The human body is a complex organism, made up of trillions of cells. But not all of them are human — about half of them are fungi, microbes and bacteria.
When you go on a diet, you don’t just lose fat – you lose muscle too. This can have many repercussions – not only on your fitness and strength, but on your metabolism.
AI could democratize nutritional advice, but safety and accuracy must come first
The stories of Asterix and his friend Obelix introduced us to a magic potion that comes in a small bottle and doesn’t taste good, but dramatically increases strength and fitness. performance?
Around 2% of adults worldwide suffer from a condition called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (Nash), an advanced form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This occurs when fat builds up in the liver, causing inflammation and scarring.
Aging is complicated – a biologist explains why no two people or cells age the same way, and what this means for anti-aging interventions
The term “sundowning” is sometimes used to describe a tendency for people living with dementia to become more confused in the late afternoon and into the night.
Finding new drugs – called “drug discovery” – is an expensive and time-consuming task. But a type of artificial intelligence called machine learning can massively accelerate the process and do the job for a fraction of the price.
If you look up at the sky on a clear day, you might notice little cobweb-like structures drifting across your field of vision. They are known as floaters or, more formally, muscae volitantes – Latin for flying flies.
Fiber is your body’s natural guide to weight management – rather than cutting carbs out of your diet, eat them in their original fiber packaging instead
- By Leslie Hart
When you walk through the personal care aisles of your local store, you likely see dozens of products that promise to soften your skin, make you smell better, extend your lashes, decrease wrinkling, tame your curly hair, or even semi-permanently change the color of your lips, hair or skin.
Sleep plays an important role in keeping the brain healthy, which is why people are advised to get at least 7-9 hours each night.
Body mass index has long been used by doctors as the standard method for measuring health – and often still is.
Sleep is an intricate and essential process that our bodies undergo to restore, rejuvenate, and maintain optimal health.
Have you ever wondered if your diet could be the key to living a longer life? It's a common belief that what we eat plays a significant role in determining our lifespan. But what if that isn't true?
Hot yoga also known as Bikram yoga (more on that later) has gained significant popularity in recent years as a fairly ferocious form of exercise. It combines yoga poses and breathing exercises and is practised in a heated studio – with room temperatures close to 40°C.
- By Monica Dus
Our ability to sense sweetness, as well as other tastes, involves a delicate dance between our genetic makeup and the foods we encounter from the womb to the dinner table.
Most people know that the risk factors for heart disease are high blood pressure, smoking, raised cholesterol and being overweight. However, many people who have a heart attack do not have any of these traditional risk factors.
I love savory and spicy foods. Lasagna laden with basil and oregano. Beautifully golden curries infused with turmeric, or rice flavored with saffron.
Keeping your environment as healthy as possible will not only help sustain the Earth, it will also help sustain the health of all living things that depend on the health benefits the Earth provides.
Dr. Robert Lustig is a pediatric endocrinologist and a true visionary in the realm of metabolic health. When it comes to cholesterol, many of us have been fixated on the total cholesterol number, believing it to hold the key to our health.
- By Amanda Avery
Celebrities have popularised all sorts of outlandish diet trends over the years. One of the latest trends among celebrities is the “one meal a day” diet (or “Omad”).