Positive Health Online

Algae: the History of Life Back for the Future

by David Howell

Could our future well-being be as inextricably dependent upon a primitive organism as surely as our remotest past has been? All the evidence suggests that it is.

Bee Products, Properties and Applications

by Professor Avshalom Mizrahi

Prof Avshalom Mizrahi, Dean of the Faculty of Natural Medicine in Israel gives an authoritative and comprehensive account of the health benefits of a range of bee products. He de...

Chocolate - Food Of The Gods

by Alan Luke and Jacquie Durand

He looks into the history of both the chocolate and cocoa bean, tracing it back to ancient central American civilizations, and discusses the benefits of this confection. Neurologi...

Clinical Properties of Deer Velvet

by James M Suttie, Ph.D. and Stephen Harris, Ph.D.

Deer velvet has been known to be beneficial for health for more than 2000 years. Silk scrolls found in a Chinese tomb in 168BC clearly documented deer velvet as a part of the Chine...

Drugs versus Nutritional Medicine for Common Health Complaints

by Jerome Burne

The author points out that although we would like to believe that drugs are developed, tested and prescribed on the basis of being the most effective for curing what is wrong with ...

Evolution of Nutritional and Pharmaceutical Science during the 20th Century

by Julia Pendower

This column is one in a series to focus on some of the 'ground breaking' discoveries today in the field of nutrition and health.  Following ones will look at emerging sciences such...

Glyconutrients - Quintessential Cell Communicators

by Gill Jacobs

This article focuses on glyconutrients and glycol-science, the study of carbohydrates/biological sugars and how they work. The author examines in depth the source of glyconutrients...

Glyconutrients - The Missing Link?

by Peter Smith

The authors explain that, according to the newly emerging technology of glycobiology (the study of sugars), it could be glyconutrients (simple sugars), rather than proteins, that a...

Harnessing the Healing Powers of Honey

by Dr Alexander Goroshit

Honey's healing properties have been known to humanity for millennia. The medicinal community has started to increasingly value honey for its potent antibacterial and anti-inflammat...

Klamath Lake Blue Green Algae - the Ultimate Brain Food?

by Kirsten Brooks

Klamath Blue Green Algae grows wild in the mineral-rich Upper Klamath Lake, in Oregon, USA.  Because the lake, formed by a volcanic eruption, is very rich in minerals, the algae ca...

Kombucha Tea Therapy

by Alick & Mari Bartholomew

Kombucha has proved itself to be a quite remarkable therapeutic drink, made from sweetened tea into which a Kombucha culture (a symbiosis of bacteria and yeasts) is placed.

Natural Nutraceuticals Rather Than Pharmaceuticals

by Dr Janice Wilson

The author studied pharmacy and medicine at university, and spent several years working for major pharmaceutical companies, helping clients to attain the quality standards required...

Noni: Nature's Health-Enhancing Fruit

by Dr N Solomon

Known as Noni in Hawaii, the plant was brought to Polynesia from the East by migrating settlers and has been used by the people of Polynesia to treat a wide variety of health disor...

Nutraceuticals: Future Foods or Immanent?

by Sebastian Zuberi

This will be a time when food from a plant, rather than made on a plant will be preferred, as raw food retains more nutrition and balanced with appropriate levels of water hydratio...

Peruvian Natural Resources to Benefit European Markets

by Charles Faulkner

Did you know that Peru's endemic plant species offer vast applications of natural ingredients for the European food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries?

Q10 - The Provider of Life

by Ann Crowther

This column focuses on Ubiquinone Q10, a naturally occurring substance and a necessary part of the cells’ energy metabolism, without which the cells cannot produce the energy that ...

Quinton Marine Plasma - Medical and Nutritional Applications

by Roger S Meacock

This article explains the Quinton Marine Plasma QMP), its medical and nutritional applications and why it could be considered the ideal nutritional treatment and supplement capable...

Spirulina: Health Discoveries from the Source of Life

by Robert Henrikson

We're undergoing a health revolution. As more people take responsibility for their own health, the demand for natural foods, herbal medicines and nutraceuticals is growing dramatic...

The Mangosteen Fruit - Garcinia mangostana - Science and Ongoing Research

by Dr Frederic Templeman

The traditional uses of the mangosteen have been used for a number of applications ranging from dermatological conditions to dysentery and infections, prepared as internal (steep...

Therapeutic Properties of BioBran MGN-3

by Andrew Paterson

The author highlights the benefits of a high-fibre diet, specifically improved lipid metabolism and lowering of cholesterol; improved sugar metabolism and amelioration of diabete...