Liver & Detox

As we discussed in May of this year, peaks in air pollution are on the increase . In 2014, the World Health Organisation estimated that at least 90% of the global population was living in a polluted environment - an area where WHO air quality guidelines levels were not being...

Recent months have seen repeated spikes in levels of fine-particle pollution. With each alert, so the preventive messages from public health authorities increase. But many people are asking questions about the consequences of pollution for their health. What exactly are the effects of air pollution? How can we reduce our...

Many people like artichokes for their unusual taste but did you know that these vegetables also offer a number of health benefits? An excellent source of fibre, potassium and vitamin B9, the artichoke also contains several antioxidants; indeed, its natural antioxidant potency has been the subject of numerous scientific studies...

Louis XIV famously suffered from severe constipation and his doctors would regularly ask him: ”Comment allez-vous (How are you)?”, when what they actually meant was: “Comment allez-vous à la selle? (Have you opened your bowels?)”. Thus the common conversation-starter, ”Comment allez-vous?”, actually has its origins in bowel health! Constipation affects...

On 22nd April 1915 at around 5pm, French colonial troops from Martinique, from their position in the trenches at the Front Line in Ypres, saw a large grey-green cloud appear above them… On the opposite side, the German army had just released 5730 cylinders of the deadly gas chlorine. It...