Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements in General

In todays hectic life style there are not many of us that manage to maintain a healthy balanced diet all the time. The pace of life takes its toll on people these days, especially me for one. I am not the type of person to take vitamins and minerals for the sake of it. I do try my best to have a varied diet and to be healthy, but there just isn't enough hours in the day sometimes to fit in cooking a nice healthy dinner for the family. I am pregnant at the moment, so I am trying extra hard to eat sensibly. I am carrying twins, and so am being drained twice as much (well thats how it feels to me). I have discovered a vitamin supplement called Pro natal by Sanatogen. It is ...  Read the complete review

Ok so iv been trying really hard to cut out the rubbish i eat and eat little more healthy. ok so the 5 a day doesnt work for me as i seem to be working all the time, but i know i need something! i did have a gym membership, but to actually get my butt down there and do the excercise doesnt make me want to go. even my mates wont do a session or 2 with me. iv just bought some slimming tablets - metabo extreme - beigey brown colour capsules, 60 (lasts approx a month) and im hoping these will work! so far its day 1, and iv taken the 2 im meant to take at breakfast and lunch. not allowed to take them after 4pm so it works fab for ...  Read the complete review

It was a silly thing to do! Last autumn, whilst stripping the drooping leaves from my Yucca trees sitting either side of the rose arch in my garden, I yanked too hard and fell down three stone steps resulting in a nasty collision with the steps and my right knee. At first I was only concerned in cleaning the wound and soon forgot about the incident as the scab gradually disappeared. It was in early spring this year that alarm bells rang. My right knee flared up, became swollen and hurt me. Going up and down stairs was very painful. I was forced to make a very rare visit to my GP. He examined the knee and prescribed me non-steroidal anti inflammatory prescription drugs. I ...  Read the complete review

While we take tap water for granted for our daily needs, it is only when something changes that we realise there are more options to simply turning and filling to get our daily need of fluids. Im talking bottled water here. Once thought of as a gimmick for the rich, it is more and more common in our fridges today. Why? Well, our house is one that lives in a particularly hard water area. The quality of Water in our area is therefore pretty safe but full of dissolved lime and other minerals. While some of these are good for you, you only need to look at our kettle to see what it is putting in your insides. Thick scaly limescale! ...  Read the complete review

Close to 60% of people will pop a multivitamin/mineral supplement today, and for the most part, thats smart. Doctors agree its hard to get all the nutrients we neen every day, and among other things, studies suggest women who take a multi daily for 15 years have a 75% lower risk of colon cancer. I was surprised when my doctor told me, that taking the wrong multivitamin can have health risks, leaving you vulnerable to depression, weakedned bones and even a highter risk of heart disease and cancer. To make sure you are getting all of the benefits from your multi and none of the potential hazards. Make sure it: Has a safe dose of vitamin. Vitamin A is ...  Read the complete review