March 10, 2020
Every second of our lives we’re under attack. Sounds dramatic doesn’t it? But it’s true, billions of bacteria, viruses, fungi and other living stuff want to make you their home and use up all your resources. Every breath we take, every surface we touch and even the water we drink exposes us to a viral horde.
So, our bodies have developed a super-complex immune system designed to protect us from these invasions and keep us alive.
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October 12, 2019
2013 was a momentous year. It culminated in the development of a paper put together by a group of scientists charged with reviewing all the literature on ageing and coming up with what they called the Nine Hallmarks of Ageing. This paper galvanised the scientific community and opened up new areas of research and the generation of emerging theories on how we age.
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October 06, 2019
Imagine a life where we could all sit around with friends and family sipping a glass of red wine and popping juicy little blueberries into our mouth all day. While we know this isn’t an option for most of us, scientists have discovered that the nutrients found in these two plants can extend our life and make us look younger.
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September 28, 2019
This is one area of longevity research that is the hardest to follow as it challenges the very way we eat and prepare food in our daily life. Anything that may affect our social life or interfere with our food choices is a no-go area for many people. However, researchers continue to explore how our eating habits are directly impacting our health and pointing out the areas making the most dramatic effect on chronic disease development.
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September 15, 2019
We hear a lot about chronic disease nowadays: cancer, heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, alzheimer’s, the list goes on. But is it bad luck that we get these medical problems? Are they inevitable or is there something we can do about it?
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September 08, 2019
We've all heard about stem cells, there’s not a day that goes by that we don’t hear about some new advancement in stem cell research or some person that is undergoing stem cell therapy. We even have Mel Gibson recently talking about the wonders of stem cell therapy for improving the health of his father. But most of us don’t qualify for stem cell treatments nor can we afford the bill to go to Panama to get these controversial treatments.
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September 03, 2019
What’s all the fuss about? I’m not in pain, I don’t have any injuries so I don’t need to be worried about having inflammation? Unfortunately for most of us we're experiencing inflammation in our bodies 24 hours a day and we aren’t even aware of it.
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August 06, 2019
Cinnamon gum, cinnamon rolls, cinnamon in coffee, cinnamon apple sauce… Cinnamon is ubiquitous in our everyday taste experience. From lowering our risk of diabetes to improving our antioxidant status, if used in the right context, cinnamon can be very beneficial to our well-being.
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