Calcium from plants

Calcium from plants

One of the most common questions people have is regarding the ability of plant-based nutrients to provide adequate calcium. It often deters them from adopting a vegan lifestyle. Let us look at the facts about calcium through plant-based foods to address this. The UK...
Why is Vitamin B12 important?

Why is Vitamin B12 important?

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a water-soluble vitamin and an essential nutrient that helps keep the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy and helps make DNA, the genetic material in all cells. Vitamin B12 deficiency can often take several years to manifest and symptoms...
Bone health and lifestyle medicine

Bone health and lifestyle medicine

Hip and spinal fractures cause by osteoporosis are becoming more common in the aging populations around the world and especially in Western societies. Osteoporosis is a quantitative reduction in bone mass due to an imbalance between bone formation (osteoblasts form...