My mother always used Body by Nature vitamin supplements – that’s how I came to know that they exist. She used the multivitamin range to manage her diabetes. She used the bone strengthening vegan supplements to help her navigate through the day without suffering severe injuries. At seventy-two, she began using the brand’s Eye Support range because she was slowly losing her sight to cataracts. I was not sure whether the supplements worked or not so I decided to learn a little more about them. Here is what I learnt…

Probiotics were once the wunderkind of the supplement world, said to improve gut health, treat skin conditions and assuage irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms. Now, experts are urging us to reconsider the myths we’ve been sold by dewy-skinned influencers and glossy ad campaigns, pointing out the potentially harmful effects of consuming live bacteria. In a recent article published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, associate professor at Harvard Medical School Pieter Cohen argues that probiotics might cause infections among those with poor-functioning immune systems.

I was introduced to the vegan lifestyle by a friend of mine. He was diabetic and was forced into veganism because he had to live a healthier lifestyle. On the other hand, I lived healthily but I had never actually considered living as a vegan. I thought it would be too much of a hassle to become one, not to mention too costly. However, as I came to find out after a few days of trying it out, being a vegan was actually easier than I first thought.

As we are fast approaching the Winter months body by nature are happy to recommend two of the best supplements to start taking if you are not already doing so. A good vitamin D3 either vegan or not is a great choice as this in it’s self will assist you in gaining the happy feeling you will now be missing due to the sun not shining as much as it did in the Summer months. There is a lot of information in the media currently about the benefits of vitamin…

Mixing meat from your diet, whether for health or personal preference reasons, is a major step in a healthy direction. Vegan diets have been proven to help protect the body against various diseases such as arthritis, cancer, and heart disease. A vegan diet, in spite of its immense benefits, falls short of some key nutrients that are crucial for complete wellbeing. A plant-based lifestyle can be very beneficial but only after understanding what vegan vitamins you need to supplement due to their deficiency in your diet. Below are some of…

Fluoride is only effective topically. We should never ingest it – although it’s natural in some food and water. Adding it to food and water is a new thing and n…o one monitors how much we take in. As it turns out – fluoride is the most toxic and cancer causing chemical found in our products next to the fake sugar – aspartame. So it’s cool to have fluoride free toothpaste. But it’s 10 times better to avoid consuming it in our water / bottled water / food. And the only way to do so – is…

“I am a mother of 4 children under the age of 6. I had been struggling with my weight, skin problems, and horrible stomach pain for years before discovering paleo. The before picture was taken about a month into my paleo journey in June of 2012. By that point I had already lost a little over 20 pounds.

The problem: The resin linings of tin cans contain bisphenol-A, a synthetic estrogen that has been linked to ailments ranging from reproductive problems to heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Unfortunately, acidity (a prominent characteristic of tomatoes) causes BPA to leach into your food.

I have always led an active lifestyle. When I was a teen, I opted for rock-climbing and other taxing exercises. At the moment I am more interested in running long-distance races. I am not a professional marathon runner per se, but I enjoy the challenge of completing 30 to 40 kilometres.

Candida (technically called Candida albicans) is a microorganism in the category of yeast, fungi and mold. It is normal for it to live in small amounts in the digestive system and on other body surfaces. However, under certain circumstances it will invade into deeper tissues and organs where it doesn’t belong, such as the liver and kidneys, and become very abundant. Once it gets that far, it entrenches itself as fungi do (think of how hard it can be to get rid of athlete’s foot or a fungal toenail). The yeast…