General Healthcare Topics
Do you eat from the desert? Most of us do. When you look at processed foods they consist primarily of just 3 food types: 1. Sugars 🍬 2. Flours made from wheat 🍞 3. Flours made from corn 🌽 For good health, humans need a much wider range of foods, plus we live Read more…
Was your New Years Resolution to Quit Smoking? Stop Smoking Gum and Lozenges Scripts are now available from Pharmacists. Come and see us Sydenham Pharmacy for Quit Smoking Support Stop Smoking gum and lozenges from your Pharmacist…Pharmacists can now write prescriptions for Nicotine replacement gum and lozenges. No need to see your doctor or ring Quitline. Call in Read more…
A new study has a surprising answer. Despite our best efforts to remain thin, it seems that during the winter season, we put on a lot of weight. How much sunlight we get may influence how much weight we lose, suggests new research. Plenty of us is familiar with the winter weight phenomenon. A new study — by researchers at the University of Alberta Read more…
Summary of Prebiotic Video: Have you heard of PreBiotics? Chances are you probably haven’t! Essentially, prebiotics feed your gut bacteria. Foods that are high in prebiotics – like garlic, leek, bananas and asparagus – are largely indigestible by your body. So the fibres stay intact as your body digests them Read more…
*while stock lasts. Jeff: Jeff Ross Pharmacist Sydenham Pharmacy It is a great day and we have been able to get another 40 of the Sanderson combination vitamin c and zinc. This has been our best selling vitamin c product this year. We just can’t get enough of them. Now Read more…
Have you been asking “where can I buy adorotheraphy in Christchurch? After stalking these guys on instagram, we are really excited to have this new aromatherapy range of mood-boosting aromatherapy based fragrances. Each bottle can help boost your mood. These days woman are looking for beautiful fragrances and skincare products Read more…
Sleep is a precious resource in the modern world, the benefits of catching enough Z’s can often be overlooked. Getting enough sleep has a number of health benefits supporting everything from avoiding weight gain, avoid those dark under-eye bags & circles, boosting energy to keeping your immune system fighting fit. Read more…
When the weather gets warmer, be it spring, summer, or a jaunt to somewhere tropical, we shed our layers and reveal our skin. If you are eating healthy, and hitting the gym, this probably will not phase you. But what about at Christmas time, when in New Zealand we often Read more…
When we hit our late twenties and early thirties it is like a switch flips, and we start to notice changes in our skin, hair and body… that can really make us feel “old”. I guess it’s our bodies way of saying “hey you have to take care of me Read more…
