Rude Health Magazine September-October 2024

Rude Health Magazine is the official consumer title of Health Stores Ireland, reflecting health trends, news and consumer information in Ireland. This is the September-October 2024 issue.

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MAGAZINE

SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2024

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Fantastic natural

health products,

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Top of the class:

Expert tips for

children’s health

Build your natural

defences: natural

remedies for

immunity

On the pulse:

Nutrition and

supplements for

heart health

'Representing Ireland is such an honour'

Philip

Doyle

Six of the best

healing herbs

Healthy,

tasty recipes

to fuel your body

Get motivated!

Kickstart your

fitness routine

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The IAHS is proudly supported by our Association Partners

to the September/October issue of Rude

Health magazine. This summer many of

us were glued to our TV screens watching

the action from the 2024 Olympics in

Paris. Team Ireland clinched seven medals,

and I’m delighted that one of those medal

winners, Philip Doyle, is our cover star this

issue. I hope you enjoy reading all about

his experience at the Olympic Games. Our

other features include a focus on children’s

health as they return to school after the

summer holidays, plus expert advice on

natural immune support and heart health. This issue’s Health Store Help

feature looks at menstrual health, while our ﬁtness experts give their

top tips on how to choose the right exercise class. Lastly, we have some

great recipes from Jess Redden to help you fuel your day the right way.

I hope you ﬁnd it an enjoyable read!

We welcome your feedback on Rude Health Magazine.

Email editor@rudehealthmagazine.ie and in between issues visit us at

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RUDE NEWS

Health news: the latest in health news and events

12 Rude reviews: health store staff test the products

they sell

26 Rudimentaries: natural remedies to keep colds and

flu at bay

30 Rudimentaries: expert advice for supporting your

heart health

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FEATURES

16 Cover story: bronze medal-winning rower Philip

Doyle tells us about his experience at the Olympic

Games in Paris

24 Feature: natural health tips for children’s wellbeing

22 Rude fit: advice for choosing the right exercise class

36 Feature: our pick of the best healing herbs

RUDE FOOD

40 Recipes: healthy recipes to fuel your body, from

Jess Redden

ASK THE EXPERTS

38 Expert Q&As: our experts answer your questions

32 Health store help: independent health store advice on

menstrual health

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Summer is gone, if it was ever really

here, but while the weather in Ireland

may not be reliable, you can always

trust Rude Health magazine to

inform and entertain when it comes

to all matters related to our health

food industry. Your September/

October issue is here with a focus

on immunity, heart health, the importance of herbs and

menstrual health. Health Stores Ireland can provide info and

assistance on all of those topics in tandem with your Rude

Health magazine, so call in to your local health store today!

Along with such a multitude of topics, at this time of year

it would be remiss of us not to talk about back to school –

dreaded for some, looked forward to by others! Personally,

attending national school in rural Ireland in the early 90s with

my background ensured that my lunchbox was seen as quite

the novelty when compared to the standard white bread

jam sandwiches with a bag of crisps and a soft drink that

most of my peers seemed to be munching into. Thankfully,

times have changed, and now more than ever parents can

see the importance of a healthy diet from the very beginning

of their children’s lives. Nowadays, foods like hummus,

rice cakes, raw carrot and avocado aren’t out of place in

lunchboxes around the country. It’s no longer considered

unusual or cruel and that is a positive sign of progress when

it comes to attitudes towards diet. There are more and more

supplements aimed at children and teenagers, with special

dietary needs of kids catered for now more than ever also.

Chewable supplements like ﬁsh oils are now more geared

towards the sometimes picky palate that children can have.

I’d like to ﬁnish by congratulating Atlantic Aromatics on

their 40th anniversary this year, which they celebrated over

the summer. They are an important partner to Health Stores

Ireland and are a brand we can be proud of.

Happy reading.

Leroy Smith, Chairperson

The Irish Association of Health Stores

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Back to school!

Show some love

for organic living

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What’s in season?

Marrow, pak choi, radish, courgette, peas,

kale, French beans, beetroot,

mushrooms, tomato, cucumbers,

peppers, rhubarb, parsnip,

onion, lettuce, leeks, celery,

cauliﬂower, carrot, cabbage,

brussels sprouts, broccoli,

strawberry, raspberry.

The theme of this year’s Organic September campaign is

simple: “Love Organic.” The annual campaign is headed up

by the team at Soil Association Certiﬁcation and the aim is to

celebrate and promote the beneﬁts of an organic lifestyle.

The month-long Organic September campaign has

been running for over 10 years now. This year the focus is on

celebrating the joy of doing something good for our health,

nature and the planet. Organic living isn’t just about food

and drink – it also incorporates fashion, health and beauty

– and new customers are being encouraged to give it a try.

The campaign will encourage people to share their favourite

organic product and why they love it so much.

Be sure to head to your local independent health food

store on Saturday 21 September to join in with the organic

celebrations. Stores across the country will be holding tastings

and inviting their ‘local food heroes’ – organic growers and

suppliers - to meet customers and share the beneﬁts of organic

living for nature, climate and our health.

Meanwhile, on social media, consumers, chefs and

inﬂuencers will be challenged to answer the question: “What do

you love about organic?” and asked to come up with a joyful

afrmation of what makes them feel really great about their

sustainable choices.

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Sports recovery,

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performance

In all forms of sport, whether professional or amateur,

when it comes to performance, the same principles apply:

recovery and hydration are critical. These in turn rely on

a number of factors, including electrolytes. Electrolyte

levels can reduce when the body loses water, primarily

through sweat and urine, which increases during intense

exercise. Electrolytes are another name for minerals

including magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride and

calcium, which play an important role in regulating muscle

contractions, keeping you hydrated, balancing your pH

levels and maintaining normal nervous system function.

Maintaining an electrolyte balance is vital for your body to

remain hydrated and function efectively, especially during

sports or exercise.

Scientists at Dublin City University (DCU) have completed

intensive research on the beneﬁts of a new liquid form of

magnesium, minerals and trace elements from Irish brand

Oriel. Dr Ronan Murphy from the School of Health and

Human Performance at DCU explains: “Our focus was

on the speed and impact that these high-performance

electrolytes, working in a mutually supportive manner,

could have on the vascular system, muscle recovery and

hydration when taken in liquid form and rapidly absorbed

to the bloodstream in less than 30 minutes.” The research

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The combination of selenium and coenzyme Q10

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Imagine if there was a supplement that could cut

your risk of dying of a cardiovascular disease by more

than half. Does that sound far-fetched? Well, in 2013, a

group of scientists from Scandinavia published a study1

demonstrating that healthy older men and women had

54% lower cardiovascular mortality when they took a

combination of selenium and coenzyme Q10 daily for

four years.

No medical drug has ever come close to ofering

a similar degree of protection. Not only did these two

antioxidants provide substantial protection against

heart disease, but they also strengthened the heart

muscle and improved quality of life. The study, which

included 443 men and women in the ages 70-88 years,

was a double-blind, placebo-controlled study and was

published in an esteemed science journal.

The volunteers were randomly assigned to receive

either 200 micrograms of selenium and 200 mg of

coenzyme Q10 daily or a matching placebo. Also, the

researchers took blood samples that were stored in

freezers for later analysis. In the years to follow, they

looked for additional proof that the combination of

selenium and coenzyme Q10 ofered health beneﬁts

and found an abundance of proof. Looking for so-

called biomarkers in the blood samples, the scientists

could see that the people taking the supplements had

less inﬂammation, slower ageing at a cellular level,

better kidney and thyroid function, and better overall

health, compared to those taking dummy pills.

A total of 25 follow-up studies have followed in the

wake of the original study from 2013, and they have all

been published in science journals.

1 Cardiovascular mortality and N-terminal-proBNP reduced

after combined selenium and coenzyme Q10 supplementation: A

5-year prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled

trial. Int J Cardiol. 2013;167:1860-1866.

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The Positive Kitchen

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