Lactic acid threshold: what is it and why is it important for every athlete?
The other day we decided to try out magnesium powder rather than tablets. We were used to see magnesium combined with various salts, such as malate, but we had not yet come...
Nitrogen and vasodilation
The N-word
Lately, the Dutch society has been in upheaval about legislation regarding nitrogen deposits in nature reserves. Well over twenty years ago, the Dutch government made a promise to monitor biodiversity in nature...
Relationship between microbiome and dementia; can you prevent Alzheimer with a healthy diet?
In the past few years there's been a flurry of exciting discoveries about the relationship between mental health and our gut.
A few years prior it...
Wim Hof method: why is freezing cold water so healthy for the body?
By now it's late January and if you are like most people, your New Year's resolutions have already failed. In the past two years I had had lost a lot of weight thanks to intermittent...
Money problems and health
Only those who've been living in denial will not have noticed how prices for just about everything increased much faster in the past few months than you or me remember to ever have happened in the past, unless they were...
Shopping addiction: why we can't resist Black Friday sales
Will PasioOnline have special sales around Black Friday? It is a question that has been going through my head even more often than it was asked for by customers. As little as ten years ago,...
Wood smoke & health
Now temperatures are dropping in the Northern hemisphere, people are hunkering down and start lighting their wood stove. Especially now gas prices are going through the roof, more people than ever buy their first wood stove, even...
How to live well with arthritis: move more and eat healthier
Last week there was a news item on the radio on how it is now considered as 'best practice' for people with arthritis to 'keep moving'. Just 2 days later in the gym, my right shoulder joint...