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Saturday, July 14, 2007
:: SOS - Save Our Supplements ::
The European Union is currently working to set maximum levels for vitamin and mineral supplements on sale in Ireland and throughout the EU. The Irish Government has proposed these should be no higher than RDA levels.
All our minerals and vitamins will be affected and your freedom of choice to use safe and effective means to maintain your good health will be clearly violated. Do you object? - Then please > sign our petition.
posted by Juergen 1:57 PM
Friday, July 13, 2007
Dear newsletter subscriber,
after six years of sending out newsletters, I have decided to pull the plug. Nowadays there’s such an immense flow of information we get bombarded with, that my humble belief is we all need some more space... Thank you very much for your support and understanding.
About any major issues I will keep you updated with a little personal email. Naturally if you do need some information, please check our news page or fill in our contact form. We are always there for you at the other end of the line.
all the best
posted by Juergen 3:12 PM
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
:: Latest research on Echinacea ::
The Lancet Infectious Diseases has published research concluding that Echinacea can more than halve the risk of catching a common cold. This is the conclusion drawn by researchers from the School of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut, who looked at 14 different studies on Echinacea. Overall, Echinacea was shown to decrease the odds of developing a cold by 58% and reduce the duration of colds by a day-and-a-half in people who were infected.
Echinacea reduced the likelihood of participants catching a cold naturally (i.e. in normal circumstances such as working with someone who has a cold) by 65%. Professor Ron Cutler of the University of London said that Echinacea, "decreases the severity of cough, headache and nasal congestion," if people have already caught a cold. He gave it as his opinion that, "people with impaired immune function might benefit from taking Echinacea during the winter months to prevent colds and flu."
There have, however, been several positive trials on Echinacea in the last few years, including a trial that demonstrated the efficiency of Echinacea in the treatment of colds and flu, when it is used as soon as a cold starts. At 7 days, 95% of the subjects using Echinacea were free of symptoms compared with only 63% in the placebo group.
There also is a very positive article about Echinacea in > today’s Irish Times’ Health Supplement.
To avoid the misery of summer colds ask for the power of nature.
posted by Juergen 7:11 PM
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