day With Silica!

HealthPost 12-08-2013 11:54:03

Are you having a bit of a bad hair day? Are your curly locks starting to lose their lustre? Or perhaps it is your skin or fingernails that are in need of a bit of a pick-me-up? Everyone wants to be … READ MORE →

The Astaxanthin Advantage

HealthPost 15-07-2013 12:52:59

Did you know that baby flamingos are born white? It's true! So what is it that makes them pink, then? You may be interested to learn that it’s the carotenoid Astaxanthin which turns the feathers of th … READ MORE →

Rhodiola rosea – Supporting Stress in modern day life

HealthPost 03-07-2013 12:00:13

We live in an age when stress is a daily occurrence – many of us rush around in the mornings getting the kids fed and watered, then rush off to work, have back to back meetings and then rush home to g … READ MORE →

Chicken Pox Parties

HealthPost 24-06-2013 12:39:46

Would you go to a chicken pox party? It’s a question I have pondered myself. Chicken pox parties used to be a regular occurrence and were even promoted by GPs. Common understanding was that children h … READ MORE →

The Top 10 Superfoods for Exceptional Health

HealthPost 13-05-2013 10:52:27

Superfoods are a great way to boost our health and vitality naturally. Not only are they good for us, most of them taste delicious too! While there are many great superfoods, we've listed our top ten … READ MORE →

Cranberry: the natural answer to Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

HealthPost 22-04-2013 10:35:37

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) are extremely commonIf you’ve ever experienced the painful itching, burning sting of a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), you’re not alone. In fact, one American health aut … READ MORE →

Iodine – A Heavyweight Health Champion Among Essential Minerals

HealthPost 25-02-2013 10:14:05

Most of us know iodine as the tablets we may have used to disinfect water on tramping trips or the infection-preventing tincture our parents might have applied to our cuts and scrapes and which mad … READ MORE →

Aloe Aloe – what do we have here then?

HealthPost 16-01-2013 13:51:16

What we have here, is Aloe Vera!This amazing plant has been used for centuries, and still today most people will know about its healing benefits. Many of us would have had parents / grandparents that … READ MORE →

Coconut Oil – What are your favourite ways to use it?

HealthPost 05-12-2012 16:44:00

For the love of Coconut Oil! Spread it, Eat it, Use it for everything!!!Is there no end to the ways we can use this glorious oil? From Beauty & Baking to Bee Stings & Baby’s Bottoms, Coc … READ MORE →

Siberian Ginseng – a natural adaptogen

HealthPost 16-10-2012 15:51:22

What is Ginseng?The word ‘ginseng’ is derived from ren-shen, the Chinese word for the plant, which means ‘essence of the earth in the form of a man’ or ‘man-root,’ referring to the root's human-l … READ MORE →