Healing hints from the kitchen

BAKING SODA (Sodium Bicarbonate) - Baking Soda, apart from its uses in baking, is an effective cleaner, neutraliser, and 'buffer' in the human body. Uses: - To clean discoloured teeth - To neutralise allergic reactions to food - To treat skin - Bites and Stings - Burns - Chicken pox…Read more

Common Toxic Ingredients in your Personal Care Products

PROPYLENE GLYCOL Is a colourless, viscous, hygroscopic liquid CH3CHOHCH2OH, used in anti-freeze solutions, in hydraulic fluids, and as a solvent. Also called "Propanediol". American Heritage Encyclopaedia Dictionary. PROPYLENE GLYCOL is used in: Anti-Freeze, Brake and Hydraulic Fluid, De-Icer, Paints and Coatings, Floor Wax, Laundry Detergents, Pet Food, Tobacco, Cosmetics, Toothpaste,…Read more

CHROMIUM HELPS YOU THINK

People who are insulin resistant are at higher risk for nerve changes associated with Alzheimer's disease. Since chromium supplementation improves glucose handling in diabetics, researchers at the University of Cincinnati investigated the effects of chromium supplementation on cognition in 26 older adults who receive either chromium picolinate (CrPic) or placebos…Read more

D-Ficient Kids Review

A study from Harvard Medical School found that more than six million children in the United States are vitamin D deficient. The researchers analyzed blood samples for vitamin D using data on about 5,000 children under age 12- years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2006). Results showed…Read more

Omega-dha protects against alzheimer's

Researchers at the University of California, LA conducted a research to address the potential of Omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) to slow the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and possibly vascular dementia.Read more

Plastic not fantastic

Ian Shaw doesn't use cling film to wrap his sandwiches. He prefers greaseproof paper. He also won't microwave food in plastic containers. And he would never, ever, feed a baby with a plastic bottle made with a chemical called Bisphenol-A. "I tend not to use plastics for packaging," says the…Read more

Are you Setting Goals or still Dreaming

Are you Setting Goals or still Dreaming? We all have dreams. We carry movies in our minds about how life could be for us in a better world.Read more