Olio di Canapa, non è un semplice Olio… La pianta della canapa è originaria dell’Asia centrale e occidentale ma è coltivata ormai in diversi paesi del mondo per la commercializzazione di fibre, semi, olio e, nel caso della produzione di farmaci, anche delle infiorescenze. Il suo nome scientifico è Cannabis sativa. In Italia la legge…
What is water retention and drainage Water retention is the tendency of an individual to retain water in the tissues in excess of the metabolic needs. The result is the development of more or less evident swellings that can be localized (e.g. ankles, legs) or systemic, involving the buttocks, abdomen, arms ...
What is the thyroid gland: The thyroid is an endocrine gland, positioned on the front of the throat, more precisely under the cartilage surrounding the larynx (the "Adam's apple"), composed of two lobes united in the center, colored rosy and in the shape of a «butterfly». It has a weight of about 20-30 gr. and it is, obviously together with the ...
Nature, as we know, manages to offer us the opportunity every day to maintain our state of health and well-being through an almost infinite series of substances that are supplied to us by the mineral, vegetable and animal world. Lactoferrin is one of them. Also called lactotransferrin, Lactoferrin is a glycoprotein composed of 703 amino acids, the ...
More and more often we hear about fine dust and heavy metals as components of environmental pollution and the damage they can cause to our body. But what are these two things really? Let's see together what they are, what damage they can cause and how we can avoid suffering them. Fine powders are both solid and liquid microparticles ...
More and more often we hear about Vitamin D in the most varied areas of food supplementation. From osteoporosis to immunostimulation, this vitamin boasts several beneficial activities on the body. But what is Vitamin D? In reality it is part of a very large group of natural fat-soluble substances (which dissolve in a fatty environment) necessary to perform numerous vital functions. There…
The sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis) is a plant of the Leguminosae family that has been used since the time of Galen for its numerous healing virtues. Its name derives from the Greek and means "clover honey". It was also used in cattle feeding to give milk a sweeter and softer flavor. In past centuries, especially in ...
The Plant Kingdom has always offered us an almost endless series of substances that can help our body and that of our animals to tackle numerous problems related to our health. Among these substances, polyphenols play a very important role in keeping numerous physiological functions in balance or in restoring them when they are ...
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA), known mainly by the name of Omega-3 (and Omega-6), are a fundamental class of natural substances that perform numerous biological functions within our organism and that of our animals. Many of them are called "Essential" because the organism is not able to synthesize them, therefore we can introduce them only through ...
Among the best known spices used not only in the kitchen but above all in the Galenic phytotherapy area is Turmeric. It is a plant belonging to the Zingiberaceae family, the same family to which ginger belongs. Its characteristic yellow color and its flavor are used a lot for the preparation and seasoning of…
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