Stay bright in winter with Vitamin D
As winter settles over Canterbury, shorter days, limited sunlight, and more time indoors increase the risk of vitamin D deficiency. Often called the “sunshine vitamin,” vitamin D is essential for healthy bones, immune support, and mood regulation. The sun’s UVB rays, needed for vitamin D production, are weaker in winter and often absent altogether. Environmental […]
Invest in a youthful smile: Oral Design
State-of-the-art materials and contemporary techniques are the solution to restore a youthful smile. Nothing stands between you and the ultimate in luxury aesthetic dentistry. Richard Greenlees swears against cutting corners. A holistic approach, his handcrafted dentures restore youthful appearances and rebuild beautiful smiles – reviving facial structure lost with age or through a poor denture […]
Winter wellness starts with sleep
Sleeping on it is the overlooked key to achieving exercise goals. As the colder months settle in across Aotearoa, ExerciseNZ is encouraging Kiwis to take stock of their winter wellness – with a special focus on a crucial yet often overlooked pillar of health: sleep. Just three consecutive nights of restricted sleep (about 4.25 hours […]
How to regain FODMAP-food freedom: Fodwise
Garlic and onions: the flavour-enhancing favourites that can restrict food freedom. Anyone who struggles with FODMAP-triggering foods such as garlic and onions knows how restrictive food intolerances can be. Mixing socialising and meals becomes a real challenge. Bailey Kinvig understood that challenge all too well. It wasn’t until he contracted gastroenteritis and glandular fever that […]
Figuring out fertility
A Kiwi fertility coach reveals the missing piece in infertility. One in four New Zealanders experience infertility during their lifetime, and in vitro fertilisation (IVF) success rates average just 30% per cycle. This leaves couples emotionally and financially drained, and still without answers. To coincide with World Infertility Month this June, New Zealand-based fertility energetics […]
Escape the vape
The jury is back on vaping – it’s not good news. A major international study has confirmed what health experts in New Zealand have long warned: vaping is not a harmless habit. Published in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research Journal, the groundbreaking study tracked over 250,000 people and found a strong link between vaping and […]
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