Reading Time: 5 minutes Interest and research into turmerosaccharides has ramped up over the last few years. Here’s what we know about its potential as a treatment for osteoarthritis, and joint health more generally.
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Reading Time: 10 minutes Healthy testosterone levels are linked with muscular physiques and strength. Here are healthy, natural ways to boost or maintain your levels.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes It is well accepted that testosterone helps in building a muscular physique and strength. Let’s look at the evidence for and mechamisms behind this relationship, and the situations in which boosting levels may be desirable.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes The amount of collagen in the skin decreases with time, and this is responsible for vsible aging. Several supplements and skin care products are designed to deliver collagen back to the skin; but how well do they work?
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Reading Time: 10 minutes It’s claimed that deuterium depleted water is superior to plain old water, with a number of extraordinary health benefits: anti-cancer properties, enhanced cell growth and recovery, detox and metabolism, improved mood and brain function, and protection for the liver and heart. Here’s what the research says…
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Reading Time: 8 minutes IV vitamin drips claim everything from skin brightening to brain boosting benefits. Effects superior to those obtained via diet or other health practices. Here we examine how much stock we can put into these claims.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Allicin appears to give garlic numerous health benefits that are only obtainable when crushed or cut. Let’s look at the evidence behind allicin’s specific healing effects…
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Reading Time: 10 minutes Muscle cramps are involuntary muscle contractions which generally won’t cause serious health problems, but are darn uncomfortable. The cause and best way to handle cramps remains somewhat of a mystery… Here we investigate the science behind the popular recommendations of magnesium and various other treatments that have been touted.
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Reading Time: 10 minutes Klotho is a protein which has become much lauded for its anti-aging properties. Deficiency has been linked to degenerative changes in tissues and systems throughout the body. It’s an exciting and relatively recent area of research, with emerging evidence getting us closer to understanding its precise role, the value of interventions to increase levels… and determining what may be the best- i.e. safest and most effective- way to do so.
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Reading Time: 10 minutes There has been a surge of interest in the antidepressant potential of psilocybin, the active ingredient of magic mushrooms. But what is the evidence supporting its use?
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Reading Time: 7 minutes You may have noticed a surge in popularity of turmeric over the last few years. Now consumables such as turmeric teas, nut spreads and supplements are common place. The truth is, it has actually been a popular spice in India for thousands of years, used in cooking and for Ayurvedic medicinal and religious purposes, and used in other parts of the world for hundreds of years.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes There has been a ground swell in the popularity of nicotinamide riboside supplements in recent times. Understandably so, for it is purported to have anti-aging properties. But does it actually work? How? Has our relentless search for the ‘fountain of youth’ finally borne fruit, in molecular form? Before we answer these and more questions, let’s go back to the basics…
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