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The ORAC Score

ORAC Score Measures the Antioxidant Capacity of Foods ORAC is an acronym for “Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity“, and is a way to measure different foods antioxidants. Foods with high ORAC values are more desirable for their ability to neutralize Free Radicals, so will greatly inhibit the cell damage that is done by Free Radicals. The [...]

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Red Onions

Know Your Onions!

Onions are a true Superfood and we should try to include some in our everyday diet. Onions, Shallots, Chives, Leeks and Garlic belong to the “Alium” family and contain some potent properties reputed to cleanse your system and have unique anti-bacterial properties. Onions also contain naturally occuring antiseptic oils “Allyl Disulphate” and “Cycloallin”, research has found that Cycloallin [...]

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Dr Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Food Pyramid

Dr Weil’s Food Pyramid

Dr Andrew Weil is a health and ageing expert, he has developed a common sense eating guide that is Anti-Inflammatory and therefore anti-ageing.  The Anti-Inflammatory food pyramid is a practical eating guide for people of all ages to follow, to stay healthy and reduce the risk of age related diseases. You will also look better and have more [...]

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Acai Berry

The Anti-Ageing Acai Berry

You have probably heard much about the Acai Berry of late, but is it really a super berry or super hype? Well some recent medical studies have shown that Acai Berry has potent antioxidants that can be absorbed by the human body and have a very positive effect on our health. The Acai Berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee)  is a small, round, [...]

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Turmeric – Your Skin’s Friend

Turmeric is definitely one Age-Defying spice to add to your shopping list.  This brilliant Yellow spice has been in culinary use for thousands of years and is what gives curries their characteristic bright Yellow colour. This amazing spice is derived from the root of the Curcuma Longa plant, which has a tough brown skin and deep orange flesh. [...]

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Chlorella Supplements

Chlorella the Green Superfood

Chlorella is one of the most ancient living organisms, and is a green algae,  found in water.  Chlorella is an extremely nutritious food, mostly because of the abundance of “Chlorophyll” . Chlorophyll is often described as the life force of plants, a little bit like our blood, but the difference being that our blood contains iron [...]

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Anti-Inflammatory Olive Oil

Olive trees live to be hundreds of years old, even after they have been burnt or cut to the ground – they can spring back to life! Olive Oil  is known as the “King of Oils” and has been used as far back as the Ancient Egyptians, who were among the first to use Olive Oil, regarding [...]

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