Why you should never throw out sprouting garlic We’ve all been there: You’re in the middle of cooking and you decide that your meal needs some garlic. You get the garlic out, only to realise that it looks far from inviting. In fact, ...
High blood pressure: Learning the symptoms could save your life Why do you get high blood pressure? It’s difficult to outline exactly why someone might develop high blood pressure. There are a number of contributing factors involved, including being overweight or stressed, having bad eating ...
6 simple exercises can help you get rid of foot, knee or hip pain Ankle circles To strengthen weak ankles, you should do the following: Sit down and raise a leg Slowly rotate your raised foot in circular motions Repeat this ten times in one direction and then ten ...
4 early warning signs of osteoporosis – do you have the “silent disease”? What is osteoporosis? According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, osteoporosis occurs when the body loses more bone tissue than it can properly replace. When bone mass decreases, the skeleton becomes weak and brittle, ...
Baby covered in blisters after chickenpox infection – now mom is warning all parents Chickenpox Her son, eleven-month-old Elijah, quickly became ill with chickenpox. He wasn’t old enough to have been vaccinated against the disease, and, because parents didn’t keep their infected children at home when they got sick, ...
Research proves: This happens to your body when you start drinking lemon water every day Useful lemons? Perhaps you’ve made lemon cheesecake before? Or else some other form of cake that requires the citrus fruit? Well, good news! Not only do lemons add flavour to our kitchen creations, but researchers ...
Simple cure involving bananas and 2 other ingredients can cure bad cough Using Bananas Bananas are good in several different ways, but, for the purpose of this article, we’ll focus on the respiratory tract. A study conducted at the Imperial College of London showed that children who ...
The oil that works wonders – 7 smart uses you didn’t know tea tree oil had From the leaves and branches of the tea tree, Melaleuca alternifolia, tea tree oil can be extracted. It’s a colourless, odourless oil that was given its name by 19th century seamen. Centuries before then, the indigenous peoples ...
13 signs that your body needs more vitamin D immediately What is vitamin D deficiency? Vitamin D deficiency is a common problem in many areas around the world. Age, skin pigmentation, disease and nutrition all play a role when we talk about a lack of ...
Research reveals: What happens to your body if you eat two eggs a day What do eggs contain Plenty, as it happens. Eggs contain vitamins A, D and E, as well as B12, riboflavin and folate. On top of that, you’ll find minerals such as iodine, iron, calcium, zinc ...
