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  • The Global Village Goes Organic
    Since the discovery of plant chemicals causing adverse effects on humans, the world went organic. There has never been a time in the history of human existence that people gave too much attention on where and how food was made
  • How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
    We all have an impact on the earth. We even learn about that impact in science classes when we are in school. The trouble is we are always in a debate about our impact on the earth and the damaging effects of factories and other things we do. Some will still argue that global warming is not happening.
  • Maximol - Solutions and Classic
    Maximol Solutions contains high Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity (ORAC) values from concentrated extracts of strawberry, elderberry, green tea and orange all combined to provide superior antioxidant support. Maximol is formulated as an organic fulvic acid complexed micro colloidal solution for maximum availability to the body.
  • Toxic Toothpaste
    Have you ever paid attention to the chemicals in your toothpaste? If you have then you will know that toothpaste contains an active ingredient called sodium monofluorophosphate or fluoride. We don't generally think of this chemical as toxic, but recent studies have shown that fluoride is indeed toxic.
  • The Organic Industry - A look at how the industry has grown since its conception
    While organic farming and products have been around since the beginning of farming we have just begun to return to our roots with an organic concept. The organic industry has begun to change in the last two decades, evolving into an industry that produces several produces with the organic label.
  • Hair Dyes
    Many women have been using hair dyes to colour their hair for years. These hair dyes make someone blonde or brown or any other colour a person wishes their hair to be. There is always controversy regarding whether hair dyes are reliable for certain health related problems. The chemicals used in hair dyes are often very harsh.
  • Reading Labels- how to really understand what you put on your skin
    As consumers we continue to see a change in products lined up on the supermarket shelves - which is often disappointing when they have changed a product liked. Manufacturers are continually bringing out new ranges and trying to improving the products we have always used.
  • Durian Fruit: History and Associate Legends
    The Durian is a fruit formed by the Malvaceae, a plant which is in the same family as the hibiscus, okra, and cotton tree family. This fruit is widely known and used in Southeast Asia. The Asians consider this to be the "King of Fruits" because of its distinctive size, odour, and husk. You may be surprised to learn that the Durian was named to mean "thorny fruit."
  • Local Food versus Organic
    Many people all around the world have never really thought that there is a difference between local food and organic. In fact, there is a difference. Locally grown food may or may not be grown organically and not all organic food is locally grown.
  • We are, what we absorb, not what we eat.
    Our modern diet is so far removed from the diet our ancestors ate, and from nature that many of the essential chemicals our body needs to maintain itself are missing.

    Ancient hunter gathers would have lived on a diet of fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. In comparison our diets are full of over processed carbohydrates, salt, sugar, fats and a huge number of chemicals in the form of colours, additives, preservatives, artificial flavorings - to name just a few.
  • ORAC - Premium Antioxidant Protection
    Free radicals are damaged molecules that have lost an electron and become unstable. To correct the balance, a damaged molecule will steal an electron from another molecule in a nearby cell and the process begins again. There are over 1100 different families of free radicals attacking our bodies in different ways on a daily basis - they are in the air, your food and drink, tobacco smoke, pesticides and other pollutants.
  • Noni, the feel good fruit.
    Many years ago, islanders from the South Pacific used the fruit, bark, leaves, and roots of the Noni for many different ailments including such problems as joint discomfort and arthritis, depression and sleep-loss, to topical solutions for irritations and bites. It is said that Polynesian Islanders first cultivated and domesticated the Noni tree over 2,000 years ago.
  • Liquid Nutrition After Surgery
    Against a background of widespread obesity among all US and UK age-groups, and the relative failure of conventional weight loss methods, doctors are increasingly resorting to gastrointestinal surgery in order to curb the rise of weight-related disease, and associated costs and strain being placed on the health service providers.
  • Horny goat weed is the natural alternative
    Currently there are an estimated 2.3 million men in the UK suffering from a medical condition known as ED or Erectile Dysfunction. Worldwide it is estimated that around one in ten men are affected by this condition, with this figure rising to around a third of men aged over fifty.
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