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Folic acid or Folate?

Are you trying to fall pregnant? Perhaps your hair and nails need strengthening. Or maybe a practitioner has told you that you have poor...

Phytomedicine in my Kitchen - Apple Cider Vinegar

Several years ago, a friend and I were reading through a book on “The Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar”, and we concluded that...

Antioxidants - the Fact and the Fiction

At University, a Phytotherapist studies hundreds of herbs with their actions and indications. For each herb, “antioxidant” would...

The tongue-map-myth and bitter foods

Think about your digestion. Are you thinking about your stomach or did you picture your mouth? Because that's where it starts... There is...

Fooled by Fibre

Dietary Fibre is a class of food that is not digested by enzymes in the gut but rather, they are substantially fermented by bacterial...