People with sleep problems feel tired during the day when they should feel rejuvenated and energised. Their mental faculties are impaired as are various physical functions which is why having enough sleep is so important. Without enough sleep we simply cannot function at optimal levels and all things in our life, relationships, work and health deteriorate.

How much sleep do we need a night?

How much sleep we need each night tends to vary from generation to generation with babies sleeping as many as 15hrs a day, small children 12 hrs daily and adults an average of 7-8 hrs a day. (more…)

When we think of honey, we think of sweet, sticky goo that we add to dishes as a sweetener but in terms of honey’s medicinal properties most of us know very little. It’s most commonly known medicinal use is as a soothing relief for a sore throat, but it can be used to treat so much more.

Honey has been shown to have antiseptic and antibacterial properties and as such can not only fight and kill bacterial infection, but it can reduce pain and induce healing. It’s little wonder then that traditional medicine is showing so much interest in this natural food item. (more…)

Mushrooms have long been hailed as having amazing immune enhancing properties by the Chinese who have been using mushrooms to treat various immune deficiency disorders for thousands of years.

Immune deficiency disorders range from ailments as harmless as the common cold through to rheumatoid arthritis and cancer.

As medical researchers are constantly looking to improve cancer treatments, they are looking to nature for answers and a cure. (more…)

 

Many people believe that Human Growth Hormone can only be replaced via very costly and very painful injections, and surprisingly, they would be right. Actual synthetic Human Growth Hormone can only be administered by injection, and rightly only by a Medical Practitioner. This form of Human Growth Hormone is only given to people who have a growth hormone deficiency or those who are willing to pay for expensive and painful treatment. However, this is not the only solution for those of us who are seeking an alternative treatment, as evidence is now available which maintains that as we get older our Pituitary Gland does not stop producing Growth Hormone, only the rate in which it releases it. Therefore, there are now many oral Growth Hormone Releasers, known as Growth Secretagogues¹, readily available on the market. (more…)

Maca is cultivated in many countries, but only naturally grows in two places; the first being  the Andes Mountains of Peru, where it survives at altitudes of 3500 to 4450 metres above sea level,  apart from Alpine Grasses and bitter potatoes nothing else can survive the severe frost at this altitude¹.  The second place is the Bolivian Andes where it grows alongside several related wild species².    It has a deep pungent smell because of the Glucosinolates that it contains.  Glucosinolates are the compounds that make all forms of the mustard family smell and taste as they do.  Even though Maca can be red, cream, black or purple, no different colour has been proven to have more beneficial properties than another.  (more…)

As we age, the cells that make up our skin become altered and misshapen.  The ability to naturally exfoliate the skin cells on the surface of our skin becomes slower, and the moisture that we were once able to retain slowly dries up.  As this ageing process progresses dead skin cells start to build up on the surface of our skin, which blocks pores and makes patches of skin discolouration visible.  Retinol-A has been found to help reduce this ageing effect, and to also reverse some of the damage that has been done; but how?  (more…)

Within our central nervous system Serotonin plays a critical part in in the regulation of Depression, Anxiety, Sleep, Aggression, Temperature, Appetite, Sexual Behaviour and the Sensation of Pain.  Cells in other parts of the body also use and make Serotonin, but all Serotonin used by our Brain Cells has to be made within the Neurons, as Serotonin cannot cross the blood-brain barrier.  Serotonin is produced by an Amino Acid called Tryptohan.

5-Hydroxytryptophan, (5-HTP), is also an Amino Acid naturally produced by the body from the essential Amino Acid Tryptohan through a process called Enzyme Tryptophan Hydroxylase.   The action of Tryptophan Hydroylase can be inhibited by many different influences, some of these include, Stress, Vitamin B6 deficiency, and Insulin Resistance, thus making the Tryptophan unavailable for Serotonin production.  As mentioned earlier, if not enough Serotonin is produced then the regualtion of  Depression, Anxiety, Sleep, Aggression, Temperature, Appetite, Sexual Behaviour and the Sensation of Pain, may be effected.

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