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Why natural health and conventional medicine both have a place

I was asked to write a piece attacking the pharmaceutical industry. Then a dentist damaged a nerve in my jaw, and I…

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Brett Austin Interview at ICC 2025

Brett took Natural Elixir to the KwaZulu-Natal Investment Conference at the Durban ICC, and sat down for an interview about the…

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Why Black Pepper Was Once Worth Its Weight in Gold

In 408 CE the city of Rome bought off a besieging army with gold, silver, silk and three thousand pounds of peppercorns. The…

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What is natural health?

Natural health is not a philosophy, it is a set of habits. Here is what the term actually means, why the gut is the sensible…

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Does cold weather give you a cold?

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conventional medicine

Why natural health and conventional medicine both have a place