Lifestyle

To bring clarity to these food labels, we need to understand what these ingredients are and how to navigate the supermarkets to our health desires. Tri-Sodium Phosphate (TSP) Often used in large quantities in degreasers & paint stripers and you will find a product called TSP in your hardware ...

We demonized sugars and replaced it with something far worse! Just understanding the origin of aspartame is enough for me to cross it off my list of acceptable additives. As consumers, we were searching for an alternative to sugar, something low calorie. This drove demand for a replacement; one ...

Food dyes are under the microscope again, after new findings linking them to ADHD, ADD & ODD behavioural disorders. Food dyes are used to create beautiful colours (or add in colour in general) into our foods. Kid’s cereals over-bright hues, colourful candy, vitamins, even cough syrups. The ...

When regular enzymes just don’t seem to work for you, or you want to try something different – that’s why Avena has our exclusive Gastric Enzymes. Designed specifically for those though stomach conditions that need healing and care just as much as digestive support. This fantastic product is load...

Did you know you’re more microbe than human? There are 10x more microorganisms on and in your body than cells, and in addition, our genes are outnumbered 1:100 to microbial genes! This is the Human Microbiome: a fascinating ecosystem that plays a huge role in our health. (Stein, 2013) I know what...

Working from the Inside Out Before we begin eating “healthy” and “junky foods”, these little workers called gut microbes in your stomach and intestines are striving to do the following metabolic functions: Vitamin and short chain fatty acid production Bile acid biotransformation Hydrolysis and f...

Minerals & Trace Minerals: The building blocks of life! Minerals are the most basic of nutrients, the bonding agents between you and food – allowing your body to absorb nutrients. Minerals are especially necessary for athletes and people in active sports because they must have minerals to be ...

Magnesium The Most Important Mineral Very few people are aware of the enormous role Magnesium plays in our bodies. After oxygen, water, and basic food, Magnesium may be the most important element needed by our bodies—so vitally important, yet hardly known. Magnesium is a co-factor in activating o...

Break free from Candida! Have you heard about the not-so-secret agent that wreaks havoc on your insides? The culprit is Candida Albicans. The name implies something exotic and inviting, in reality, this common entity can cause chaos. Each and every one of us has Candida in our bodies, what can ha...

What starts with fats and ends in Heart Disease and Strokes? It’s a case of ‘wow that escalated quickly’. This little piece of cholesterol in our bodies is something we create internally. Yes, some of it comes from the diet but not as much as you think. A Harvard Health article published in Febru...

Are You Infectious?? Infections and illness don’t discriminate, they don’t pick or choose sides. Everyone has the ability to get sick to some degree. It can all start with a small cut, cough in your direction, or a contaminated item/surface. From there the pathogen gains entry and has the first ...