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  1. The Best Nutritional Start for your Baby - Part III

    by Vivienne Bradshaw-Black

    At the beginning of Part I[1] of this article series, it was mentioned that love was the greatest gift any parent could give a child and covered right feeding as one aspect of love...

  2. The Clinical Impact of Vitamin C: My Personal Experiences as a Physician

    by Thomas E Levy

    My ongoing relationship with vitamin C now spans a full 20 years, when I first met Dr Hal Huggins, a pioneering dentist who opened my eyes to a wide array of clinical approaches to ...

  3. The Gene Factor

    by Nicki Woodward

    This column focuses on our genes and the modern diet. Statistics on diseases highlight the fact that our bodies have not yet evolved to cope with junk food on a regular basis. Alth...

  4. The Harm of Children’s Sugar-Filled Vitamin Supplements

    by Nancy Appleton and GN Jacobs

    Children's chewable and gummy vitamins may possibly be the worst thing for your child. We've been told for years that our children may need the supplements to make up for shortfalls...

  5. The Heart Of Nutrition

    by Wilma Kirsten

    As human beings developed from being hunter-gatherers to raising domestic animals and crops, nutritional values were affected, and modern agricultural production methods take thi...

  6. The Hidden Epidemic: Is Your Thyroid making You Fat?

    by Resham Khiani

    Having trouble exercising away the unflattering ‘spare tires’? If you’ve adopted a healthy diet and a disciplined gym regime but see no results, then perhaps it’s time to check your...

  7. The Impact of Artificial Sweeteners on Family Health

    by Dr Debbie Saxton

    The latest official advice on the Government

  8. The Importance of Micro-Nutrients in Optimum Health

    by Cain Leathem

    This article examines several aspects that can influence or hinder the uptake of essential micro-nutrients that we need to consume in order to maintain optimum health. These includ...

  9. The Importance of Minerals to Health

    by David E Marsh

    At a time when we have just begun to get our minds around the 43 or so "essential nutrients", we are now informed there may be some 40 more: many of which, unless we were familiar ...

  10. The Importance of Nutrition in Sports

    by Bernard Beverley

    An expert and adviser on nutrition, Bernard Beverley offers a comprehensive overview of the importance of a nutritional diet for sportsmen and women of all levels of fitness. The a...

  11. The Nutrition Maze Part I

    by Vivienne Bradshaw-Black

    In this article the author focuses on the quality of nutrients and nutrition today. Food, she says, should contain bulk, nutrients and fuel.  Plants grown in non-toxic mineral and ...

  12. The Nutrition Maze Part II - Not For Eating

    by Vivienne Bradshaw-Black

    In the first part of this two-part article the author explained the importance of using high-quality, pure food sources. In this second part she looks at sources that are not suita...

  13. The Nutrition Maze Part III - Brain Involvement

    by Vivienne Bradshaw-Black

    The author looks at digestion in this issue and how important it is to create the right environment for good digestion to happen. She explains that digestion is used for the body t...

  14. The Pitfalls of Reductionism in Nutrition

    by Vivienne Bradshaw-Black

    Reductionism disregards essential synergy – the interaction of factors making their combined effect greater than the sum of their individual parts.  According to the author, unde...

  15. The Power of Corrective Nutrition

    by June Butlin

    However, in 1993, at the age of 52, she encountered health problems. She started to suffer from extreme mental and physical tiredness, and her weight started to creep up. She was...

  16. The Properties of Milk

    by June Butlin

    Milk is a very important food for all mammals as it provides optimum nutrition for growth and development. However, when the milk of each mammalian species, whether goats, elephant...

  17. The Re-Balancing Potential of Seaweed

    by Simon Ranger

    The author, founder of Seagreens, begins by pointing out that in the modern world we are not getting the nutrients we need. He goes on to describe the qualities of wrack seaweed, t...

  18. The Right-Salt Diet

    by Vivienne Bradshaw-Black

    This article gives a taste of the true value of salt which is a natural substance, like flour and sugar, and should contain all the elements from its source, the sea. But in today'...

  19. The Role of Nutrition and the Nutrition Practitioner in the 21st Century

    by June Butlin

    The author says nutrition practitioners have to move beyond just prescribing a healthy diet of quality whole foods, water, essential fatty acids and eliminating offending food. E...

  20. The Sugar Solution

    by Gina Pickersgill

    The author gives a detailed account of the chemical nature of the two types of sugar, simple sugars, and complex carbohydrates. The focus of nutritionists is on the dangers of sugar...

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