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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...
Aging Like a pro
Like the old saying goes “Getting old ain’t for sissies”, it is not easy managing new challenges as they arrive with age, but there...
Training for golf
Golf is one of the most underestimated sports in terms of injury and lower back pain. Most people think that you don't need...
Helicopter, snowplow or free range – what’s your parenting style?
It used to be said that the difficulty with parenting is that no-one gives you a manual, but you could argue that adage is...
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...
Weight loss
Bone Density 101
As the years catch up to you bone density becomes something you need to keep an eye on. The more bone density you lose...
B is for Balance: Reaping the Benefits of Vitamin B
We’ve all heard the term, “Busy as a bee” but we’re going to use it a little differently today. The vitamin B group make...
Fitness & Exercise
Skipping for beginners
This is probably one of the most feared forms of cardio. Skipping is well known, outside the school yard, as punishment to the heart,...
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...
Woman
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...
My Breast cancer journey – Indescribable fear to a remarkable recovery
As a former elite/springbok athlete you can just imagine the shock and fear when hearing the words you have cancer. Cancer strikes fear into...
Beauty, Hair, Nails & Skin
Coconut
Due to out of mind out of sight mentality, many forget about foods that are not found in their area. Coconut is usually one...
Hair Loss In Women
Hair
loss in women is just that- when a women experiences unexpected heavy loss of
hair. Generally, 50-100 single hairs are shed per day. Hair shedding...
Mental Health
Make today your goal
When people take on a long term task, specifically when connected to self improvement or health, we tend to be quite hard on ourselves....
12 Simple Steps to Improve your Health and Well-being
Many people put a lot of pressure on themselves to improve their health.They set big goals for themselves like "I'll never eat sugar again" or "I'm going...
Food
Longevity Foods
What we eat is meant for more than simply keeping us full. By selecting the right foods you can help increase your metabolism and...
Coming Up Vegan
Quinoa and bean salad, chickpea mayo, smokey black bean soup, kale burrito bowls, mushroom and soya burgers… The list is endless. Vegan options are...
Aging Well
Heart Health: A Holistic Guide to Gauging Heart Attack Risk
The traditional approach to heart attack risk assessment has involved the evaluation of factors that are associated with increased risk of a heart event....
Live and Learn from fools and from Sage’s
I have always found the saying, live and learn from Fools and from Sages profound. I first heard it in the lyrics of one...
Pragnancy & Baby
Myth: you can control the sex of your baby
Despite most parents ultimately just wishing for a healthy baby, there are many cultural and social factors that can drive the desire for a...
Are maternal hormones different when carrying a boy or a girl?
With advances in prenatal testing it’s now possible to find out whether a pregnancy will result in a male or female baby as early...
Men
Hypothyroidism – Are You at Risk?
Your thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system. When it works as it should, it produces and releases thyroid hormones into your bloodstream...
IBS and IBD – Do You Really Have All The Facts?
“It’s probably the roadside kebab that I indulged in at 2 am on Friday”, you tell yourself. “Or maybe the curry that we had...
HEALTH ANGELS: Causes & Projects *DONATE NOW*
Waste Angels Cleaning the Community
It’s the early hours of the morning and a loaded
trolley of stacked with recycle material is being loaded on to a trolley by an
angel...
Little Eden
We believe that no matter how profoundly disabled a person may be, he or she is still a whole complete being, with a body;...
Health Angels Foundation
HELP OUR FOUNDATION HELP MANY MORE
Health Angels Foundation is governed by an independent Board of Directors.
The Foundation is managed by a management team who are...
Teddy Bear Foundation
Working
with children & families
Our vision is that children will not be abused anymore, but where
they are being abused, we want to provide efficient and...
Health Angels: Trees for life
Trees have always fascinated people. They are the biggest living things on our planet and one of the most beautiful. Trees appear in many religions...
