27-01-2019
Exercise or diet, what's better for weight loss?
Exercise or diet, what's better for weight loss?
Especially in January, we are asked whether it is better to lose weight by exercise or by diet. The response I mostly give is that diet is the more efficient method but makes you grumpy and if you overdo...
13-01-2019
Return to sports after knee surgery, is it possible?
Return to sports after knee surgery, is it possible?
Whether you are a top athlete or an amateur, it will happen to you do one day or later: you will have a sports injury. One of the most common dramatic sports injuries is a torn anterior cruciate...
15-12-2018
What is the relationship between religion and food? On Jewish and Muslim food laws
What is the relationship between religion and food?
In the past few weeks two different incidents made me stop and pause to think how much eating or not eating meat is starting to divide our society. A vegan lifestyle, which once was a complete rarity...
02-12-2018
How to reduce stress with ASMR
How to reduce stress with ASMR
Our brain is programmed to stress us. It does that a lot and on just about any subject. Like a lot of behavioral reactions, stress used to be and still is a survival mechanism that our brain used in order to inject...
18-11-2018
Dangers of antibiotic resistance: how does it happen and what can we do about it?
Dangers of antibiotic resistance
Anyone who has followed the health news for a bit, will know there is widespread fear about antibiotic resistance spiralling out of control. Ever since penicillin, the first mass-produced antibiotic was introduced in the...
04-11-2018
Can you ever get used to working night shifts?
Can you ever get used to working night shifts?
Last Sunday the Daylight Saving Time ended, and if your reaction was similar to mine, it felt like we plunged right into the darkest time of year. Only a few days earlier, I'd be out and about in broad...
21-10-2018
Can artificial sweeteners harm gut health and make you gain weight?
Can artificial sweeteners make you gain weight?
Early September we published an overview of various natural and artificial sweeteners that are currently available and possible avantages or disadvantages associated to them. Until very recently the...
07-10-2018
What is co-enzyme Q10 and why is it important for our health?
What is co-enzyme Q10 and why is it important for our health?
Co-enzyme Q10, mostly shortened to Q10 is present in almost every single cell of our body. The other name for Q10 is ubiquinone, which is derived from the Latin word ubiquitous ('everywhere')....
