Stop or even reverse ageing?

IS SLOW AGEING REALLY POSSIBLE? A friend of mine recently complained about a pain in her left knee. She then smiled ruefully and said, ā€œOf course that’s just my ageā€.Ā  ā€œButā€, I pointed out, ā€œyou don’t have a pain in your right knee – and they are both the same age!ā€ Ageing is defined as … Read more

Extraordinary health effects from curry spice

TURMERIC/CURCUMIN OUTPERFORMS STATINS It’s difficult to refrain from hyperbole when reviewing the natural nutrient curcumin, found in the curry spice turmeric. It may well outperform statins and other arthritis, heart and dementia drugs – all without side effects. Probably the most prestigious database for health researchers is the US National Library of Medicine, Institutes of Health. … Read more

Nutritional boost for your own immune cells

BOOST YOUR BODY’S OWN IMMUNE CELLS WITH NUTRITION Researchers into immunotherapy recently revealed that they had taken human immune T-cells and genetically engineered them to identify and attack cancer tumour cells. Some people were in complete remission after 18 months. T-cells are a class of white blood cell that belong to your acquired or adaptive … Read more

Tending your microbiome Part 2

FOOD TO KEEP YOUR MICROBES HEALTHY The food that YOU eat is also the food that your gut microbes use to flourish or not.   Fermentation – the key to a healthy microbiome Fruits and vegetables and grains contain non-digestible carbohydrates (fibres) called pre-biotics. A pre-biotic is a microbe’s favourite food! Different gut microbes feed … Read more