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Collagen 101: Facts You Need to Know

Collagen 101: Facts You Need to Know

Collagen is the key to supporting the process of aging. As we get older – from around our early twenties – the body starts to lose collagen, an integral and abundant protein that is often referred to as the glue that holds everything together. This is seen as a decrease of 1% in the body’s collagen per year. This amount might not seem like much, but boy does it have an impact.

Hair Growth & Active Collagen

Hair Growth & Active Collagen

Collagen is well known for its effects on improving our hair, skin, and nail health – not just aesthetically but the overall strength and growth of these tissues. And when it comes to our hair health collagen has major positive impacts.
Hair Loss & Menopause – Are They Related?

Hair Loss & Menopause – Are They Related?

Hair loss or balding doesn’t only occur in men, it is a physiological issue that causes unbridled psychological impacts in women. And more specifically women of menopausal and postmenopausal age.

The Power of the B’s

The Power of the B’s

B vitamins, where would we be without you? Well, probably very undernourished and ill as these guys do so much within our bodies. It’s hard to keep track!
The Relax & Recover Mineral

The Relax & Recover Mineral

Let’s face it, our lives aren’t slowing down anytime soon and learning to navigate everyday stressors requires a heck of a lot more attention than we once thought. Though more recently we are learning to become aware of our bodies and realise when it’s time to take a breath on a regular basis. However, sometimes listening to our bodies just won’t cut it and a bigger push is required when it comes to winding down and switching into relax mode. 
Synergistic Eating

Synergistic Eating

We’ve all heard the phrase you are what you eat but, more so, you are what you absorb. Thanks to research, there is a global increase in the realisation that the food you eat and how you eat it can majorly benefit your health through strategic food preparation and consumption.  
Key Nutrients to Support Postpartum Hair loss

Key Nutrients to Support Postpartum Hair loss

Noticing more hair on your pillow, in your hairbrush or vacuum cleaner? It’s often that pregnant women will acquire a lustrous head of hair during the prenatal period, however, this unfortunately takes a turn during the postpartum period.
Zinc & Male Reproductive Health

Zinc & Male Reproductive Health

When it comes to optimizing fertility, the importance of male reproductive health is often overlooked in comparison to that of a female. Of course, we all know that the female body has a huge role to play in carrying a child from conception to birth, and there is a lot relying on her fertile health. But what about the role male fertility plays?

 

Menopause & Collagen Loss

Menopause & Collagen Loss

Women, stereotypically, are usually more attentive when it comes to supporting their skin – moisturising, cleansing, masking, toning, the list is endless! However, as we age we may not consider linking the effects of changing hormones with the appearance and condition of our skin. But modifications in hormone levels during menopause can in fact have a significant impact on the skin.
Combatting PMS Cravings

Combatting PMS Cravings

PMS, premenstrual syndrome, is a varying list of symptoms that occur during the phase before your monthly period – the luteal phase. PMS is experienced by the majority of menstruating women, whether it only cause a minor inconvenience or decrease quality of life considerably.
Anxiety: Could Glycine Help?

Anxiety: Could Glycine Help?

Anxiety is one of the most prominent mental health disorders affecting people at both an individual and societal level. For some of us, anxiety may only pop up occasionally - for instance if we are preparing for a significant event. This is considered a normal response as anxiety is a natural human reaction. However for others, anxiety symptoms, such as excessive worry and apprehension, interferes with everyday functioning and seriously impacts quality of life – in this case, anxiety becomes a chronic condition.
Breaking Habits & Hormone Balance

Breaking Habits & Hormone Balance

Female hormones are fussy little things. Like Goldilocks, they too like everything to be just right. And boy don’t we know it when our hormones are a bit out of whack! Getting the foundations right is your best bet when working towards balancing your hormones.