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To ensure good health it is essential that you obtain enough omega-3 fatty acids from your diet each day, yet if you are like most people you are not getting as much as you need. A daily fish oil supplement, naturally rich in omega-3, can support the health of your heart, brain, immune system and skin and prevent life threatening disease. Are you getting enough?
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A multivitamin formula can help ensure that your daily requirement of over 40 essential vitamins and minerals is met. Emerging evidence suggests that maintaining optimal daily micronutrient intake may help prevent chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dementia, macular degeneration and osteoporosis (1).
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One in five people suffer from high blood pressure which is the third leading cause of death globally. Dietary and lifestyle change is the most effect treatment for high blood pressure yet often medications are used. Medications however are not particularly effective and fraught with side effects which is consequently why up to 50% of people stop their medication within one year. Fortunately there is a safe nutritional medicine that may help.
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Just reading about aromatic spices can remind us of smells and flavors; in fact, it has been shown that simply reading the word cinnamon activates an area in your brain involved in smell called the primary olfactory cortex. The name cinnamon is thought to originally come from the Malay and Indonesian for sweet wood, coincidently this aromatic spice is gaining evidence to support its use for improving conditions related to poor blood sugar control including type 2 diabetes.
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While the calming effects of a cup of chamomile tea are well known, this knowledge has been based on folklore. New research however suggests that chamomile tea really does calm your nerves. A clinical study in anxiety sufferers has found that the herb chamomile (Matricaria recutita) helped to relieve their symptoms (1).
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Normally, our small intestine contains very little bacteria however an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine is not uncommon and may result in symptoms of bloating, constipation diarrhoea, discomfort and abdominal pain, a collection of symptoms otherwise know as irritable bowel syndrome (1). With current drug management approaches for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) relatively ineffective, up to 50% of IBS sufferers turn to complementary and alternative therapies for help. But which therapies work?
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