Could stem cells, the building blocks of our bodies, be the key to future regeneration and healing of our damaged bodies?
Secrets of a Superplant
Buchu, which grows naturally only in the Western Cape, has revealed a remarkable little molecule that could be the answer to the world’s latest threat – superbug infections.
The Big Chill
There has to be a fairly compelling reason to subject your body to temperatures ranging between -120°C and -160°C with liquid nitrogen vapour. Several in fact.
THE TREATMENT IS CALLED Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) and your therapy consists of exposing your body to temperatures below the coldest natural temperatures ever recorded on earth – a process which your body unsurprisingly interprets as a reason to panic. This damage control is in the form of a series of physiological processes which give your body the equivalent of a facelift – reason enough?
Sweet deals
IN 1975 THE CONSTANCE GROUP, local sugar cane industry players since 1920, diversified into tourism. Good call. Their change of focus was a brilliant investment in an island that attracts over a million tourists a year. The group’s strong regional heritage means that the hospitality of the islanders is a common thread in the portfolio of luxury hotels not only in Mauritius but in the Maldives, Seychelles and Madagascar too. All the Constance Hotels and Resorts properties are winners of a growing list of prestigious international awards for luxury hotels.
Birth of a Smart Island
Mauritius has elegantly maintained its reputation as an idyllic Indian Ocean tourist magnet while reinventing itself as an African powerhouse.