Healthy ageing

Statins – friend or foe?

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Some cholesterol-lowering statin drugs have been found to significantly increase the risk of cataracts, muscle weakness, liver dysfunction and kidney failure (1). They confirm a pattern already familiar to many doctors who prescribe these drugs to vast numbers of patients, as per lucrative treatment guidelines that were heavily influenced by the pharmaceutical industry. Aimed at … Read more

Positive health effects from even short periods of activity

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Here’s the least amount of activity – 2 minutes –  for the biggest health effect. You’ve probably seen the latest headlines – ‘Sitting is the new smoking’. It’s true – sitting really does have a negative effect on your health, as does inactivity generally. But here’s the good news for those of us whose jobs involve … Read more

Which part of your body should you protect?

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It’s a rhetorical question. Surely you want to ensure the maximum health protection for your whole body as you get older? Yet specialist individual nutritional supplements for the heart, skin, brain, eyes and joints are popular. A supplement should support all body functions We think a supplement should help support and protect every vital function, … Read more

Stop or even reverse ageing?

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IS SLOW AGEING REALLY POSSIBLE? A friend of mine recently complained about a pain in her left knee. She then smiled ruefully and said, “Of course that’s just my age”.  “But”, I pointed out, “you don’t have a pain in your right knee – and they are both the same age!” Ageing is defined as … Read more