Last year, in America, almost 27 billion dollars was spent on vitamins, minerals and supplements, but according to experts, some of them could do serious damage to your wellness and wellbeing.   On a recent American morning television show, a senior health and medical editor talked about which supplements were the most dangerous and damaging. […]

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There are all kinds of vitamins, minerals and supplements on the market, and herbal solutions to almost any kind of problem with your wellness and wellbeing. The hard thing is working out what are the right supplements to take and what supplements could harm your health.   You can take these supplements to improve a […]

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If you’re baby is born underweight, giving him or her iron supplements may reduce the risk of behavioural problems later in life. This is according to a new Swedish study, published in the journal Paediatrics, which has found that low-birth-weight babies who did not receive iron supplements were 4.5 times more likely to show signs […]

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As a parent, you might try to bolster your children’s wellbeing by giving them multivitamins or other dietary supplements, but you may be doing so against hospital recommendations. Last week, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced that it has removed most dietary supplements from its list of approved medications, and hopes to disabuse parents […]

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There’s nothing more vital to your wellness than the air you breathe, which is why dirty air is such a health concern. Air pollution from motorways, wood smoke and industrial factories can have a major impact on your wellbeing, increasing your risks of heart attacks and strokes, and even causing behavioural problems in your kids […]

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There are certain words and terms that we can’t help but associate with being bad for our health. Just think about the words ‘fat’ and ‘oil’ – they are undoubtedly what could be described as ‘bad words in the sense that we attribute them as being universally bad for our health. While it is true […]

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You know that you need to include all the essential vitamins and minerals in your diet, but what about those nutrients that need a little wellness boost? Most of the research suggesting vitamins and minerals prevent cancer and heart disease has been done in dietary sources of nutrients, rather than supplements, so is there ever […]

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The weight loss supplement industry is worth billions, and it’s not difficult to see why; who wouldn’t want a magic pill that negates the need for calorie counting and hardcore exercise? Still, even with all that popularity, this is an industry based on a flimsy foundation of little regulation and a lack of long-term human […]

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Almost everyone has heard of probiotics. They truly are big news, what with companies advertising constantly about the benefits that they can have for you ‘gut’. It seems that these companies will suggest that probiotics are good for almost every condition in the world – and while it may be true that some can make […]

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It seems that herbal supplements are becoming more and more common as household names. We already think of Echinacea when we want to deal with colds. We think of ginkgo if we want to improve memory function. We think of flax-seed when we want to reduce our levels of cholesterol, and there are so many […]

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