Health

In modern society the odds are stacked against your weight. The experts reveal how you can harness the latest cutting-edge science to fight back and trim down while still retaining your vigour and health.

Heat and vapour have been key components in purifying rituals around the world since ancient times. Since then, the art of the sauna has been refined, modernised and technologised, bringing even greater benefits

Walk into any health food store or pharmacy these days and you’re confronted with literally dozens of different detox kits, pills and potions. Just what do they all do and are how do you know which one is best for you?

The lungs are often overlooked during a detox but along with the liver, kidneys and skin, they function as a major elimination route for toxins

Whether you’re trying to boost your memory or improve focus and productivity at work, including brain-enhancing foods, herbs and nutrients in your daily diet is a must.

The common plant ivy has many effects when used medicinally but its prime action is as a respiratory anti-inflammatory — very useful in conditions such as bronchitis.

Cultures around the world have independently believed in an energy body which surrounds and supports your physical body. Just like your physical body, the energy body can become toxic and you need to know how to cleanse it.

Most of the 37 trillion tiny cells that make up your body’s tissues and organs are continually dying off as they age, are injured or become defective, and are replaced by brand-new ones. By facilitating this innate natural regenerative process, you can renew your body.

What most of us don’t realise is that, despite the multitasking digestive brilliance of the many cells that line our digestive tract, we have a limited capacity to break down foods, especially fibre. Let’s take a look at, and celebrate, the bugs that do it for us .

Each day you are potentially exposed to a plethora of volatile chemicals, including lead, mercury, chlorine, pesticides, herbicides, formaldehyde and more. Here’s how to cope with the toxic soup you live in.

Your eyes are often called the windows to your soul and, as human beings, we use our eyes to perceive the world and communicate thoughts and feelings. Our eyes send more unconscious social signals and communicate more about ourselves than any words we may utter. Yet eyes also perform vital physical functions so it is important to keep them healthy.

Dr Karen Bridgman presents the case of a man who wanted to stop smoking. He had tried the various pharmacological remedies with little success so he wanted something he could do indefinitely and that would improve his health — not just reduce the symptoms of addiction.