Vitamin C, energy and protection
Vitamin C or ascorbic acid is important for the body’s immune system. It promotes resistance to stress, improves our mood, burns fat, speeds up healing…
Microbiota and the immune system
Our body hosts billions of microorganisms forming an actual organ known as the intestinal flora or ‘microbiota’. Most of these are found in the intestine…
Cold symptoms
After a sudden change in weather, after exposure to cold and humid air or wind, we experience a general sensation of coldness, illness, shivers, and high…
From stress to serenity
The term stress was in actual fact introduced by physics to indicate a force which, by acting on a solid body, causes its deformation. Transferred to biology,…
Fibres for intestinal well-being
A fibre-rich diet is a guarantee of good health and also helps combat even serious diseases. Fibres rich in chlorophyll in fact perform a beneficial protective,…
Propolis to combat seasonal ailments
In the autumn-winter season, the hours of natural light decrease, the temperatures drop, environmental pollution increases and so too does the risk of…
Pain-free joints
Our joints are continually subjected to strain by incessant movement. Over time, the cartilage covering them becomes progressively worn. Hence we start…
An ever-ready immune system
The human body is equipped with a highly sophisticated system to protect us against the billions of germs we encounter every day. Hence why our immune…
Easy digestion
‘Poor digestion is the root of all diseases’, thus spoke, back in the 5th century b.C., Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. Eating is undoubtedly…
Blood fats under control
The condition of hypercholesterolaemia involves the slow and progressive deposition of cholesterol in the arterial blood vessel walls, where it causes…
Finding calm once again
The word calm derives from the Greek term kaūma, (= burning heat of the sun) because great periods of calm are mostly accompanied by extreme atmospheric…
Seasonal ailments and our immune system
Respiratory tract infections are much more frequent during the autumn and winter months. The cold, humidity, higher rate of pollution, and easier transmission…