New Year detox
Too much to eat, too much to drink, stomach feels bloated and you’ve put an extra few pounds and feel… [more]
Ease those winter ills
Now is the worst time of year for coughs and colds, flu and other nasties. You can try going to the doctor… [more]
Antibiotics kill off friendly bacteria
Ten million people every year reach for an antibiotics prescription, and despite repeated warnings by… [more]
Mobiles adversely affect sperm
Mobile phones may be the most popular item in a man's life, but they could prevent him from having children. … [more]
Hangover help the natural way
Festive tips from Han van de Braak, naturopath, who practises in Leicestershire. The festive season… [more]
Live long, stay young and be healthy
Up to five million people are stressed by work and as many as 9.8 million working days were lost due… [more]
Supergreens from lake to ocean
The diets of teenagers have a lot to answer for, but apparently almost 70 per cent of schoolgirls are… [more]
Antibiotics kill off friendly bacteria
Ten million people every year reach for an antibiotics prescription, and despite repeated warnings by… [more]
Breast cancer – what can you do?
Good news or bad news first? One in eight women in the UK is getting breast cancer, but the news is not… [more]
Recent Articles
Ease those winter ills
Now is the worst time of year for coughs and colds, flu and other nasties. You can try going to the doctor but there’s often little they can do, so why not try some natural remedies to ease the pain? They don’t work like magic but they can help to soothe symptoms. There is no [...]
New Year detox
Too much to eat, too much to drink, stomach feels bloated and you’ve put an extra few pounds and feel in need of a rest? When we get to January most of us would prefer never to see another sausage roll in our lives! So WHY do we do it? How to recover: • Drink [...]
Hangover help the natural way
Festive tips from Han van de Braak, naturopath, who practises in Leicestershire. The festive season brings with it a common ailment – the hangover. Here are Hans’ natural hangover remedies for all those who may be tempted to overindulge during the next few weeks – and beyond. As Christmas approaches and our social lives step [...]
Losing weight
Losing weight is never easy. First of all you have to be in the right state of mind and determined that you want to succeed, and secondly you have to identify what you should and should not be eating. Most health experts agree that eating healthy foods such as fruit, vegetables, wholegrains, pulses, fish, chicken [...]
Alcohol – do we drink too much?
You’ve had a hard day at work, the children are playing up and there’s no-one to talk to about it all. So you pour a drink – just one won’t hurt and then you pour another. And before you know it that’s half a bottle in one evening and so it goes on all week. [...]
This Month’s Spotlight: Complementary Therapies
Lavender fields revival
Lavender fields have returned to Surrey over 100 years after they were big business. From the 18th to 20th centuries anyone standing on the hills of Chipstead, a village close to Banstead, Surrey could look towards London and see a sea of blue lavender fields. There were literally thousands of acres of lavender in the [...]
Complementary therapies on the NHS
More people would enjoy the benefits of complementary therapies if they were available free on the NHS. One of the big advantages of our health service is that you can go to the doctor and receive treatment free of charge, but while you may be given a prescription for drugs or referred to a specialist, [...]
GP practice of the future
Ever wished you could go to your GP and be offered acupuncture, homeopathy or herbal medicine as an alternative to prescription drugs? The people of Cullompton, Devon have this choice at the College Surgery. Three quarters of the British public would like to see complementary therapies available on the NHS according to a poll commissioned [...]
Understanding aromatherapy
Many people know aromatherapy as a relaxing massage with oils. But it’s much more than that. You can use essential oils in a variety of ways. Lavender oil – there’s so much you can do with it I wouldn’t go away without a bottle. You can put a few drops in an oil burner to [...]
Unlock your own power – Seka Nikolic
I’d only heard good things about the bio-energy healer Seka Nikolic, and had interviewed her in the past. I went with an open mind for a healing session with her. The first thing that I noticed when I arrived was a notice saying you know more than you think. I think this is probably very [...]
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