by Tara Alex Zenker | May 12, 2018 | Digestive Health, Nutrition, Toxins
Sleep Sufficient sleep is essential for good health. I mentioned the areas affecting good health in Blog 3. We tend to overlook how important a good night’s sleep is in our busy lives. A lack of sleep can lead to increased risks of hypertension or high blood pressure,...
by Tara Alex Zenker | Mar 31, 2018 | Digestive Health, Nutrition, Toxins, Uncategorized
We looked at the importance of hydrating your body a couple of blogs back. I would like to explain what consuming a can of Coke or even Diet Coke (or any Diet Soda) actually does to your body apart from dehydrate it. There are four types of sugar: Best known is sugar....
by Tara Alex Zenker | Mar 17, 2018 | Digestive Health, Nutrition, Toxins
We have spoken about the importance of hydrating. It is important what you drink (hydrate with) since all water is not equal. I am sure you know that fizzy drinks don’t hydrate. Very little of their content is actually water. Although just so you are clear, I...
by Tara Alex Zenker | Mar 3, 2018 | Nutrition, Toxins
What have increasing levels of Alzheimer’s got to do with recommendations to drink Silicon-rich water? Professor Chris Exley, at the University of Keele, has been researching the effectiveness of drinking water high in silicon to remove aluminium from the body for...
by Tara Alex Zenker | Feb 3, 2018 | Bone health, Nutrition, Vitamins
Sunshine is important for our health. Vitamin D is a steroid hormone that we get from exposure to sunshine or from supplementing with Vitamin D. Vitamin D improves our immunity. It helps us fight colds, flu, bacterial and viral infections. Cancers Optimal Vitamin D...
by Tara Alex Zenker | Dec 7, 2017 | Nutrition
I mentioned the importance of hydration in blog 3, the areas affecting good health. Water makes up about 60% of your body weight1. Your body needs water to function properly. Every cell, organ and tissue in your body needs water. You need water to flush out...