Vitamins and Minerals

During the winter months, there are a few more factors that contribute to an increase in illnesses from spending more time indoors with close contact with other people to the lower humidity meaning that viruses can stay in the air for longer. Hello cold and flu season. Supplements can be helpful in keeping your immune system functioning optimally, preventing any deficiencies and they may even help shorten the duration of the illness. Have a read below to learn about the different supplements that are beneficial to take during the winter months.

Vitamin D 

Everyone should be supplementing

What is Vitamin D?

Vitamin D is often referred to as the sunshine vitamin because our main source of it comes from the sun. It’s a fat soluble nutrient that plays an important role in immune function, bone health, blood pressure, keeping hormones healthy, brain and mood function. It’s essential, meaning the body can’t make it, and we need to get it though sun exposure, diet or supplement form.

Why Should We Take Vitamin D?

There are very few foods that contain vitamin D and it is only present in small amounts in those foods making it harder to get the required amount through diet alone. During the winter months when there is less skin exposure to the sun supplementing with vitamin D becomes essen

There are over 5 million people in the UK living with diabetes (90% with type 2 and 10% with type 1) and many more still undiagnosed. Diabetes is caused when the pancreas stops making insulin, or the level of insulin it can make decreases. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition that can develop at any stage of life and can be linked to genetics. Type 2 diabetes is usually caused by lifestyle factors including being inactive and overweight and is most often diagnosed in adults. It can be prevented, but once you have it unfortunately there isn’t a cure, but it is possible to go into remission

With winter fast approaching and the days getting shorter, supplements are a handy way of boosting natural reserves and keeping you healthy. Not only does winter bring shorter days, it also brings the cold and flu season. Read below to learn about the essential supplements to keeping you healthy through the months ahead.

Vitamin D

The first one on the list is Vitamin D. Known as the sunshine vitamin, our main source of it comes from the sun. With the days getting shorter and the weather colder, less time is spent outdoors and more skin is covered with clothes to keep warm. Therefore less vitamin D is absorbed from the sun. Supplementing with vitamin

Organic month is upon us and no better time to learn about the top organic supplements. Organic supplements are made from organic whole foods and to be certified organic they need to contain a minimum of 95% organic ingredients. Some supplements may contain organic ingredients but at a lower percentage so cannot be certified organic. Have a read below to learn about the top organic supplements to boost your health and well-being.   

Fish oil provides the body with omega-3 fatty acids that are important when it comes to brain and eye health during development and maintenance as we age. Fish oil is an anti-inflammatory that reduces inflammation in the body, including the inflammation caused by rheumatoid

Vitamin B12 also goes by the cobalamin and is a water-soluble vitamin that is needed by every cell in the body. It is essential in keeping the brain and nervous system healthy as well as playing an important role in DNA and red blood cell production. Being essential means the body cannot make B12, so it needs to be obtained through diet or supplement form. Unfortunately, vitamin B12 is one the most common deficiencies in the world, and there are certain factors that can put you more at risk of becoming deficient like smoking, long-term alcoholism, having digestive issues, anemia, following a vegan or vegetarian diet and being in the older population.

Vitamin B12 is a neurotropic vitamin which means it plays a very important role in keeping the nervous system healthy and functioning

As the focus on health and wellness grows more prominent in our day to day lives taking a food supplement can be a great way to kick start your wellbeing journey. To define food supplements, they ‘are foods presented in small unit dose form and containing concentrated sources of nutrients and other food components.” If you are eating a healthy well-balanced diet, it’s likely you may not need to take a food supplement, but alot of us aren’t getting the required nutrients needed and it can be a good way to cover all bases.

Food supplements are important as they can correct and prevent nutritional deficiencies. For example, Vitamin D is required in infants who are not formula fed from birth and children up until the age of 4 as it plays an important role in their growth and development. Another example is that as we age are bodies are not as effective at absorbing nutrients from the food we

Yoga was developed as spiritual practice thousands of years ago and since then it has become one of the most popular forms of exercise. It connects the body, mind, and breath in sequences of poses that improve flexibility, build strength, and help you destress.

If you haven’t tried yoga before - you might be led to believe that it’s just ‘stretching’ - but it’s so much more and surprisingly quite a tough workout. Yoga is beneficial for the body and mind and there are certain supplements you can take that will help you benefit more from your yoga practice and aid in recovery. Have a read below to learn about 7 supplements that are beneficial to take alongside your yoga practice.

Omega 3

The list of benefits for this supplement is extensive. But where it can benefit your yoga practice is that it decrease inflammation which can lead to joint