Health & Wellness Tips

Our immune systems are unbelievable pieces of machinery. When a threat tries to attack your body – whether it’s a virus, a bacterial infection, str...

In New Zealand the depletion of certain minerals in our soils and our environmental conditions can contribute to a number of vitamin and mineral deficiencies that often go unnoticed until persistent symptoms develop. These vitamins and minerals play a vital part in keeping the body functioning at optimal levels and ensuring good health and wellbeing. If these minerals are lacking the body struggles to compensate for the missing pieces, resulting in disease and health disorders.

Dementia currently affects around 1.3% of New Zealand’s population, around 70,000 people, by the year 2030 it is expected over 100,000 people, and by 2050 over 170,000. These growing statistics provided by Alzheimer’s NZ are cause for concern among many health professionals.

There is no cure for dementia; therefore taking a preventative approach is often considered the best course of action. What can you do to help reduce the risk of developing dementia? Making a few simple lifestyle changes can make all the difference, see below for information on the types of dementia, how to recognise the symptoms, our top 5 vitamins and minerals for the brain and more.

Found out you have a severe allergy and need to know more about EpiPen’s and how they can help you? Read on for our ultimate guide to EpiPen’s – what’s in them, how they work and exactly how much an EpiPen costs in New Zealand.

All bones, (except for one in the neck), form a joint with another bone. Most joints are designed to protect the ends of bones where they meet. They also hold your bones together and they allow your rigid skeleton to move. Bones are connected to other bones by many different types of joints. Some are fixed (such as in the skull) but most are moving joints.

Many New Zealanders celebrate the first of September as marking the end of a cold, wet and dark winter. You certainly see an increase in the hay fever type of illnesses with the allergens that float around as you get to the warmer months. For hundreds of thousands of people however, spring brings with it pollen and the misery of hay fever.

Studies have shown nutrient deficiency during pregnancy have been linked to the increase risk of “anaemia, pregnancy-induced hypertension and pre-eclampsia, foetal growth restriction and increased labour complications”.

A healthy and varied diet is the best way to get the nutrients you need before, during and after pregnancy. However the very obvious physiological changes when pregnant mean your nutrient requirements increase significantly, sometimes making it difficult to meet these needs through foods alone.

Supplements recommended by doctors, midwives and other health professionals are often used to help top up nutrient levels, particularly for important pregnancy micronutrients such as Folate and Iodine.

It’s hard to know what the best medication to suit your pain is when there are many different types of pain, such as pain when you cut yourself, or muscle pain from the flu or minor injuries. Read on for types of pain, what causes pain, prevention and treatment, and tips for preventing pain

Did you know Magnesium is vital for every cell in your body, and has many different uses in our body such as relaxation, muscle tension relief, and energy? Read on for how Magnesium benefits us in each of these ways.