Dear Reader,

This issue of Natural News takes a closer look at herbs, both for boosting your immune system especially as we go into winter and also for helping with fertility. There is also a special feature on magnesium in this issue as it is often a forgotten mineral with all the attention going on calcium. The symptoms of a magnesium deficiency can often be mistaken for a hormone imbalance associated with either the menopause or PMS because the symptoms include irritability, insomnia, frequent nighttime awakenings, anxiety and muscle cramps and weakness.

I have included a recipe using red cabbage in this issue. Cabbage is an important food for women as it is part of the family of cruciferous vegetables, which have a positive effect on reducing the risk of breast cancer because it helps the detoxification of oestrogen. The recipe uses red cabbage that also has beneficial anti-oxidant effects because of the colour and it is good to be able have new ideas to serve vegetables in a different way.

The benefits of anti-oxidants that we all know are associated with anti-ageing are featured in this issue of Natural News, this time for their positive effects on the prevent of osteoporosis. So the message that used to be ‘eat your greens’ which is still important is now ‘eat a rainbow’ and the more colours we can include in our food the better.

Wishing you good health.

Kind regards,

Marilyn Glenville

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