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Sugar makes life sweeter, but artificial sweeteners have their downside, such as weight gain, diabetes, cancer links and cavity issues. Since this article was published in 2005, the food manufacturing companies have been placed under pressure to reduce the sugar content in their food products. Manufactures also responded to the European Commission call to reduce, or remove existing sugar levels in food products, however the food company response has been to research and use artificial sweeteners instead.

A huge part of Homeopathy is an ancient art of healing using medicines that are made through the like-minded identifiable character of plants, along with other substances.

This First Aid selection is a list of home remedies for those human complaints that can develop into more major complaints, if not attended too straight away.

This article is all about the humble pumpkin. Occasionally, you will come across a food plant that seems to have it all.

Did you know that there are a number of fruits and vegetables that we include in our diet almost daily in the kitchen, that have natural curative properties?

Hormones – we either love them or hate them. However, no matter what you do, you cannot live without them and neither can you allow them to ruin your life. Most women may only think about menopause and PMS when it comes to hormone imbalances, but there are so many other conditions that are hormone-related too.

We’ve always intuitively felt a cat somehow knows when we’re not feeling well and even where it hurts. Got a headache? A cat just seems to wrap around your head. A stomach ache and a cat can’t seem to get off your abdomen.

‘Fats’ get a bad name, but not all fats are bad for us, even when you want to lose weight. Some are in fact ‘essential’ to good health metabolism, which means we must consume them on a regular basis. So what are they?

Our school, Pukehou School is now an environmental school. It all started when the students in Room1 in Napier began a unit study on herbs in 2004. We started the study because of the National Herb Week. In the process we studied basil for cooking, thyme for decorating and calendula for its healing properties.