Know Your Substances: Heavy Metals
It is quite common in our days to hear about heavy metals polluting our waters, killing off marine populations and how dangerous a thermometer can be if it breaks. We think of heavy metals as something...
View ArticleKnow Your Substances: Caffeine
Caffeine is the world’s most widely used or abused stimulant drug. Almost all of us consume it in one way or another if we can get our hands on it. Whether we drink sports drinks, the all-so-popular...
View ArticleKnow Your Substances: Micronutrients
We all know our macronutrients fat, proteins and carbohydrates. We need a lot of them to stay alive and we can’t easily skip any of these without some ill effect on our health; but what about...
View ArticleAre you Crazy?! Supplement Overdose Symptoms!
In 1905 it was discovered that if you take away certain substances from food your health declines rapidly. The most important of those substances were called vitamins and today scientists agree that...
View ArticleKnow Your Substances: Gluten
Gluten is a composite of proteins found in many foods, especially those made with grains. It is the stuff that makes dough elastic and part of what makes bread have such a pleasant texture. Most of us...
View ArticleFitness Jargonbuster: Goji
Goji berries are a type of fruit that come from the plant Lycium Barbarum. The plant is a relative of the tomato, chili pepper and potato. It can be found in southeastern Europe and Asia. For years it...
View ArticleFitness Jargonbuster: Ginkgo Biloba
The Ginkgo plant has been of tremendous cultural and religious importance in many countries of Asia. The tree is of importance in the Buddhist religion and the beautiful fan shaped leaves can be seen...
View ArticleFitness Jargonbuster: Tea
Tea first originated in China, where it was called Cha after the sixth century AD. It was named Te afterwards as it reached Europe in the ships of the Portuguese and the Dutch. The English especially...
View ArticleHelp: How to Train with Osteoporosis
Around one third of men and half the women over the age of 60 suffer from osteoporosis. It is a debilitating disease whose intensity can range from insignificant to deadly. When we grow older we all...
View ArticleEat That! Liquid Diets
Most of us will at some time be told by our doctors to go on a “liquid diet” for a couple of days so that we can do tests and undergo various procedures. Colonoscopies and blood tests are among these...
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