Why doesn’t the human body crave the nutrients in fruits and vegetables, preferring instead to demand sugar and fat in unhealthy quantities?
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There are populations around the world that exclusively live off fish and other sea creatures, with minimal fruit, animal products or carbohydrates—so why don’t Inuits suffer vitamin deficiencies? How can the Masai keep running on a diet of just milk, meat and blood?
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If you asked Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Yuri Gargarin or any of the pioneering humans to reach space if they’d taken a probiotic supplement with them, you’d likely receive a blank look in response.
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We’re used to measuring our health using tools like body mass index (BMI) and resting heart rate, so it feels like a baby step to turn our attentions to what’s under the hood—our genetic code. But, in exchange for a couple of facts about your health or disease risk, you could be selling everything about you.
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Being diagnosed with anything is huge. Frontal lobe epilepsy is no different. Excerpted from Mentality.
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Collagen is the most abundant and ubiquitous protein in animals and has been an integral part of our diet for centuries, often without us realising it, and its health benefits go further than you’d think.
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Hidden disabilities are exactly what they sound like: disabilities that are not immediately apparent. Although the disability is a challenge for the person who has it, it can be difficult for others to recognise or acknowledge the scope of the disability if they can’t see any traditional evidence.
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There’s a new message to share: it’s okay to not be okay.
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Drinking costs you more than just the amount you spend on alcohol. While cutting out a large glass of wine every night could save you around £124 by the end of January, according to Cancer Research UK, this pales in comparison to the money saved on the sundries accompanying your glass. Consider the cab fare home, the late-night takeaway, the social cigarettes, and drunken Amazon purchases.
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Yes, I have anxiety. Yes, sometimes I feel like I can’t move in crowds, or on a tube platform or sometimes it creeps up when I’m on the train. But my anxiety does not consume me. It doesn’t rule my life. It doesn’t define me. It is a part of me, and always will be, but it shouldn’t embarrass me.
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A staple of Indian and Middle Eastern cooking, turmeric is the spice responsible for giving curry powder its beautiful vibrant yellow and if you haven’t heard of it before, where have you been?
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Sorry tea-drinkers, if it’s longevity you’re after, it’s time to switch to an alternative caffeine source. A study of almost half a million people from ten European countries found drinking three cups of coffee a day may help you live longer.
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Many superfoods—like turmeric and ginger—have been used for centuries by different cultures around the world but say you’re using hemp, and everyone assumes you’re smoking marijuana and seeking the high cannabis is famed for. But the cannabinoids present in hemp are an incredible set of molecules with real positive effects on the body.
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Have you ever convinced yourself that those 30 minutes might not be worth it? They are.
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Getting pregnant can be more difficult than you’d expect, especially as you get older.
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Hyaluronic acid is one of the buzzwords for health and beauty in 2018, and with good reason. It’s one of the key components of healthy, youthful skin and has been shown to be effective in reducing joint pain in arthritis sufferers.
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The low-FODMAP diet is one of the latest diets to have emerged and is gaining serious traction. Unlike the countless other diets which pop up every year, low-FODMAP is a medical-exclusion diet for sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).
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Have you ever stood up too quickly and everything in front of you has gone blurry? October is dysautonomia awareness month and it’s time to introduce POTS.
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That three pound organ inside your head holds one hundred billion neurons, all your memories, thoughts, feelings and ideas. It needs looking after to perform at its best and age healthily.
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Having been practiced for thousands of years, a personalised approach to food is nothing new but now we can combine it with everything we know about health.
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