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Dietary supplements have grown from a niche habit to a daily routine in many people's lives. While there are some common vitamin and mineral needs, people also have personalized nutritional requirements to achieve optimal health. For example, a nursing mother may invest in high quality probiotics for her infant, while middle age men may take something to support their general prostate health. But what about the mother whose children may be older than 2 or 3 years but still require general care? …

You’d be forgiven for thinking this would be straightforward.The latest science First, to be clear, ditching all sugars is madness – nobody’s advising that you drop all glucose, fructose and lactose from your diet. The refined kind is another matter. The current NHS intake recommendation is no more than 30g a day, or less than 5% of your calories – a limit largely based on links between the sweet stuff and chronic diseases including obesity and type 2 diabetes. This is where things get trick …

I have asthma (my mom smoked 2 packs of cigarettes a day while carrying me). I’ve had to depend on a puffer every year of my life which may have contributed to my COPD. What is COPD? COPD includes diseases such as irreversible asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema and bronchiectasis. When our airways are inflamed, they become narrower. This starts a lung disease called asthma – and there is no known cure, but there are ways to temporarily treat symptoms when they occur: • If you produce a lot …

Fix your gut health to look and feel better. What’s your gut feeling? According to mounting evidence, that’s one of the most important questions you can ask yourself when it comes to health. Your gut, after all, is responsible for letting in nutrients and water while keeping out toxins – as long as it’s working properly. Let it start to leak and it’ll allow substances into your bloodstream that shouldn’t be there, causing a host of problems. A healthy gut depends on good bacteria, a solid lini …

All of us wish to look younger for longer. And often, our go-to solution for getting rid of signs of aging is to use a wide array of anti-aging products. While the use of anti-aging creams is recommended by experts, you will be surprised to know that the best anti aging secrets also involve a wide array of factors, including your nutrition and lifestyle. If you wish to keep skin aging at bay, you may want to know all of the things that you can do to achieve a younger and more flawless lookin …