The 13 Seeds Blog

In this week’s editions you’ll find out whether juicing or blending is better for you, how eating a plant-based diet can improve your health and fight climate change, and how to naturally lower your cholesterol without statins! Congratulations...

Unlike most other vitamins, vitamin D is actually a hormone that is involved in the activity (expression) of almost 1,000 different genes in the body… in layman’s terms this means that vitamin D is involved in over 1000...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is condition that affects hormone levels in women. ‘Poly’ is ancient Greek word for many, with polycystic literally translating to many cysts, that can form in the ovaries.  Cysts can form from follicles that...

There are many factors that can affect your hair growth such as genetics, hormonal changes, medical conditions and even stress! However, the diet also plays an essential role in hair health (1). How is this possible? Well, the...

It's no secret that dairy foods that are rich in calcium, and are also highly acidic and could result in increased loss of calcium from the bones and cause weak and brittle bones. If these effects are true,...

Our joints are where two bones meet, and at the end our bones is a protective tissues called cartilage. In osteoarthritis this cartilage breaks down that causes the bones to rub together causing inflammation that can result in pain,...

In the last few years, coconut oil has gained a reputation as a ‘superfood’ according to many high-profile celebrities, influencers and fitness trainers. Coconut oil has been suggested to be an ‘essential’ oil in the diet and has...