Hellenia Blog / heart health
What Brand of NMN is Best?
NMN supplements are gaining media attention and becoming more mainstream in the health market. Short for Nicotinamide Mononucleotide – NMN is a compound naturally derived from Vitamin B3 and is...
What Does CoQ10 do?
Co Enzyme Q10 is produced naturally by the body and is an antioxidant, which means it is important in helping to protect our cells against oxidative stress and free radical damage, which could otherwise...
What is Glycine and Why Does Our Body Need it?
Glycine is an amino acid, one of the building blocks of protein. The body can produce glycine naturally from other amino acids and it can also be consumed through the diet by eating protein-rich foods such as meat, fish, beans, peas, lentils or dairy, or by taking supplements. So, what are the benefits...
Keeping Your Heart Healthy
It is important to raise awareness about heart disease and the risks associated with heart-related conditions to encourage people to take care of their hearts. As an integral part of the human circulatory system it is important to stay informed and make the right choices towards keeping our hearts healthy – after all we only have one!
Fortunately there are many good lifestyle choices that...
Is Black Garlic Good for You?
Garlic is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus Allium. Closely related to onions, shallots, leeks and chives, it is a popular cooking ingredient famous for a range of possible health benefits. You are probably all familiar with fresh white garlic (Allium sativum) renowned for its strong taste and smell, - but...
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Our Best Supplements for Improving Heart Health
There are many positive choices and lifestyle changes you can make to help try and combat heart disease and improve your heart health. These include cutting back on salt, reducing your intake of saturated and Trans fats, quitting smoking, taking regular...
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Walking For Fitness
Sedentary lifestyles can increase risks to health and amongst other things contribute towards high blood pressure, mobility problems, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, anxiety and depression. It is important we become more mindful and try to increase our daily activity levels for the benefit of our own wellbeing.
A free and natural form of exercise, walking has been found to have a whole host of health benefits…
Managing Cholesterol Naturally
Raising awareness of the dangers and health implications of high cholesterol is an important message.
Firstly, what is cholesterol?
It is a blood fat that is made in the liver, and can also be...
The Health Benefits of Garlic
Garlic is a plant species in the Allium family, and is closely related to onions, shallots, leeks and chives. A number of cloves make up one single garlic bulb.
Garlic is a popular ingredient in...
Know Your Numbers Week 2024: 2nd – 8th September
Know your numbers week is an awareness campaign run by Blood Pressure UK. It is aimed at raising awareness of high blood pressure, encouraging all adults to get a blood pressure check, to seek advice and adopt positive lifestyle habits to reach and maintain a healthy blood pressure...
What does L-Proline do? – Why do we need it?
Proline is an amino acid. Amino acids are commonly described as the building blocks of protein.
Proline is considered a non-essential amino acid as some can...
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