CoQ10 goes by several nicknames: Coenzyme Q10, Vitamin Q or simply Q. Biochemists call it ubiquinone and ubiquinol. We’ll stick to CoQ10 throughout this article. So, what is CoQ10? CoQ10 is a fatsoluble antioxidant that naturally occurs in our body. It has been around for a long time. An oldy, but a goodie! Antioxidants are substances that help break down free radicals, which are molecules produced in the body that cause damage. When there are too many free radicals floating around, it can cause damage to parts of your healthy body. The good news is that your body naturally produces some antioxidants (others you get from food), these antioxidants find and neutralise free radicals. So, it’s essentially a built-in defence system. One of the major roles, and why CoQ10 is so cool, is that it helps convert the food we eat into energy to power our body and brain. We can eat all of the delicio…
See Ya sniffles! Kiss sickness goodbye with our immune boosting secret! When one family member gets sick, do the rest of the family drop like flies? Maybe it’s because you didn’t wash your hands enough, or maybe it was that time you went to the bowling alley, riddled with germs. The bottom line is, we all get sick (kids especially) but there are ways to feed your family’s immunity so that everyone is in the best possible position to tackle whatever germ comes their way. Building your family’s immunity is vital for warding off the winter’s ills, chills and other various illness’. Building your immunity can help you stay fit and healthy. Immunity is your body’s way of fighting ills, chills, disease or infection before you feel the symptoms. When you have strong immunity, you are oblivious that there are germs floating around in your body. This is because they are destroyed by your immune…
For so many years I wondered why cows are sacred in so many religions. Did you know that in India they often have more rights than Humans? This could be because there are so many health benefits in Colostrum ‘the necessity of life’. Colostrum is the ‘first milk’ that is produced in the first 72 hours of all nursing mammals. It has been used in ancient times by many different cultures for both nourishment and remedial purposes. The Scandinavians and northern Europeans eat colostrum and honey as a dessert to celebrate the birth of a healthy new born calf (as well as contribute to their own health). In the United States and throughout the world, colostrum was used for its antibiotic properties before to the use of sulfa drugs and antibiotics were available. In 1955 doctors prescribed a treatment plan based on colostrum to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Albert Sabin or the ‘f…
Our gut! Hardly a dinnertime conversation. But it is gaining momentum to be just that. It is a hot topic in scientific research and for good reason. We have sayings that describe how it can affect us: have you ever used the saying ‘I have a gut feeling’, ‘gut instinct’ or ‘listen to your gut’ when we really want to know what’s true or to make the right decision? Did you know that a healthy and happy belly means a bucket load of benefits including more energy and vitality, boosted moods and improved immunity? Everything we eat and drink passes through our gut along the gastrointestinal tract (GI). Simple enough, right? But deep inside your gut there are over 40 trillion wee creatures (bugs we like to call microbes comprised of fungi, bacteria and single cell organisms) all hard at work along your GI tract helping digest and metabolise your meals, making essential nutrients and protecting…
It’s that time again where we need to start looking at how we can strengthen our immune system for the up-coming winter ills and chills season. Most of us are all too aware of the familiar signs of falling ill – a sore throat, swollen, runny and stuffy nose, increased mucus production, sneezing and generally feeling like we could sleep for days. These symptoms are a direct result of the body trying to rid itself of the bugs, typically they will last for 3-7 days.
While there are many things you can do to help with these symptoms, avoiding g…
So why then, do we suffer from disease and illness? To be honest, in most cases it’s not a design fault of the body but much more likely a result of our environment – that is things such as diet, lifestyle, daily habits, increased stress, poor sleep, pollution, suboptimal nutrients in modern foods and lack of regular physical activity.
Over the dec…
Good digestive health means the food we eat is broken down efficiently, used by our bodies to produce energy or removed as waste which brings us to one of the less savoury topics of digestive health – bowel irregularity and discomfort. Many people experience these on a regular basis and it can be both inconvenient and embarrassing.
It is estimated that in the United States alone, 42 million people are affected and in many Europ…
