You may have noticed, in all our previous talk of vitamins, that it seems the people who named them weren’t great at the alphabet. Or counting. You go from vitamin A to vitamin E, then jump all the way to K. There are eight B vitamins, but somehow the numbering system misses 4, 8, 10 […]
1. Some people sing about organic food like it’s the solution to all of life’s problems. Others think it’s a lot of fuss about nothing. Evidence, however, puts it somewhere between the two, and that’s what you need to consider if you want to go organic. 2. Part of the problem is that although humanity
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1. Nutrition is one of the most fundamental aspects of health. It can seem complicated, but the underlying principle is that you need to consume a balance of all the nutrients your body needs. 2. When it comes to “unhealthy” foods, most are only harmful if you eat it to excess. With moderation, you can
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It’s all very well talking about the different products and techniques you can use to make your skin look its best, but most of that advice won’t do a lot of good if you suffer from sensitive skin. If you have the kind of skin that breaks out in a rash just from being in
The popularity of plant-based living has soared in recent years. From ethical concerns about the treatment of animals and consideration of the wider environmental impact to improved accessibility and people starting to realize that yes, plant-based food can taste good, it’s becoming a viable and even welcome option for a lot of people. One of
If you’ve used pretty much any kind of prescription medication, you may have seen that little label “Do not take with St. John’s wort” and wondered what makes that particular supplement special. There are a million different supplements based on ancient herbal remedies, but they don’t all carry that notice. That might be because St.
We’ve talked about how important it is to get enough of certain minerals, but things can go the other way. You can also experience problems when your mineral levels are too high. For example, you need calcium for healthy teeth and bones. However, too much of it causes what’s known as hypercalcemia. This doesn’t usually
1. There are no two ways about it: vitamins are essential for keeping the body working properly. We can’t produce most of them ourselves, which means we need to find them elsewhere – normally through what we eat. A balanced diet must include all necessary vitamins. 2. Vitamin A, including retinol, impacts eyesight, the functioning
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Technically, humans as a species have been consuming organic food for as long as we’ve been eating. When we first planted seeds all those thousands of years ago, we didn’t put artificial pesticides on them. Even before that, when we lived as hunter-gatherers, we didn’t keep our prey in barns and dose it on antibiotics
If you think it’s difficult getting your head around all the complicated science that seems to underpin discussions of diet, don’t worry. There’s a whole branch of psychology specifically dedicated to how people think about food and how food makes us feel. It’s called nutritional psychology, and if nothing else, it shows that just telling
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