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Beauty from the Pantry

Beauty from the Pantry

Beauty Salons offer a bewildering variety of treatments. To make this confusion greater, almost every day another skin care product is launched. A good number of these cosmetics flooding the market are synthetic-based and can do us more harm in the long run.

Acupuncture and my Family

Acupuncture and my Family

Two and a half years ago, when my son was seven months old, I was introduced to acupuncture, which was the best thing that could have happened to our, then, struggling family. Until that day, I had always relied on our doctor and drugs for any condition or ailment that came our way.

French fries linked to Breast Cancer

French fries linked to Breast Cancer

Research published in the on-line edition of International Journal of Cancer suggests French fries to be linked to a higher risk of breast cancer.

Permaculture

Permaculture

Soil contains a great diversity of macro-organisms (worms, ants, etc) and micro-organisms (bacteria, fungi, algae and yeasts). The soil provides anchorage and support for plants which take nutrients and water from it.

Medical Misadventure-Term replaced

Medical Misadventure-Term replaced

From 1 July 2005, the term ‘medical misadventure’ was replaced by a new category called ‘treatment injury’ for medical misadventure claims lodged with ACC.

Erratic Heart Rhythm and Food

Erratic Heart Rhythm and Food

That fluttering, hammering, erratic heartbeat that appears occasionally, that can take your breath away. In many cases, this erratic heart flutter mostly occurs at night while you’re lying down resting.

Vision Deterioration

Vision Deterioration

I am in my mid forties and am becoming concerned about my aging eye sight. I know that generally you can expect your eye sight to deteriorate with age, but would very much like for this not to happen, as I really do not want to have to wear glasses.

Akeake (Dodonaea viscosa)

Akeake (Dodonaea viscosa)

Akeake, is a hardy coastal shrub, or small tree that is a relative to the Titoki tree. It contains cyanolipids, which releases hydrogen cyanide, not only in the leaves but also in the flowers and fruits.

Kinesiology - the World of Muscle Testing

Kinesiology - the World of Muscle Testing

Many years ago, people thought the world was flat because that was what they saw around them. In the same way, when people witness muscle testing for the first time and they are uncertain how it works, they might judge it as ‘weird’.