Can perimenopause cause digestive issues? Hormones and gut health explained
Gut health and hormones are part of a cycle: an imbalance in one will result in an imbalance in the other – and understanding the relationship between the two is...
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Fortify against gut health issues with the AltruVita Gut Health Protocol
Tried relieving gut health issues with supplements without any success? Our two-pronged approach Gut Health Protocol will help you build help you build a digestive system that is calm, resilient...
How to Win the Festive Marathon: Your Guide to Party-Proof Wellness
Between the social calendar, gift wrapping, travel and late-night laughter, it’s easy to end the year feeling completely depleted. Here at AltruVita, we believe that feeling good isn’t about restriction;...
6 Reasons Why Your Vitamin D Levels May Be Too Low
For those with vitamin D deficiency, especially those suffering from fatigue, pain and immunity problems, it’s really important to get those levels back up to a normal range (>50 nmol/L)....
New Immune System Discovery Could Combat Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs Discovered
A breakthrough immune system discovery could tackle superbugs. Discover how your body fights bacteria and how to support your immunity with supplements from Altruvita.
ProfBiotics - A supplement for everyone
It All Starts in the Gut: Your Summer Wellness Boost with AltruVita At AltruVita, we believe that great health doesn’t start in the gym or the mirror — it starts...
Vitamin C Supplements-The evidence
Lots of people take supplements out of habit but they don’t really know why! Why am I taking vitamin C? Perhaps the best-known and most widely promoted use of high-dose...
Another Study Backs Use of Xanthohumol in COVID
Some natural compounds exhibit very good antiviral properties. The medicinal plant Humulus lupulus (hop) contains the flavonoid xanthohumol which has previously shown antiviral activities. Xanthohumol has also been found...
Does a Vitamin D Supplement Help Immunity?
Throughout the year we need to make sure that we have adequate Vitamin D blood levels. You can do this via your diet, from sunlight in good weather and a vitamin D supplement...
The Signs of an Unhealthy Gut
What is the gut? The gut, a long tube that starts at the mouth and ends at the anus is responsible for transporting your food from A to B, absorbing...
Top 4 Curcumin Benefits
Despite the whole spice, turmeric, being used across Asia for centuries, popularity of turmeric’s active extract, curcumin, is still growing in the West. Curcumin is the collective name given to...
Should I take vitamin D all year round?
Vitamin D is an essential fat soluble vitamin and hormone that contributes to the maintenance of normal bones, teeth and muscles through utilising calcium and phosphorus.* It is also used...
What does Vitamin C Do for your Skin?
What does vitamin C do for your skin? You may have noticed the increased number of products on the market which contain vitamin C. At Altruvita we provide a range...
Zinc Deficiency Symptoms
We all know that zinc is something our body needs. But, what are the signs and symptoms of Zinc deficiency? And what does it mean? What does zinc do? Zinc...
Vitamin C and exercise- how much is too much?
Can vitamin C be used to support exercise? And what happens if we take too much? What is Vitamin C? Vitamin C is a water-soluble antioxidant vitamin that acts in...
Scalp psoriasis associated with deficiency of zinc and selenium
Psoriasis can flare up on any part of the skin. When it appears on the scalp, it’s known as scalp psoriasis. But wherever it appears, the cause is the same....