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First article since being back at work since UK’s COVID lockdown! As more of us return to normality, want to shift the lockdown pounds, perk up our diets and kick start our health, the supplement industry is booming. But as we pop those pills to top up our vitamins, get that beautiful skin and give our immune system that umph, have you stopped to think how safe the supplement industry really is?

How Safe Are Dietary Supplements? From the start of the UK COVID-19 lockdown, the already £414 million UK supplement industry saw a soar in sales, especially in multivitamins, vitamin C and vitamin D. And now, as the lockdown guide…

How Does Stress Affect Your Immunity? Stress can be described as an increase in physical or mental pressure, resulting in a physiological response leading to the release of catecholamine stress hormones, adrenaline and noradrenaline, a…

Can BBQ Food Cause Cancer? You know the feeling. It’s a hot summer day in the garden, you’re surrounded by your closest friends and family, cold drink to hand, and a blazing BBQ firing away. Can you smell it? The…

Do Egg’s Raise Cholesterol And Cause Heart Disease? With all the bad publicity cholesterol gets, we’re finally going to crack the gossip once and for all. For so long there has been the belief that eating egg yolks raises your cholesterol and …

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Is There More To Asian Flush Than A Red Face? The alcohol flush aka the Asian flush. Prevalent across Asian descents, 36% of East Asian’s show a characteristic physiological response to drinking alcohol that includes facial flushing, nau…

Is Male Hair Loss Mum’s Fault? Your hairline’s getting deeper, your forehead’s getting higher and your hair’s getting thinner and thinner. As we hit the 30-year-old milestone, 25% of men will experience noticea…

Will Not Going To The Gym Turn Your Muscle Into Fat? Fat and muscle are two separate types of tissue and cannot be converted to each other, just like an apple can’t turn into a banana. But we all know someone that used to be incredibly muscular …

Do Oysters Really Spark Romance? One of the oldest reported aphrodisiac foods – the notorious oyster. Supposedly, even the romantic icon, Cassanova, was a devoted consumer. But can an oyster really increase sexual behaviour …

Does Being Cold, Give You A Cold? We all know the feeling. It starts off with a niggling sore throat, your nose starts running and then, “ACHOO!”, it’s happening! Next minute, we’re wrapped up on the sofa, a…

Is Green Tea The Secret to Weight Loss? Us British, love a cuppa, but what about green tea? Harvested from the plant Camellia sinensis, tea is consumed worldwide as black (fermented), green (non-fermented) or Oolong (semi-fermented) tea.…

Can Cycling Cause Testicular Cancer? Lance Armstrong and Ivan Basso – two avid cyclists and top 10 finishers of ‘Tour de France’ – were both diagnosed, in 1996 and 2015, with testicular cancer. Could there be a…

Do Carrots Make You See In The Dark? Growing up, we all heard our parents tell us to eat our carrots, “they make you see in the dark”, they said. Could this really be true? Well, kind of, but not exactly. The myth dates back to 1940, …