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How to read and understand food labels
Food labels are supposed to help you understand what is in packaged foods. To protect the consumer, there are many regulations which relate to...
Get your skin looking its best
Everyone has something at some point that they want to look their best for - a wedding, a dance, a graduation, a photo shoot...
The effects of not washing your makeup off at night
We’ve all been there - You arrive home exhausted, possibly plonk down on the couch and try to recuperate from the day’s efforts, wolf...
Gut Health
Everyday we are bombarded with new information- what’s good for us and what could potentially kill us. Our ‘guts’ are the central parts of...
Healing isn’t just about the meds
I suffered a health collapse that brought my life to a standstill. At the time I had no idea what was happening and what...
Weight loss
Everything Thyroid
Sometimes there is a subtle sense of imbalance in the body. It may be a feeling of fatigue that lingers even after a full...
The Scrutiny on “Gluten-Free”
You’ve probably found yourself walking through grocery aisles finding more and more “gluten-free” food products. You may have also noticed that these products don’t...
Fitness & Exercise
Get Moving for a healthy brain
Your brain is no different than the rest of the muscles in the body- you either use it or lose it! A growing number...
Simple Self-Care Ideas to Lift your Spirits
Are you feeling low on energy or a little down? Well, a bit of self-care could be just what you need.
Self-care is about taking...
Woman
How Does the Body Use Vitamin A?
Were you told by your parents to eat your carrots so that you can see in the dark? Well, you’d be happy to know...
Cancer Crisis – The Elephant in the room.
An incredibly sad and frightening scenario is unfolding in the Gauteng public healthcare system with the major impact being on the Cancer services. We...
Beauty, Hair, Nails & Skin
How To Keep your Nails Healthy
Your
nails are generally a good reflection of your health.Your finger and toenails
should be strong and healthy in appearance, free of ridges, dents,and
discolorations. Make an...
How to maintain a healthy skin
Your skin is your body’s largest organ. When its healthy, it's layers work hard to protect you. However, when its compromised,the skins ability to...
Mental Health
What pillow do I have beneath me? That is the question
There are so many pillows on the market today, so which is the best pillow to choose? Everyone has their own style of sleeping,...
Sugar Addiction
Sugar is found in most foods and is almost impossible to avoid. Emotional or psychological dependence on sugary foods and drinks, known as ‘sugar...
Food
A Lean & Mean Omelet that keeps you going
Most eating routines focus on breakfast being a big meal that is key to how your nutrition for the day turns out. A big...
5 reasons why Maca is good for you
The maca plant,is known scientifically as Lepidium Meyenii. It mainly grows in the rich soils of the Andes mountains ranges in central Peru. It...
Aging Well
Take care of your eyes with these healthy habits
We only have one pair of eyes and although technology has advanced to improve eye sight, we need to take care of your eyes....
Supplements after 40: Are you getting what you need?
After forty, our body's physiology starts to change in a big way. Before, you might have been able to get away with burning the...
Pragnancy & Baby
Myth: peanuts in pregnancy cause allergies
Anyone else have the feeling something radical has happened with peanut allergy in the past 30 years? I don’t recall knowing anyone allergic to...
Myth: women forget the pain of childbirth
In an evolutionary sense, memory of pain serves an important purpose. Pain indicates a threat to our safety or our life, and human survival...
Men
Exploring Alternative Cancer Treatments
According to the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), cancer only has a 40% survival rate in this country. This is a general statistic for all...
Understanding Faulty Immune Responses – Autoimmune Disease Versus CVID (Common-Variable-Immune-Deficiency
Autos, in Greek, encompasses the meaning of “same” or “self” so, aptly, autoimmune disease relates to the unhappy state when one’s own bodily immune...
HEALTH ANGELS: Causes & Projects *DONATE NOW*
Teddy Bear Foundation
Working
with children & families
Our vision is that children will not be abused anymore, but where
they...
Health Angels Foundation
HELP OUR FOUNDATION HELP MANY MORE
Health Angels Foundation is governed by an independent Board of Directors.
The...
Waste Angels Cleaning the Community
It’s the early hours of the morning and a loaded
trolley of stacked with recycle material...
Little Eden
We believe that no matter how profoundly disabled a person may be, he or she...
Health Angels: Trees for life
Trees have always fascinated people. They are the biggest living things on our planet and one...