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ENDURANCE BOOST: Ketone supplements linked to 15% lift in performance – Belgium study

July 19, 2019 • 1 min read

News that at least six teams competing in this year’s Tour de France are using ketone supplements has brightened the spotlight on ketogenics – an approach to nutrition that follows a low-carb, high-fat diet to put your body into a metabolic state called ketosis.

AIR POLLUTION: Bad for your heart – and everything else

July 19, 2019 • 1 min read

No one likes sucking bad air. But here’s news that’ll have you grabbing for a military-grade air filtration mask.

DEMENTIA: Still no cure, but plenty of scope to lower your risk

July 19, 2019 • 1 min read

Healthy lifestyles will help stave off most diseases, including dementia.

AUTOPHAGY: Exercise’s role in cell regeneration

July 19, 2019 • 1 min read

Growing interest in health and wellness has turned the spotlight to autophagy – the process through which cells recycle damaged proteins and organelles to counteract the negative effects of ageing and disease.

RED MEAT RISK: Studies link red meat to bowel cancer

July 03, 2019 • 1 min read

News to make meat lovers choke on their next foot-long Knackwurst – eating red meat marks you for cancer.

PLANT POWER: Dandelion – the cancer-fighting food growing in your backyard

July 03, 2019 • 1 min read

Considered by many as a pesky weed, Dandelions could be the best thing growing in your backyard.

CURED: Plant-based diet helps Crohn's disease remission

July 03, 2019 • 1 min read

Diets rich in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables are associated with a lower incidence of heart disease and multiple cancers. Encouragingly, studies suggest such diets also treat Crohn’s disease – a condition affecting close to one million Americans.

MEDICAL MYTHS: Don’t always believe the hype

July 03, 2019 • 1 min read

“Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth,” is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi, Joseph Goebbels.

ENDURANCE: Microbes could make you more athletic

June 26, 2019 • 1 min read

Now there’s something a little more exotic that could soon be added to the list of legal performance enhancers – gut microbe.

BURNING CALORIES: Body burns fewer calories during extreme exercise

June 26, 2019 • 1 min read

The accepted wisdom that the harder and longer your workout, the more calories you burn makes perfect sense. However, new research suggests the tenet holds true only to a certain point.