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LET’S EAT: A new dairy-based bioactive ingredient reduces blood sugar levels

May 02, 2019 • 1 min read

Here’s something to cheer up the 84 million American adults (one in three) who have prediabetes (though 90 percent of prediabetics don't know they have it).

SIT LESS LIVE LONGER: So why are we sitting more than ever?

May 02, 2019 • 1 min read

We’re increasingly taking life sitting down – and it’s doing us damage, upping our risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and overall mortality.

NICE GUNS: Active septuagenarians muscle up to 20 year-olds

April 10, 2019 • 1 min read

Everyone knows exercise is good for their health. Here’s a reason to keep exercising – and never stop. When your rheumy-eyed 70 year-old peers inch along on their walking frames, you’ll be flexing poolside in your finest posing pouch, putting 20 year-olds in the shade.

PLANT POWER: Tumeric – yellow spice of life

April 10, 2019 • 1 min read

Long before this ancient yellow root spice turned up in your latte, turmeric was the go-to spice first used by healers circa 500 BC, in India, to treat everything from breathing problems to eczema.

SUPPLEMENTS: A waste of time?

April 10, 2019 • 1 min read

Here’s news to put a dent in the multi-billion dollar omega 3 supplements business – claimed benefits of fish oil look, well, a bit fishy.

HEALTH TECH: Will insurers use fitness tracking data to deny coverage?

April 10, 2019 • 2 min read

Our fascination with instant feedback has fuelled the multi-billion dollar market for wearable fitness devices. Most of us figure that keeping tabs on vitals, such as activity, sleep, heartrate and the like, are the first steps to better health.

LIFE EXPECTACNCY: Going down

April 10, 2019 • 1 min read

Surprised? Didn’t think so. What with the flourishing obesity epidemic and our rampant sugar and fat consumption driving up rates of metabolic disease and cancer.

LET’S DRINK: Animal free milk

April 07, 2019 • 1 min read

Soy milk and almond milk introduced the world to protein rich, calcium deficient, and average tasting plant-based milk.

ON THE HORIZON: The age of anti-aging

April 07, 2019 • 1 min read

Nothing is certain but death and taxes. Though still true today, when it comes to mortality, new treatments may at least delay the inevitable.

PLANT POWER: Garlic – bad breath, good health

April 07, 2019 • 1 min read

Don’t let a little garlic breath stop you eating this bulb bursting with nutritional goodness.