Positive Health Online

EU Directives - Health Protection Double Speak

by Helen Fullerton

Helen Fullerton looks at three Directives that the EU is forcing through in the guise of consumer protection: the Food Supplements Directive, the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Produ...

Evolving Story of Vitamin D

by Michael Sellar

This article looks into the benefits and research history of Vitamin D which, the author says, isn't really a vitamin because it has to be metabolically activated before it can be ...

Five Elements Nutrition

by Penny Crowther

As winter is the season for the water element, associated with the kidneys and the bladder, the author provides a wider concept of the kidney and our energy based on Chinese medi...

Folic Acid: A Matter of Common Sense?

by Linda Lazarides BA

Nutritional health expert Linda Lazarides questions why research into the deficiency of folic acid (a B Complex Vitamin), which causes devastating birth defects, is not resulting i...

Food and Nutrition for Optimum Health

by Sandra Goodman PhD

The food that we eat exerts an extraordinarily potent influence upon our health and well-being at many levels – molecular, physiological, psychological and spiritual.

Food Intolerance and Chronic Illnesses

by John Graham and Mark Varey

Intolerance to food has been implicated in playing a role in a wide spectrum of chronic illnesses; however, much of the evidence gathered to date has been from anecdotal clinical c...

Food Vitality - The Almost Neglected Ingredient for Health

by Wendy Cook

Changes in our diet have meant that supplements are now required to provide certain nutrients. The author suggests that by relying upon supplements, we are bypassing the need to ...

Foods for Free

by Anita Priddy

This article focuses on foods grown in the wild. The author touches on their health value, where they can be found, how to pick them and also how to eat them.

Fueling Breakfast To Increase Memory Power

by BD Basu

The author explains at the end that his recommendations are based on having overcome serious health problems, and that the nutritional principles he sets out are derived from resea...

Georgia

by June Butlin

This case study illustrates how nutritional factors can affect not just physical well-being but also mental, emotional and behavioural patterns.

Give Fat a Chance

by Wilma Kirsten

The author describes the fear of fats created by fitness

Gout

by Vivienne Bradshaw-Black

Gout is often associated with the high life – rich food and alcohol – but, says the author, we should also be considering the genetic link. The condition is marked by pain and infl...

Hair Mineral Analysis

by Lawrence Wilson, MD

Minerals are the "stepchildren of nutrition", often ignored for more glamorous nutrients, though they are precious and vital for our well-being. Minerals play many roles in the h...

Healthy Food for Children

by Penny Crowther

Regular columnist Penny Crowther examines the results of a Mori poll (November 2002) that found that 200,000 children in England and Wales had eaten no fruit or vegetable in the pa...

History of Oxygen Therapies

by Suzanne Hotston

Healthy cells have an enzyme shield which protects them from damage by oxygen. They grow stronger in an oxygen rich environment. Diseased cells and the cells of anaerobic bacteri...

Homocysteine - Your Most Vital Statistic

by Patrick Holford and Dr James Braly

Forget your blood pressure, your cholesterol, even your weight. There is one statistic that can determine better than any other, whether you will live long and healthy, or die youn...

How to Increase Your Energy Naturally

by Patrick Holford and Dr Hyla Cass

Shocking survey results have revealed that three-quarters of the city-dwelling population in the UK are suffering from low energy and waking up tired as a result of a high intake o...

How to Reverse Hair Loss

by Vera Peiffer

The author began going bald at the age of 14 and then lost all her body hair as well. It was not until 30 years later, when she was training to be a kinesiologist that she found th...

Implications of Molecules in Emotion

by June Butlin

In nearly three decades of working in the area of wellness I have never found one health discipline that has all the answers for healing. The reason is that there are so many ind...

Iodine - The Forgotten Mineral

by Penny Crowther

The article lists symptoms of thyroid deficiency, which range from depression to chronic sinus infections. Iodine deficiency is now recognised by the World Health Organisation as ...