AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE: UNEXPECTED REASONS THAT MAY CAUSE IT
The term “autoimmune disease” is an umbrella term for various conditions where the immune system starts mistakenly attacking the body’s own tissues. There are many different types of autoimmune di...
Although 71% of our planet is covered in water, only 3% of that water is freshwater and only 0.5% of that is available for drinking; the remaining 2.5% is locked in ice caps, glaciers, the atmosphe...
WHAT IS SULFORAPHANE AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
Sulforaphane is a sulfur-rich compound found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, watercress, rocket, and bok choy. When these vegetables are cut, chopped, or chewe...
VITAMIN A: RETINOIDS VS CAROTENOIDS
As an essential nutrient, vitamin A serves various purposes – including supporting your immune system, helping you to see in low-light conditions, and protecting the health of your skin. However, ...
OBESTY AND A WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM- WHAT'S THE CONNECTION?
The pandemic has renewed attention to the link between an individual’s general health and their susceptibility to serious health complications from contracting respiratory illness – with the facto...
HOW TO MAKE YOUR HOME MORE SUSTAINABLE
The fight to save the planet starts, quite literally, at home. You don’t strictly have to make dramatic, sweeping changes, either. It’s often perfectly possible to complete many of your routine re...
HOW THE SPLEEN PLAYS A ROLE IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
How much do you know about your spleen? If you’re anything like a lot of people, your answer to that question may well be, not very much. A lot of us aren’t even aware of what the spleen’s broader...
7 UNEXPECTED REASONS WHY YOU HAVE A STUFFY NOSE
Pretty much everyone experiences a stuffy nose – usually referred to in more formal contexts as ‘nasal congestion’ – from time to time. It’s easy to dismiss the cause as a simple case of the cold ...
Hear the word selenium and you might think you’re back at school, learning about the periodic table but this essential mineral has a big role to play in keeping you healthy. From helping brain f...
HOW STAYING INDOORS AFFECTS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
By now, you’d have practically needed to have been living on Mars since early 2020 to not know the various frequent mantras of how to lower your risk of COVID-19: wash your hands frequently, wear a...
Such has been the pervading impact of the COVID-19 crisis on almost every aspect of our lives, that it has been almost impossible for most of us not to learn a few new medical concepts and terms al...
Garlic is hardly new to our diets in the 2020s – indeed, it has been noted for its health and medicinal properties since ancient times. One form of garlic in particular, however, seems to have attr...
7 BENEFITS OF REISHI MUSHROOMS
Any fungus that enjoys nicknames like “the king of the mushrooms” or even “the mushroom of immortality” has to be worth investigation for potential health benefits, right? Well, this is precisely ...
