Freshers’ Flu: The Survival Guide Every Student Needs

Up and down the country teens are diving into their first term of the new academic year at University. If that's you, you've unpacked your pots and pans, your group chats are popping and you've...

Does Bad Sleep Mean More Coughs and Colds in Kids?

Sleep doesn’t switch your immune system off. During the night, hormones, immune-cell movement and inflammatory signalling continue to change. Although one late night won’t mean a child catches a cold, regularly shortened or disrupted sleep...

What Happens to a Child’s Immune System in September?

The Science of Seasonal Immunity   Your child’s immune system does not work at one fixed setting all year. It is a dynamic network of physical barriers, immune cells, proteins, chemical signals and specialised tissues...

Lactoferrin vs Vitamin C vs Elderberry: Which Children’s Immune Supplement Works?

A walk down the supplement aisle when the school term starts and you will find plenty of products promising to support your child’s immune system. Vitamin C gummies sit alongside elderberry syrups, multivitamins and increasingly,...

Naturopath Lucinda Miller Shares Her Must-Have Supplements for Kids

New term, new germs. Kids are almost back to school, autumn is looming and soon they’ll be bringing home the bugs. Within days of being at school there’s the potential for fever, coughs and colds....

Back-to-School: Why September Is a Smart Family Health Reset

It feels like we've barely had time to blink before summer has flown by and September's started. One minute the children are spending long afternoons outside, eating countless ice creams and staying up late, and...

The September Immunity Dip: Why Children Often Get Sick After Going Back to School

For many parents, September is a month of getting everyone organised again: finding the lost water bottle, remembering PE kits, resetting bedtime routines, and preparing for the inevitable bugs that seem to make their way...

How Does Lactoferrin Help Runners In Training?

Lactoferrin is a protein your body makes during hard training, and here's why supplementing with it could be the edge you're missing. You train through bad weather. You manage your nutrition, your sleep, your load....

The Soft Wellness: Nature, Mindful Hobbies and Doing Less but Better

Wellness trends have always been around, but some have been quite draining. Over the last few years it feels like better health means more tracking, routines and optimisation, the ‘morning shed’ which can be a...