Reducing your stress with a herb called Rhodiola Rosea

Besides helping your body deal with stress this herb has other amazing health properties’, making it a very noteworthy addition to your supplement program, protecting you from life’s daily hassles. Remember anything that helps the body to cope and reduce stress will help to reduce pain.

Traditionally it comes from Siberia way up above sea level, [...]

Is healthy eating possible on a budget?

I have heard many times over the years when discussing with people about changing their eating habits, that it is impossible to be healthy on a tight budget. This is a misconception. Convenience foods are generally not healthy and more expensive for what they are. Here are 20 tips that might help you save money, [...]

The importance of GLA in arthritis

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Fatty acids are excellent for inflammatory conditions like arthritis. GLA (gamma-linolenic acid) maybe you know it in the form of evening primrose oil and an even better source is borage oil.
People found they had increased mobility and a reduction of stiffness in their joints. Their sleep [...]

Boron seems to improve arthritis

Sonia Jones ND the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
In countries where there are higher levels of boron in the soil and hence higher levels in produce that people consume, levels of arthritis are lower.
The primary source of boron even if you live in a country with lowers levels are - fruits and vegetables, nuts and [...]

Cell or Tissue Salts could help your Arthritis

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Plant horsetail is a rich source of silica

You may or may not have heard of Tissue Salts – a wonderfully simple but effective system of talking highly absorb-able minerals take with dietary changes. In Germany back in the early nineteenth century Dr WH Schuessler a [...]

DL phenylalanine for relieving arthritis pain

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
DLPA (DL phenylalanine) has shown to reduce chronic pain. Some people have remarkable reduction of pain in just a few days. However if there is little difference after taking it for three weeks, it isn’t worth taking it for any longer.
When the body is injured it [...]

Natural remedies for reducing pain in arthritis

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Vitamin C or Ascorbic Acid Structure
Event though I am going to advise on natural substances that will help reduce pain, I would still stress you need to change your diet to a healthier one, to help reduce the inflammation your body is producing in the first [...]

Prostaglandins - inflammation and arthritis connection

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Prostaglandins are hormone-like substances that affect every aspect of your health. There are over 30 different types that have been identified so far. These hormone-like substances fall into three main categories, depending on which fatty acid they are made from.
Series 1 prostaglandin is made from [...]

Good digestion is your passport to better management of arthritis

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic

As we get older our digestion begins to slow down, especially as we have taken it for granted for so many years. We have constantly been eating foods that have taken their toll over the years.

For the body to perform this enormous [...]

Arthritis, Anti-oxidants - Anti-free radicals

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa and Health Clinic
It is now more than 60 years or more since scientists first started talking about unstable free-radials. These molecules cause a chain reaction of destruction associated with deterioration, aging and disease. Now the term free-radical and anti-oxidants are common place.

A free-radial is an unpaired, [...]