Diet
How to cook your way to healthier skin: the story of AGEs
‘Healthy eating’ has long been shown to slow ageing processes, with diets high in antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables and low in saturated animal fats, processed foods and high sugar contents doing the opposite, but what about healthy cooking? You might not be aware but the way we actually cook our food might actually have an impact on ageing, health and inflammation. So how does this work and what can we do about it?
Magic Mushrooms
Magic Mushrooms. If you’ve been watching Gwyneth Paltrow’s series on Netflix which launched earlier this year you might have caught the episode on psychedelics, in which several of her team members were packed off to Jamaica on a psilocybin retreat. This magic mushroom, along with ayahuasca, has become one of the most popular psychedelic experiences that have hit the mainstream in the last few years. Combined with an increased awareness of alternative and holistic medicine, the popularity of these clandestine fungi in recent years has driven a surge in interest in more conventional mushroom-based supplements.
The Skinny on Dietary Fats: How to tell the good from the bad
The Skinny on Dietary Fats: How to tell the good from the bad. Fats. Once they were considered the enemy and we had to stay away from them. Then there were good fats, identified as an essential part of a healthy diet. But what’s the difference? How can we tell the good from the bad?
Souping: The new lifestyle trend
Souping: The new lifestyle trend. Similar to juicing, souping can be used to increase your daily intake of nutrients, and even to lose weight, by replacing meals with between 4 -6 liquid meals per day.
What's so great about Yerba Mate?
What's so great about Yerba Mate? Made from the leaves of the South American rainforest holly tree, local tribes have sipped Yerba Mate for its rejuvenating effects for hundreds of years. Its leaves contain 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids and abundant antioxidants. Which is why Yerba Mate is in Integrative Beauty’s oral supplements BeauTea and SkinShake.
What are parabens - and why are they bad?
What are parabens - and why are they bad? Parabens are the most widely used preservatives in cosmetics - preventing fungus, bacteria and other microbes growing in the moist, warm environment of a bathroom.
Juicing To Benefit Your Skin Health
Juicing for your skin. The simplest way to think about juicing is that you are drinking pure nutrition. While it’s important to eat a good amount of fruit and vegetables in our daily diet, the nutrients go straight into the bloodstream when delivered in juice form.
Why you should eat more mint
Why you should eat more mint. Mint aids digestion, relieves congestion of the respiratory tract and helps to lower blood pressure. This is all down to the content of Vitamin C, beta carotene, copper, iron, potassium, magnesium, and iron found within the mint.
How To Reach Your Recommended Intake Of Vitamin D
How To Reach Your Recommended Intake Of Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps keeps bones and teeth healthy, and your immune system strong by promoting cell regrowth.
Tasty Banana-Based Ideas To Boost Your Health
Boost Your Body With Bananas. Bananas contain Vitamin B6 and magnesium which help to promote better sleep. Fibre, Vitamins A and C and potassium promote good digestion, prevent constipation and contribute to healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
