Turmeric and Cinnamon – Spices for a Healthy Heart

Eating a diet rich in spices can reduce the body’s response to high fat meals.  A new study has tested the effects of culinary spices on markers of conditions such as heart disease.

Eating a diet rich in spices can reduce the body’s response to high fat meals. (2)

The study, published in [...]

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Garlic may protect against hip osteoarthritis

Garlic livens up any meal and I am sure many Christmas dinners will include this vegetable.  I wrote before about garlic being used for lowering blood pressure and now a new study (1) suggests that women who consume a diet rich in allium vegetables such as garlic, onions and leeks, have lower levels of [...]

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Natural remedies for the treatment and prevention of vaginal thrush infection

In April this year I wrote a detailed blog post about probiotics and their usefulness in the treatment and prevention of vaginal yeast infections, commonly known as thrush.  This topic seems to be of continuing concern to women and deserves to be revisited.

Vaginal thrush usually occurs due to over proliferation of yeast in [...]

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Garlic may be bothersome for the breath but a blessing for blood pressure!

It makes food taste great and brings any dish to life with flavour.  I love garlic!  Garlic is a type of vegetable, there are two species: Allium sativum  (cultivated garlic) and Allium ursinum  (wild bear’s garlic), both of which belong to the Amaryllis (Amaryllidaceae) family.

A plethora of health benefits are attributed to garlic [...]

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