Herbal Mouthwash

Gingivitis, gum disease, bleeding and painful gums are a real problem for a lot of people, and they've been linked to heart disease. Diabetics often need less insulin if they get their gums under control.

A new product Perigum - lauched recently in the UK after being very successfully sold in the USA - is a great product to help gingivitis.

It's a natural product based on cayenne and other good stuff. Try it if you've got problems with your gums.

Rememeber everything we sell comes with a 60-day money-back guarantee.

Constipation Solutions

Constipation can be a real problem so we're pleased to stock Regulate, a natural problem to help sort out constipation. It's a non-drug approach based on getting your gut working and helping it to be more healthy.

Psyllium husk, FOS and probiotics work together to get you moving and smelling sweet - all in one of the best constipation herbal formula.

At the moment we are running a spevcial offer on this product - buy 2 pots and save 20%. Give it a go and help yourself go :-)

Best probiotics

in my last post I told you about a special offer we have running on some of our probiotic supplements.

A piece in the UK Sunday Mail national newspaper recommended this range from this manufacturer.

Do take a look at our acidophilus probiotics - we have probiotics for babies and children, for travellers, for when you have diarrhoea, and more.

Special offer on probiotic acidophilus

Special offer on probiotic acidophilus

Probiotic acidophilus are proving to be important for people’s health in all sorts of ways. They help repopulate your gut with the good bacteria that are important for health.

Probiotic supplements can help people with digestive problems, such as diarrhoea, and now research is also showing they are great for baby eczema, for hay fever and for helping the immune system.

But it’s important to choose the right strains. Some strains just do not survive the acid environment of the stomach – they get broken down before they get to the intestine where they do their work. Different strains are more effective for different problems.

If it all sounds confusing, we’ve done the hard work for you by picking supplement combinations that do specific things: for babies and pregnant women, for travellers, for immune support, etc. There’s even a diarrhoea combination that works as well as Imodium, and helps your digestive system get healthier.

We are currently running a special offer on two probiotic formulae: the Travel formula and the Diarrhoea formula. Buy one of these and get a travel first aid kit free.

Probiotic drinks are often expensive, full of sugar and don’t always contain the right strains to do the job.

Check out our full range of probiotic supplements.

And remember we offer a 60-day money-back guarantee on everything on our site.

Gap Year Travels And Health

If you've got a teenager exciedly planning a gap year, you might want o buy a homeopathic travel kit to give them to take with them.

They are compact and come with an explanatory booklet that allows them to find the right remedy for the right situation.

Pesticide Contamination Of Wine

A study by the European Pesticide Action Network (PAN) of forty bottles of wine from France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Portugal, South Africa, Australia and Chile found 100% of conventional wines contained pesticides, with one bottle containing ten different types, the average being four. In all, 24 different contaminants were found, including five classified as being carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic or endocrine disrupting by the European Union. See www.vintageroots.co.uk for a link to the full report

Breast Feeding Advice

Most mums want to do their best for their new babies and know that breast is best, but sadly many encounter problems and don't know what to do.

Here's a great site for breast feeding advice.

Pharmacy Influence On Medical Journals

Here's an abstract of an interesting article:

Does pharmaceutical advertising affect journal publication about dietary supplements? by Kathi J Kemper and Kaylene L Hood
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2008, 8:11doi:10.1186/1472-6882-8-11
Published: 9 April 2008

Background
Advertising affects consumer and prescriber behaviors. The relationship between pharmaceutical advertising and journals' publication of articles regarding dietary supplements (DS) is unknown.

Methods
We reviewed one year of the issues of 11 major medical journals for advertising and content about DS. Advertising was categorized as pharmaceutical versus other. Articles about DS were included if they discussed vitamins, minerals, herbs or similar products. Articles were classified as major (e.g., clinical trials, cohort studies, editorials and reviews) or other (e.g., case reports, letters, news, and others). Articles' conclusions regarding safety and effectiveness were coded as negative (unsafe or ineffective) or other (safe, effective, unstated, unclear or mixed).

Results
Journals' total pages per issue ranged from 56 to 217 while advertising pages ranged from 4 to 88; pharmaceutical advertisements (pharmads) accounted for 1.5% to 76% of ad pages. Journals with the most pharmads published significantly fewer major articles about DS per issue than journals with the fewest pharmads (P < 0.01). Journals with the most pharmads published no clinical trials or cohort studies about DS. The percentage of major articles concluding that DS were unsafe was 4% in journals with fewest and 67% among those with the most pharmads (P = 0.02). The percentage of articles concluding that DS were ineffective was 50% higher among journals with more than among those with fewer pharmads (P = 0.4).

Conclusion
These data are consistent with the hypothesis that increased pharmaceutical advertising is associated with publishing fewer articles about DS and publishing more articles with conclusions that DS are unsafe. Additional research is needed to test alternative hypotheses for these findings in a larger sample of more diverse journals.

Full abstract and author contact info

Drug Free Hay Fever Help

A recent study in the journal Clinical and Experimental Allergy gave one group of volunteers probiotics, and took blood samples from each volunteer before, during, and after grass pollen season, checking for antibody levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE). Those who took the probiotics had significantly lower levels of IgE specific for grass pollens and other allergy-related immune substances at peak season and afterward. (www.medicinenet.com)

Check out all our natural drug-free hay fever products.

help Wildlife

Here's some nice ideas for helping wildlife:

http://www.ravensbeard.org/Ravensbeard-Wildlife-Center-Simple-Things-to-help-Wildlife.htm

Vegetarian And Vegan Frozen Food

I was recently at a trade show in London and got to try some great vegetarian and vegan frozen food from Great Nineveh. It's handmade with local cheese and vegetables and tastes amazing. You could wow anyone with these dishes.

I loved the Malaysian split pea curry and the beans in Nigerian peanut sauce.

Frozen food doesn't get much better than this.

Preventing Prostate Cancer

Vitamin D can really help prolong life in several different ways. Here's some more research on its importance:

By inducing a specific gene to increase expression of a key enzyme, vitamin D protects healthy prostate cells from the damage and injuries that can lead to cancer, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report.

Buy good quality vitamin D supplement.

Tips For Being Green - Or More Green!

A lot of people want to be more green but see it as being expensive and difficult. If you're on eof these people, I've just posted some quick things you can do on Health & Goodness.

Cyling Again As An Adult

Today's Times has a headline 'Claims For Hybrid Cars Dismissed As Gimmickry' and has an article about how so called green cars often emit more CO2 than their manufacturers claim.

So, there's a timely article on Health & Goodness about cycling for beginners or for those getting back on the bike as an adult. It's got lots of cycling tips.

Help With Exams

If your child has exams coming up and is anxious and nervous, try giving them Indigo essence Confidence.

For tips on how to study well read this article on exam help.

If you child gets hay fever which can really affect their exam results, try a homeopathic hay fever treatment.

Help Burma - Donate To Shelterbox

Here's the latest news from the charity Shelterbox:

May 9th - Myanmar (Burma): ShelterBox can confirm we have successful delivered over £300,000 worth of survival aid - however much more is needed. ShelterBox plans to charter an airplane to get a further 1000 boxes to the desperate people of Burma in the worst hit areas and much more as the donations come in. As one of the first Aid Organisations into the country who also obtained visas and a clear and helpful path from the Embassy ShelterBox is in an ideal position help.

Travel Health

If you're about to go off travelling, do read this article, which gives you practical advice on enjoying good health while travelling naturally.

hay fever remedies

we've now added Quercetin to our site just in time for the hay fever season. Quercetin is a biofalvinoid and works to limit histamine production and reduce the absolute misery that hay fever can bring.

London’s First Vegan Footwear and Accessory Shop Opens

It's a pity I live down in Penzance, otherwise I'd be at this new shop as soon as it opens. I love the stylish shoes this company sells online, but being able to try them on in the shop would be just heaven.

Bourgeois Boheme, one of the UK’s most well-known online and animal-friendly fashion companies is opening London’s very first animal-friendly footwear and accessories retail outlet.

On May 17th 2008, just a couple of days ahead of UK National Vegetarian Week, Bourgeois Boheme will celebrate the official opening with an open day at the shop in Richmond, London.

Known for its quality and stylish vegan footwear and accessories, Bourgeois Boheme is responding to customer requests for a physical retail location. Bourgeois Boheme founder and Director, Alicia Lai and has found that 90% of returns from online sales relate to shoe-fitting issues.

Alicia says, “Unless you shop online, vegetarian footwear is difficult to find: it’s a dismal choice of either low-quality, cheap and environmentally-challenging shoes or Stella McCartney – gorgeous fashion no doubt, but very much beyond the pocket of many a style-conscious vegetarian/vegan.”

Its an environment that has served online sales well and, having already built up a dedicated and growing following of online and mail order customers, Bourgeois Boheme is giving shoppers what New York and other fashion capitals around the world gave their consumers years ago – a stylish home for animal-friendly fashion.

Bruce Friedrich, Vice President at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) says, “All of us at PETA welcome the news of a Bourgeois Boheme storefront. We enjoy ordering from BoBo online, but we’ll be even more delighted to have a place where we can try on the shoes, examine the bags, and have a compassionate shopping experience.”

Visitors will be able to buy Bourgeois-Boheme’s exclusive labelled styles as well as ethically sourced products from other companies; not only footwear, but also bags, wallets and belts for women and men, and cosmetics.

Alicia says, “Our shop is an extension within our office premises, it’s a humble start but it’s a first step towards our greater dream of having lush and exclusive Bourgeois Boheme boutiques in the world’s fashion capitals”

Now customers can find a perfect fit in every sense- true to their size, philosophy, style and ethics.

Address: Hydrex House, Garden Road, Richmond TW9 4NR
Shop hours: Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm; Sat 10am - 2pm; by appointment.

Bourgeois Boheme’s range is available to buy online at http://www.bboheme.com/.

Takeaway Coffee cups

I'm Not a Paper Cup
Just over a third of what we chuck away every year is paper and cardboard – needing a forest the size of Wales to sustain. So if you are addicted to takeaway coffee, which you get in a paper cup, break the habit by taking your very own 'I am Not a Paper Cup' thermal mug (with re-sealable lid) to your favourite coffee shop. Your coffee will taste as great but without wasting all that paper.