Oh, the excitement of the past seventeen weeks… and the trickiness that comes with keeping a secret, until my bulging belly tells a story I don’t need to. And no, it’s not just that I have had my hand in the cookie jar. There is...
Power plants, as we like to call them, have the ability to remove toxins from the air of your home or office. For the sceptics out there, this information is for real; in fact much of the research on these beneficial houseplants has been done...
With winter fast approaching, catch phrases such as “flu vaccine” and “effervescent vitamin C” are becoming more and more popular. But as always, Mother Nature has us covered by providing us with naturally occurring immune supplements or boosters to help us brave the cold and...
April's pages have all but been written, a month that saw not only plenty family connection and celebration of that which we hold dear, but proud South Africans speaking up for change. In another edition of Faithful 5, our team speak up about some of...
Now that the food world has woken up to the nutrition-boosting powers of purple foods, pantry additions such as beetroot powder are seeing all sorts of exciting culinary manifestations. Incorporating anthocyanins, the flavanoid pigment responsible for all this health boosting, might sound like yet another...
Kids and sweets are an inseparable combo. No matter how hard you try you won't be able to completely protect them from exposure to sugary nasties. The best thing to do is develop their taste buds early on so they prefer the good kind of...
Homemade healthy Easter eggs with baobab superfood chocolate! Easter gets a bad rap for being such a sugar laden holiday, but in truth, it's what you make of it. To help you keep this Easter on the healthier side, and also give the kids some entertainment, here's...
As the leaves begin to drop and the plush flora of summer gives way to a barer side of nature, we've been doing some of our own reflection on transparency. We love to know our customers and truly value your feedback and in honouring your...
I very clearly remember the day I walked into one of my favourite little health shops on Kloof street in Cape Town, probably about 8 years ago now, and discovered, and consequently fell in love with the Victorian Garden Range. The conditioners smelt amazing, taking...
The long list of coconut related health benefits, mainly due to their lovely energy giving and brain calming medium-chain-fatty-acids, is enough to make anyone ramp up their intake. But if you haven't been ingesting coconuts in abundance like those living in the South Pacific, the...