With so many powerful health benefits, incorporating turmeric into your diet will certainly improve your quality of life.  Research into turmeric/curcumin is ongoing and leading in many exciting directions. Researchers believe that curcumin is beneficial in treating cancer because it reduces cancer growth, development and spread at the molecular...

Turmeric supports the digestive system in several ways.  By increasing the flow of bile, turmeric helps to keep digestion on track.  Curcumin also boosts the body’s ability to detoxify by increasing the liver’s ability to remove toxins.  The anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties of turmeric can also help with more serious problems, such...

Inflammation is the body’s immune system reacting to a potentially dangerous or foreign stimulus.  The immune cells release substances called inflammatory mediators that will cause a number of bodily responses, such as redness, heat, swelling, pain and loss of function. Usually, the inflammation process is very helpful to the body and means the ...

Whilst it may seem quick and easy to use pharmaceuticals to treat aches and pains, many of these commercially available drugs can have side effects when used long term.  If you are a sufferer of a long term or ongoing pain condition you have no doubt considered all the pain relief options. Alternatively, if you're looking to avoid increasing ach...

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So, what actually is a superfood? ‘Superfood’ is a marketing term for foods that have health benefits. The reality is that some foods have multiple health benefits whilst others just a few and most importantly, some are more powerful than others.

Work- life-child-business BALANCE Ever felt like you’ve bitten off more than you can chew?! Well, don’t we all. In this day and age, we are all so destine to overachieve in all areas, that maybe in fact, we are just under achieving in everything… I have always worked massive weeks. I have also, loved being extremely social, I am particularly OCD...

Ever wondered whether the super spice turmeric can affect, or even better, improve your sleep?  We sat down with sleep specialist, Olivia Arezzolo to chat all things sleep and the effects turmeric can have on your sleep, or lack thereof.  Thanks for joining us Olivia. Give us a bit of an insight into who you are and what you do? Pain, anxiety an...

The “super-ingredient” is currently taking the fitness world by storm, which are add-on power-foods that unlock a number of health benefits from their consumption. These ingredients are different to the superfoods you already know and love (think goji berries, kale, etc.) as you wouldn’t consume them on their own and are instead added to a numbe...