New Year – New who?
Happy 2025 to you all. We’re just a few days into the new year and I’m wrapped in several layers trying to keep myself as warm as possible while keeping the heating on as little as possible. The weather is finally turning more wintery too. December can feel a lot for so many people, and…
Are you carrying non human genes?
How do you feel about knowing your body is only made up of 43% human cells, the rest is formed from “microscopic colonists”? The headline on the BBC website to promote a new series of radio programmes about our relationship with our own microbes states this fact loudly to grab our attention. Every single…
To Chew or not to chew, that is the question.
Quite recently I’ve noticed an ever growing trend of people drinking their meals rather than eating them. Juices, smoothies and like have really exploded into our modern city life. Nutribullets, Vitamix and Nutrininjas are all over the place and probably some of the most talked about machines in 2016. If you listen to people they…
The power of Superfoods
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years the term “Superfoods” will have hit you from all directions, and it’s all over social media and the mainstream press. What is the power of Superfoods and what does the term “Superfoods” mean to you? I asked a few people and…
That just takes the gall (bladder)
Do you know where your gallbladder is and what it does? No? Then you’re not alone. Most of us have heard of people suffering from gallstones or problems with their gallbladder but unless you remember your biology you may not remember details of what it is and why we need it. The digestive system is…