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We live in a drug taking society, strongly bound by our beliefs and social attitudes. This history of the emergence of drugs is really fascinating.

Food ingredients in manufactured foods are being altered to stimulate different taste buds – causing concern in the way of food is being manipulated, especially amongst convenience foods.

I have been taking grapeseed extract (Donz Natural OPCTM) for some time, as have a number of friends and relatives overseas. My mildly elevated blood pressure has fallen substantially.

Calendula. (Calendula officinallis). This wonderful, self-seeding flowering plant displays a vibrant colour from yellow to orange to yellow-red.

We, the general public, were very poorly served by the Labour government, the health bureaucrats in the Ministry of Health and in the public health sector. They collaborate with giant transnational pharmaceutical corporations as they sell us an idea which is shallow and false.

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder of the central nervous system which causes developing tremors and rigidity that affects movements such as walking, talking and writing.

Treating illness isn’t about eradicating a microbe or feeling better right away, but about gently guiding the body back to its natural balance point so that it can heal itself and built natural resistance.

It is not often that we get an opportunity to get really close to our wildlife. When we do, by virtue of injury or similar, we realise how vulnerable they are to the changes and manipulation of their environment.

Results of the Total Diet Survey (third quarter), which sampled fruit and vegetables to see if they contained pesticides and heavy metal residues, gave the lie to the New Zealand Food Safety Authority’s spin that our food is free from residues.