HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOME MORE SUSTAINABLE
The fight to save the planet starts, quite literally, at home. You don’t strictly have to make dramatic, sweeping changes, either. It’s often perfectly possible to complete many of your routine re...
HOW THE SPLEEN PLAYS A ROLE IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
How much do you know about your spleen? If you’re anything like a lot of people, your answer to that question may well be, not very much. A lot of us aren’t even aware of what the spleen’s broader...
7 UNEXPECTED REASONS WHY YOU HAVE A STUFFY NOSE
Pretty much everyone experiences a stuffy nose – usually referred to in more formal contexts as ‘nasal congestion’ – from time to time. It’s easy to dismiss the cause as a simple case of the cold ...
Hear the word selenium and you might think you’re back at school, learning about the periodic table but this essential mineral has a big role to play in keeping you healthy. From helping brain f...
HOW STAYING INDOORS AFFECTS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
By now, you’d have practically needed to have been living on Mars since early 2020 to not know the various frequent mantras of how to lower your risk of COVID-19: wash your hands frequently, wear a...
Such has been the pervading impact of the COVID-19 crisis on almost every aspect of our lives, that it has been almost impossible for most of us not to learn a few new medical concepts and terms al...
Garlic is hardly new to our diets in the 2020s – indeed, it has been noted for its health and medicinal properties since ancient times. One form of garlic in particular, however, seems to have attr...
7 BENEFITS OF REISHI MUSHROOMS
Any fungus that enjoys nicknames like “the king of the mushrooms” or even “the mushroom of immortality” has to be worth investigation for potential health benefits, right? Well, this is precisely ...
Happy Pancake Day! 🥞 Pancakes are the ultimate meal as they can be enjoyed sweet or savoury aka pancakes for main and dessert. Sign us up! We know that gluten can cause some irritation in the gut ...
LET’S SPREAD THE IMMUNE HEALTH LOVE THIS VALENTINES!
A message from our Founder, Sunna van Kampen. Your immune system is your body’s strongest weapon. It is what works tirelessly, day after day, week after week, and month after month quietly in the ...
7 WAYS TO STAY CALM IN A STRESSFUL SITUATION
Stress, of course, is an unavoidable part of all of our lives. We all face challenging and even chaotic situations from time to time – ranging from those tight work deadlines and worries about fina...
VITAMIN C DRINKS - RECIPE: THE SUNSHINE SOUR
We all know the consequences of a vitamin C deficiency, and luckily scurvy isn't something most of us need to worry about. Vitamin C deficiencies have also been linked to an impaired immune system ...
ZINC DRINK - RECIPE: PUTTING THE Z IN ZESTY
Zinc is essential to sustain a functioning immune system by regulating the elimination of pathogens. Zinc is also responsible for the production and activation of certain immune system cells such a...