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Nails: When they are healthy, and what role diet plays?

Our health is reflected throughout our entire body. From how often we get sick during the year, to how radiant our skin is, how much hair loss we experience, as well as how fast our nails grow and how strong they are.

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Seasonal Allergies: How can we get rid of a stuffy nose and red eyes?

We’re all looking forward to the arrival of spring and the end of winter, a season that, given the weather conditions, doesn’t have a large number of supporters. Or does it?

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Electrolytes: Hydration & Optimal Cellular Function

In today’s article, we focus on electrolytes, a group of minerals that are extremely important for the proper functioning of the human body.

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Natural Sunscreen: The best sunscreen for you and the environment

Have you also felt that we are getting hotter and hotter every year or is it just us? That the sun is burning more and more in the warmer months of the year and that we are renewing our sunscreen much more often than we did 10 years ago? As time goes by, we are experiencing the climate crisis more and more intensely. The sharp rise in the Earth's temperature, combined with extreme weather conditions and very frequent forest fires, are increasingly creating the need to protect by all means the planet we live on and ourselves. Our daily choices, large and small, affect our health and quality of life and exert a huge environmental impact.

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Magnesium: The key mineral for athletes

Magnesium is found naturally in various foods, and is widely used as a dietary supplement. It is involved in over 300 enzyme reactions, supporting energy production, muscle performance, cardiovascular health and overall recovery.

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Proper Hydration of the Body: How to Achieve It Easily and Quickly Every Day

Proper hydration doesn't just mean remembering to drink a few glasses of water throughout the day. Our bodies need constant fluid replenishment to regulate temperature, support kidney and liver function, aid in normal waste elimination, and keep all metabolic processes in balance.

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Athens Marathon 2023: Pre-race Nutrition & Hydration

The Marathon is one of the most popular and demanding Olympic events worldwide. It is a road race of a distance equal to about 42km, with the first official marathon being among the first Olympic Games in Athens, in 1896, won by the well-known, Spyros Louis.

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Diet and Heathy Skin: 5+1 to do's in order to shine from within

It is common to focus on healthy eating when dealing with a specific health condition, overlooking its role as a means of prevention. We tend, in other words, to use it as an afterthought – when, for example, it becomes necessary, such as diet for blood sugar regulation, diet for cholesterol regulation, for issues such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, or to aid weight loss.

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Protein and Exercise: Why is it so important?

Protein is one of the three macronutrients in food, along with carbohydrates and lipids. A macronutrient is an ingredient that the body needs...

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Glutamine: What is it and who can benefit from it?

This is a dietary supplement that has gained significant attention from he scientific community, athletes, and individuals...

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Protein: How much do I need and which supplements can I consume daily?

The word "protein" has taken over, for many years now in world of wellness...

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Creatine: The properties of an amazing ingredient

Creatine is a non-protein amino acid which is naturally present in the human body...

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Carnitine: The Benefits from Fertility to Weight Loss

Carnitine is one of the most widely used and researched substances in the world of dietary supplements...

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Nails: When they are healthy, and what role diet plays?

Our health is reflected throughout our entire body. From how often we get sick during the year, to how radiant our skin is, how much hair loss we experience, as well as how fast our nails grow and how strong they are.

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Seasonal Allergies: How can we get rid of a stuffy nose and red eyes?

We’re all looking forward to the arrival of spring and the end of winter, a season that, given the weather conditions, doesn’t have a large number of supporters. Or does it?

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Electrolytes: Hydration & Optimal Cellular Function

In today’s article, we focus on electrolytes, a group of minerals that are extremely important for the proper functioning of the human body.

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The Carnivore Diet: Another diet trend worth trying... or maybe not?

The carnivore diet (from the Latin caro = flesh, carnivorous = meat-eating) is an extreme dietary regimen that allows only the consumption of meat, fish, eggs, and, in some cases, dairy products—particularly hard cheeses—while simultaneously prohibiting the consumption of plant-based foods, including major food groups such as fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes, and nuts.

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Dandelion: What are its health benefits?

The 40-centimeter-tall dandelion, scientifically known as Taraxacum officinale, referred to as “dandelion” in scientific literature, and “wild dandelion” in our village, is a herbaceous plant, native to North America, Europe, and Asia.

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What are the risks of low hematocrit levels? How can I increase it?

Hematocrit refers to the percentage of red blood cells in the blood, that is, how "thick" the blood is.

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Tendοnitis: What it is, how long it lasts, and what role supplements play?

The term tendinitis is used for many conditions (shoulder, wrist, hand, elbow, knee). However, modern knowledge defines the condition as tendinopathy: a spectrum of tendon changes related to overload, poor load tolerance, microtrauma, and morphological reorganization.

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Increased Uric Acid: What are the symptoms and which foods reduce it?

Beyond the much-discussed blood serum markers, such as blood sugar, total cholesterol, and triglycerides, there is the uric acid marker, which we would say is one of the most underrated.

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Influenza, Common Colds and Symptoms: 4+1 products for “immediate” protection

If every winter various symptoms “knock on your door” and you wonder whether it’s the influenza or just a common cold, you’re not alone.

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Dietary Supplements: When, how much, and why should I take them? Does my diet cover all my nutritional needs?

In recent years, dietary supplements have been gaining more and more interest from consumers, since we have all undoubtedly taken one at least once.

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VERISOL® Collagen Peptides & Expert Formula: Why to choose it?

VERISOL® collagen is an exceptional patented composition of bioactive collagen peptides, either marine or bovine origin, specially designed to stimulate the body's endogenous collagen production.

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Dietary supplements for men: Muscle mass, mental health, and libido.

The range of dietary supplements available has grown considerably, while at the same time there has been a trend towards, categorizing supplements as "male" and "female."

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Proper Hydration of the Body: How to Achieve It Easily and Quickly Every Day

Proper hydration doesn't just mean remembering to drink a few glasses of water throughout the day. Our bodies need constant fluid replenishment to regulate temperature, support kidney and liver function, aid in normal waste elimination, and keep all metabolic processes in balance.

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Vitamin D deficiency: The symptoms you ignore and the effects on the body

However, despite the sunshine that characterizes a Mediterranean country like Greece, around 7 in 10 Greeks are deficient or lacking in vitamin D, while nearly 1 billion people worldwide appear to be unable to reach optimal vitamin D levels.

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Maca: Peru’s Treasure and Its Remarkable Properties

In this article, we will discover everything you need to know about maca: what exactly it is, what substances make it so special, what science says about its effects and how you can safely incorporate it into your diet, as well as its possible side effects.

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Greek Summer Meals: Ideas for light and balanced meals

We are in the heart of summer, which for most people is one of their favourite seasons of the year! We look forward to it during the whole year, where during the beginning of August, physical and mental fatigue have reached the highest levels...

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Omega-3: When to Supplement and What Are Their Benefits

Omega-3 fatty acids belong to the category of “good” fats with significant benefits for the heart, brain, joints and overall proper body function.

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Seasonal Fruits: Which are they and why should I choose them?

Seasonal fruits are those that are produced, harvested and sold fresh from local areas.

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