Nutrition plays a vital role in healing after injury or surgery. Protein, vitamin C, zinc and omega-3s support tissue repair, immune strength and inflammation control. Whole foods like oily fish,…

Mosquitoes cause more human suffering than any other organism. Over one million people worldwide die from mosquito-borne diseases every year. Not only can mosquitoes carry diseases that afflict humans, but…

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Viruses are not single-celled organisms like bacteria or fungi; they lack cellular structure entirely. As they cannot reproduce or metabolise on their own, viruses are considered non-living and depend on…

Eating the correct foods to gain a natural diuretic and water balancing affect in the body will benefit the whole system as they also contain many other essential nutrients and…

“Nature cures not the physician…” Hippocrates 460 BC It must always be remembered that rodents are not human. Often what works for them does not work for a human being.…

“Humans live on one-quarter of what they eat, on the other three-quarters, lives their doctor” Egyptian pyramid inscription 3000 BC Obesity mainly comes from eating too much of the wrong…

It is a statistical fact that people in deprived parts of the world where clean fresh water is scarce, and even in developed countries where people are too poor to…

Sulphites (sulfite USA spelling) are added to foods as a preservative and work by releasing sulphur dioxide gas and, because it is an irritant, it can cause the airway to…

Thiols, also known as mercaptans, are organic compounds with a sulphydryl group (sulphur instead of oxygen) attached to carbon. While some sulphur-containing foods have thiols, not all do. Biological thiols…