Natural Health

Nutritional Therapist Sally Wisbey and Sarah Orecchia - Founder of Unbelievable Health speak about diet, supplements and the importance of rest in the first of our four part series.

In the West parents have taken the business of keeping clean way too far says Brandie Weikle

We vaccinate against lots of childhood diseases now because we are told that having the diseases is a bad thing and leads to thousands of deaths. However, when we look at the figures from the Office for National Statistics, we see that 95% of the people who used to die from measles stopped dying before the vaccine was introduced in 1968 and similarly 99% of the people who used to die of whooping cough. The mortality rate for tuberculosis fell no differently in countries that did and did not use the BCG vaccine. Scarlet fever, rheumatic fever and typhus were deadly killers. They all disappeared without a vaccine. Why? Here Jayne Donegan for the College of Naturopathic Medicine address the question.

Epsom Salt baths have long been hailed as an easy, relaxing way to detoxify the body and boost health due to the easy absorption of magnesium and sulphate. Those of us who enjoy a regular Epsom Salt bath may be missing out on many other benefits as it appears they have a wide variety of health and beauty based uses. Check out our top 10 uses for Epsom Salt to see how you could be getting more out of yours:

Our bodies need more rest during the winter months but our fast paced culture often prevents us from achieving time for extra relaxation. This can lead to common winter ailments such as colds and coughs. Try our tips for staying well in the cold weather.