Inflammation and viral infections like influenza, hepatitis C, HIV, Sepsis, Aplastic anemia and Severe Acute Respiratory Stress Coronavirus 1 & 2, can cause blood clotting disorders – either excessive clots and vascular blockages, or low platelet count causing excessive bleeds. If you’ve never heard of thrombosis before, then take note, because it is a sign […]
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To listen to the PODCAST, click here… If you have a pain on the bottom of your foot, rather than reach for an analgesic tablet, the first thing you should do is take your shoe off to check if there is a stone in there. And when it comes to any other pain, do you
Are you suffering from a feeling of anxiety that is ruining your life? If you’re worrying about everything and not feeling peaceful or safe, you may think the only solution is medication or CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), which of course can help. But what if the critters living in your gut (the gut microbiome) are
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The Australian Anti Ice Campaign (AAIC), based on the Gold Coast, has partnered with another Queensland-based business – Elektra Magnesium – to get the message to the public that supplementation with the mineral magnesium can help a great deal in fuller recovery from the devastating effects of Ice use. Here, the CEO of the Australian
Magnesium has well over 300 jobs to do in the body. Some of these are related to skin health. Magnesium deficiency can cause problems such as acne and pimples. You may be surprised to find out that magnesium is absolutely essential in the formation of collagen proteins, which form the structure of our skin, hair,
It’s that time of year again where we’re out visiting our friends and family at parties and gatherings. Over the Christmas and New Year party season, you’ll be tempted with a range of tantalising alcoholic drinks and as well as social emersion and conversations that make you forget where you are up to in drink-counting!
By Sandy Sanderson / December, 2020 When you’re pregnant or breastfeeding, supplementing with Magnesium is vitally important because of the extra demands on your body at these times. Research has found those people under extra stress – including pregnant and breastfeeding women – may need as much as 1,000mg Magnesium a day or more. Magnesium
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Can I get too much magnesium? Is it possible to overdose on magnesium supplements? What are the signs to look for? What is the best way to cater for magnesium needs? It’s almost impossible for you to get a toxic magnesium dose or overdose, unless magnesium is given at high dose intravenously, where there is
We can become addicted to more than just pharmaceutical drugs or alcohol. Researchers are now noticing symptoms of addiction also to excessive exercise. Does excessive exercise or over-training have negative side effects? Could it harm health and cause premature ageing? The research indicates yes, mainly because of increasing magnesium deficiency.
Overtraining syndrome is a constellation of symptoms resulting from chronic training above the body’s capacity for recovery. It basically means you are taking out more than you put into the body’s resources, and it can easily happen if you get carried away chasing more and more of those euphoric brain endorphins (highs) from exercise. Overtraining
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If you are one of the one percent in the world that has discovered with horror that white patches are appearing on your skin, hair or oral cavity, where the melanin (our skin’s tan colour pigment) has been lost, this information may be just what you are looking for. I was able to stop the
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