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Steps to more comfortable joints (Part 1) I feel as I have the best job in the world. I get to hear from people that often have life-changing benefits from effective nutritional therapy programmes. I was contacted by someone with significant discomfort from...

Introduction The last newsletter introduced MCH-Cal® as the key ingredient in Abundant Health Bone Plus (https://www.abundant.co.nz/products/bone-plus-for-healthy-bones-3-pack/.  This edition we look closer at MCH-CAL to help understand why it is an important part of...

Building Strong Bones Let’s get rid of one myth before we start: If additional calcium from food and supplements were the answer to bone diseases like osteoporosis then we would have eliminated this disease. This series will look at bones and bone density and see if...

Magnesium and General Health Science buffs will know that Magnesium and Calcium are in the same column in the Periodic Table. It is unsurprising then that these two essential minerals control nerve and muscle function. In muscles, Calcium dominates Magnesium when...

Can Magnesium help Hypertension? The Women’s Health Study is one of the most influential medical studies. This followed nearly 30,000 Female Health professionals who are over 45. It is still going now after 30 years. One of the many observations was the relationship...

How does Magnesium help Heart rhythm? Someone I know well has been treated by a Cardiologist for atrial fibrillation, one of the more common heart rhythm issues. What was interesting that the Cardiologist recommended a high-grade magnesium supplement along with...

Do I need extra Magnesium? Magnesium is one of the most commonly prescribed supplements by natural health practitioners. The nutritional medicine textbook Integrative Medicine (Rakel 2012) is a well-respected reference text for clinical nutrition. It is co-written by...

o Enzyme Q10 (Part 2) This edition we take a closer look at disease processes that can indicate a need for CoQ10 supplements with other complementary compounds. Disease starts… All chronic disease starts with changes to normal cell chemistry. The biochemistry of our...

Unlocking Coenzyme Q10 (Part 1) You may have heard of Co enzyme Q10. It sounds mysterious but over the next few weeks we will discover what it is, how it works and when it can be beneficial to add as supplements. Sometimes CoQ10 should be taken as a separate...

Where has the Chondroitin gone ? A quick review of NZ made joint supplements found none with the recommended levels of Chondroitin Sulfate. I did find two quality US made supplements for sale in NZ that do meet this standard, as does my Bettaflex. The International...