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When looking at alternative treatments in the cancer portfolio, there are always two giants who inevitably spring to mind, both German, and both highly successful – Dr Johanna Budwig

One of the earliest foods known to mankind is today found bottled in the condiments section of the supermarket. Usually found near olives and sun-dried tomatoes, capers had become a forgotten food, but are now staging a comeback as people realise what an addition to cooking that they are, and how they play a role in a healthy diet.

So many diets recommend you cut back or eliminate your carbohydrates in order to lose weight. They are correct - eliminating carbohydrates from your diet can make you weak, dehydrated ...and thin.

Q - I do hope you are able to offer some advice. My mother has Waldenstrom's disease, an overproduction of immunoglobulin M, which thickens the blood and is documented as a fatal disease. I would like your help please. Carol, Dunedin.

Wine is good for the heart – we are all told, but how healthy is wine really?

There has been a great deal of interest around the aspects of auras and energy fields? Whilst, we are tempted to relegate those who espouse to see auras to the “fringe”, can we honestly say we have given the subject serious attention.

Dear Healthy Options, Thank you for publishing, ‘The Goodness of Castor OIl.’ Historically called, Palma Christi (Palm of Christ) was the name given during the Middle Ages to the common castor oil plant. (Virginia Beach: ARE Press, 1967).

I was a smoker. I still clearly remember the first time that l inhaled and experienced that'buzz' as the nicotine reached my brain.

This is a term commonly linked to children who are incapable of concentrating, especially at school. Hence the name Attention deficit Disorder.