January 8th, 2013
Tai chi performs miracles for diabetics
The ancient art of tai chi, renowned for its health and relaxation benefits, has now been proven to be a fantastic form of exercise for sufferers of diabetes. Studies have shown this powerful martial art to lower blood glucose levels, induce weight loss, reduce insulin resistance and lower blood pressure. Participants from one of the …
Aerobic Training for Fat Loss: Walking or Running?
Millions of people each year decide to embark on a weight-loss regimen, each determined to ensure that this year will be ‘the year’. However, for many, the results will be the same. For all the effort put in to improve the diet and increase exercise levels, the results achieved represent a mediocre return at best. …
Kidney Fried Chicken: Another Reason to Steer Clear of Fast Food?
We’re pretty sure 19-year-old UK student Ibrahim Langoo wasn’t licking his fingers when he discovered this ghastly sight in his recent KFC order. The ‘brain-like’ object, which has since been identified by the fast food giant as a kidney, was hiding in Ibrahim’s box of chicken after his visit to a local restaurant late last year. KFC has apologised …
Meet Marek – our new fat-fighting champion
Marek Doyle is the director of London-based Blueprint Fitness. He is the UK’s only nutritionist-allergist-personal trainer and has spent the last seven years as both a personal trainer and nutritionist, giving him a unique inside into effective fat loss techniques. He specializes in digestive and adrenal health and his clients include world champion athletes, models …
Meet…Andrea Butje: Aromatherapy Specialist and Author at Aromahead Institute!
We love hearing more about the lives and loves of our NaturalCures contributors and we’re pretty sure you do too. Today, we’re bringing you a fun Q&A with Andrea Butje, who’s a long-time fan of all things aromatherapy and even set up her own aromatherapy school - www.aromahead.com – as a result. She’s also just completed …
That’s Magic! Sugar-free Vitamins and Nutrients for Kids
For parents-to-be, there are few things more worrying than the prospect of a premature birth. But when Dr Jeff McCombs’ wife Ana Maria went into labour with twins at just 25 weeks back in 2009, the early arrival turned out to be more worrying than first anticipated. Spending the first 133 days of Ana Sophia …
Are your supplements at risk?
Disastrous New Year Dietary Ingredients draft guidance threatens almost 30,000 supplements currently on the market in the US The question is: Are you prepare to sit back and let this happen? Well the Alliance for Natural Health International (ANH-Intl) is certainly not. The organization is an internationally active non-governmental body dedicated to promoting sustainable health …
Dry Skin? Face Up To It Naturally: 5 Top Tips
Dry skin? We feel your pain, quite literally. Here in England especially, this time of year can result in sore, irritated skin and hands. And while we can certainly cover our hands and nails with cosy gloves, it’s a little trickier to go about our day-to-day business without exposing our faces to the sometimes bitter …
Rhassoul Clay – A Luscious Alternative to Washing Your Face
Rhassoul clay is a great alternative to using soap to wash your face. Rhassoul clay is a beautiful reddish brown clay from the mountains of Morocco (also called Red Moroccan clay), which has been used as a soap for cleansing skin and hair for centuries. The clay is highly absorbing and my skin feels like silk after …
