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No other herb has served as many culinary and medicinal roles in as many cultures as garlic (Allium sativum L). Indeed, over the past 20 years, there have been more than 2000 papers published on garlic chemistry, pharmacology and clinical applications (Koch HP and Lawson LD, Garlic: The Science and Therapeutic Application of Allium sativum […]

Nature has provided a wealth of natural remedies that can both alleviate symptoms of a cold and strengthen your immunity. One that has perhaps received more than its fair share of exposure is Echinacea – purple coneflower – used for centuries to treat the common cold, coughs, bronchitis, upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) and some […]

The last several years have seen a revolution in the treatment of arthritis with the discovery that cell communication takes place through carbohydrates (sugars) attached to amino acids in the proteins located on the surface of every cell in your body. Glucosamine is among the eight sugars required to make these ‘glycoproteins’. Researchers have theorised […]

The idea that humans can get all the nutrition they need in a pill or a drink has been the stuff of science fiction for decades. Today, life is imitating art, with many companies claiming to produce powders which, when mixed with milk, water or juice, can provide all the nutrients we need in a […]

At any given time, as much as 50 per cent of the population is on a diet. Yet, surveys show that we are getting fatter, not leaner. No one could deny that taking an appetite suppressant to lose weight is the fast track to nowhere. Recent health scares related to heart and respiratory problems linked […]

The climacteric is generally used to describe the 15-year period during which menstruation eventually ceases. Around this fulcrum will be a number of physical and psychological symptoms. In much the same way that there is rarely a precise beginning to menstruation – many young girls have light spotting and erratic bleeding for years – and […]

If you are a man aged between 40 and 59, you have a 50 to 60 per cent chance of having benign enlargement of the prostate gland. Prostate problems – enlargement, infection and cancer – are on the rise. And medicine has not always been able to provide either cure or prevention. There has been […]

Diabetes mellitus is an old and complex disease. It can strike anyone in any family at any time, though it is most common among affluent Westerners. The incidence of this autoimmune disease has tripled over the last eight years and, today, over 100 million people around the world have the condition. Nearly a third of […]

Headaches are the oldest and most common complaint of mankind. The subtle and not-so-subtle levels of pain range from the dull throbbing of the tension headache to the nausea and flashing lights of the classic migraine. They can last minutes, hours or even days and can debilitate or even inspire. Today, around 20 per cent […]

Depression is one of the least well understood and least well tolerated (by others) emotional states in our culture. Broadly speaking, there are two types: unipolar, characterised by low moods only; and bipolar, characterised by extreme highs and lows, sometimes called manic-depression. Within these two broad categories are varying levels of severity and regularity. For […]