Why We Crave Carbs When It’s Snowing
Snow falls, and suddenly the world feels like an advert for mashed potatoes. Bread looks…
Coffee and Your Body: The Real Story
Coffee and your body have always had a relationship worthy of a dramatic novel: the…
The Surprising Reason Winter Air Sharpens Your Thinking
Why cold air improves focus? Cold air sneaks up on you in the most unexpected…
Natural Cold Remedies Your Grandmother Would Approve
Natural cold remedies sound like the sort of cosy folklore your grandmother might have passed…
Penicillin: The Moldy Mishap That Saved Millions
Penicillin began its celebrity career not with a trumpet blast but with an unwashed Petri…
Cortisol Face: How Stress Got Blamed for Every Puffy Morning
Cortisol face pops up these days in wellness chats as though it were an old…
Hobbyhorsing: How a Toy on a Stick Became Most Joyfully Absurd Fitness Craze
Hobbyhorsing looks innocent enough until you try to describe it to someone who hasn’t witnessed…
What Really Happens When You Mix Garlic with Honey
Garlic and honey have been called many things over the centuries. Folk medicine heroes. Kitchen…
From Finland With Warmth: Is Sauna Really Good for Your Health?
Stepping into a sauna feels a bit like stepping into another universe, one where time…
Why Your Blemishes Care What You Eat
Eating well often gets framed as a silver bullet for blemishes, as if a bowl…
What Happens to Your Body When You Eat Two Eggs Every Day for Six Months?
Eating two eggs every day for half a year sounds like the sort of life…
How to Eat Bread, Rice and Potatoes Without Sending Your Blood Sugar Wild
Bread, rice and potatoes: the comfort trinity of human civilisation. The trio that built empires,…
From Pond Scum to Power Food: The Spirulina Story
Spirulina sounds like something you’d sprinkle on top of a sci-fi salad. It’s blue-green, slightly…
Alternative Milk Madness: How We Got Obsessed with Liquid Plants
There’s a curious thing about milk these days: most of it doesn’t come from cows…
Are Medical Detection Dogs Winning the Diagnosis Game?
Some people trust technology. Others trust their dogs. And lately, the latter group seems to…
Forget Supplements — Grab a Handful of Walnuts Instead
Some foods pretend to be healthy. They arrive in shiny wrappers, shout about antioxidants, and…
Guarana: The Amazonian Eye That Never Sleeps.
If you ever needed proof that nature has a sense of humour, look no further…
The Eternal Root: Ancient Secrets of Ginseng
If there were a plant with a better PR team than ginseng, it would probably…
Recurring Dreams Explained: From Chases to Falling Teeth
Recurring dreams are the sort of nightly reruns nobody asked for but everyone gets sooner…
Protein in Pasta: The Secret Your Spaghetti Has Been Hiding
Pasta has a reputation as the carb king of the dinner table, the stuff marathon…
Helicobacter pylori eradication dilemma: to treat or not to treat?
Helicobacter pylori eradication is one of those phrases that sounds like something out of a…
Brain Bacteria We Never Knew: What Lies Beneath the Neural Surface
Brain bacteria. Two words that sound like the plot of a low-budget horror flick and…
Mangoes and Metabolism Boost: The Sweet Secret to Better Health
There’s something almost cheeky about mangoes. They’re flashy, sweet, and arrive at the fruit party…
AI-designed bacteriophages to fight antibiotic resistance
In the age of superbugs and antibiotic doomsday scenarios, a curious little hero has stepped…
Chronic Back Pain Prevention: Why Walking Beats Fancy Gadgets
There’s a universal truth that sneaks up on people sometime after their twenties: backs are…
Mental Health Crisis Worldwide: Why a Billion People Still Struggle Without Care
Picture the scene: a billion people walking around with invisible backpacks stuffed full of anxiety,…
When Hospital Walls Turn Into Galleries: The Healing Power of Art
Imagine this: you’re in a hospital corridor, the fluorescent lights humming overhead like slightly sinister…