Support healthy regular bowel movements and waste elimination. The body is essentially one huge filtering system – taking in solids and liquids, extracting the right nutrients from them, and then expelling the impurities of those solids and liquids again, in liquid and solid form. Regular bowel movements are essential for health. However, bowel habits vary [...]

Growth, development, metabolism, organ function, fertility and body temperature; these are all vital body functions we tend to take for granted. It may come as quite a surprise then, that the regulation of these vital tasks is due to one tiny endocrine gland – the thyroid – located in your neck just below your Adam’s [...]

According to most expert opinions, achieving overall health and balance is the recipe for successful and sustained weight loss. With any weight management program, it is important that all body systems are functioning well in order to assist with natural weight–loss. While most of us know that important organs like the liver, stomach and intestines [...]

Many people are unhappy with about their body type and weight, and embark on a journey to shape up. Unfortunately, this often leads to a series of fad diets in order to slim down. While yo-yo dieting may be effective in the short term, in the long run, regular fluctuations in weight can disturb the [...]

Teenage years mean change – change in mood, emotions, physical appearance, attitude and almost everything. With this transition comes change in body shape for both guys and girls. Girls tend to fill out and become more padded to accommodate a widening in the hips and chest – for a womanly figure. Boys tend to fill [...]

Age-related chubbiness is sometimes carried over from a child’s toddler years. This is normal, and can be as a result of genetics (mom or dad may also be inclined to have a fuller figure), or it could be as a result of bad eating habits as a teeny tot. These days, children spend more time [...]