03-06-2018
Can zinc deficiency cause depression? Unexpected benefits of zinc and effects of deficiency revealed.
Can zinc deficiency cause depression?
The health benefits of zinc include a proper functioning of the immune and digestive systems, controlled diabetes, reduction in stress levels, improved metabolism, and an increased rate of healing for acne and...
27-05-2018
Six tips on how to stay healthy at a BBQ: preventing food poisoning
Six tips on how to stay healthy at a BBQ
Eating outdoors as the weather heats up is one of the hallmarks of summertime activity, but before you fire up your barbecue grill or send out invitations to the family picnic, there are some precautions you...
13-05-2018
What determines attractiveness? On how pheromones and other odours affect sexual attraction and fertility
What determines attractiveness?
It is generally accepted as common knowledge how women will feel more sexually attracted to masculin men, but will take far more factors into account when they select future spouses, for which they prefer reliable men who...
29-04-2018
How to cure a hangover : what causes a hangover and what are the symptoms?
How to cure a hangover?
Quite a lot of people wake up the day after a major holiday like the recent King's Day with a hangover due to imbibing too much alcohol. The most widespread assumption is that a hangover is caused by not drinking enough water,...
22-04-2018
Can you be addicted to cheese? Are opiate-like caseomorphins to blame or something else?
Can you be addicted to cheese?
A few days ago, a friend of us, challenged me to go vegan for a day! While I've been a lax vegetarian (lax as in sometimes eating fish) for well over 15 years, I've never ever gone further and banned all animal-derived...
15-04-2018
What is PSA? Things every man should know before undergoing a PSA-test
What is PSA?
Every year, thousands of men are told they have a high PSA level, after undergoing a routine screening test. The most important and most concerning cause of an elevated PSA is prostate cancer. However, prostate cancer is only one of many...
08-04-2018
The power of positive thinking. Why is stress so hard on the body?
The power of positive thinking
Why is stress so hard on the body?
When we are stressed, our bodies produce higher levels of cortisol, a hormone that shuts down the thinking center of our brains and activates conflict aversion and protection behaviors....
25-03-2018
A healthy gut, a healthy brain. The gut-brain axis: on the relation between microbial life in our gut and our brain
A healthy gut, a healthy brain
Few people realize how the amount of microbes residing in our gut between the mouth and the end of the large intestine outnumber the amount of human eukaryotic cells by ten to one. This complex ecosystem is formed mainly...
