by Christine M | Oct 12, 2019 | Food and drink, General health, Scientific research, Wellbeing
You know what it’s like when you haven’t slept well. The next day you reach for the worst possible foods. You know you probably shouldn’t be eating them, but you’re so exhausted you can’t help yourself. Well now scientists think...
by Christine M | May 28, 2019 | Food and drink, General health, Mind/body, Wellbeing
Nutrition and wellbeing experts have long been praising the virtues of fermented foods such as live yoghurt, sauerkraut, kombucha and kefir. The live bacteria found in such foods have numerous benefits for human health, they say, including better digestion, better...
by Christine M | May 7, 2019 | Food and drink, Memory, Scientific research, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
I’ve been reading a lot about magic mushrooms lately, specifically how taking micro doses may help with mood and other mental health issues. But if you don’t want to dabble with the psychedelic kind, ordinary non-psychoactive mushrooms may still have a lot...
by Christine M | Jul 23, 2018 | Food and drink, General health, Supplements, Wellbeing
There’s been a lot of press lately about nutritional supplements – and it hasn’t been all good. Less than a week ago a Cochrane Library review announced omega-3 fish oil supplements offer no benefits for heart health. It was news that made numerous...
by Christine M | Oct 10, 2016 | Food and drink, General health
There are so many rules and regulations in the healthy eating game, you almost need a calculator and a clipboard each time you step into the kitchen. Five portions a day of this, three portions of that, no more than so many units of such and such… and so on. But...
by Christine M | Sep 21, 2016 | Food and drink, Happiness
Alcohol helps us lose social inhibitions – that much we know (and we don’t need experts to tell us about it either). But what about beer specifically? Well according to scientists from Basel’s University Hospital, it affects the way we see specific...