Could hygiene obsession cause allergies?
Just came across this fascinating article at sciencefocus.com opening the debate about how clean is healthy?…
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On the origin of life: An energy cycle
I’ve had this idea floating in my head for weeks now. So I’m finally getting round…
Natural killer cells, cancer and sleep
This is a fascinating animation explaining the role of natural killer cells which are a crucial…
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Calorie and nutrient intake over time
For many years, I’ve noticed that physical activity is a great way to maintain or lose…
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Mitochondrial Ageing
I’m passing this link on because it explains the effects of ageing down to the mitochondrial…
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how cell microstructures arrange themselves
This is just a quick post to put a link to a fascinating article explaining a…
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Saturated fat: Why all the fuss?
I’m just finishing a text book I forgot to finish a year or so back and…
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Does regular exercise improve the bodies ability to heal and restore?
Just a thought but I was really active every day last week and by yesterday I…
Lymph, cholesterol and heart disease: How they could be related
I just came across a little nugget that might be useful in the long term. It’s…
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TED Talks Dr. Dean Ornish: Your genes are not your fate
This talk is a god send for me because it links genetics, what we’re born with,…
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TED Talks Bonnie Bassler: Discovering bacteria’s amazing communication system
This post is just to record the fantastic insights presented by Bonnie Bassler. She explains that…
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Can we predict calorie consumption so accurately? and could this partly explain yo yo dieting?
I’ve got two questions in my mind that I’ve wondered about for years. Do we really…
Can intense exercise smash blood clots?
I was reading a back issue of Peak Performance (article 229). I’m floating around a theory in…
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How alike are we all? One persons health advice is anothers warning
Sometimes I think we forget that the human gene pool is pretty diverse. Until recently, we…
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What you put into your body or how you get rid of it: What’s the most important?
Does any one know what we’re supposed to be eating any more? Seriously I really think…
Could humans hibernate?
We spend so much time worrying if our bodies get enough nutrition. We’re told that key…
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