Fact & Fable
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Chocolate: from sacred drink to ultra-processed snack
An honest deep dive into how cacao changed over four thousand years — from a bitter medicinal drink…
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The omega alphabet: what 3, 6, 7 and 9 actually do
On my jar it didn’t say ‘omega 3’, but ‘omega 3-6-9’. And next to it sat omega 7…
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Polyphenols: why the same blueberry works so differently for you
Polyphenols hide in coffee, tea, berries and olive oil, yet they work differently in everyone. A warm, science-based…
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The organ that never grows old: a short history of your gut
From Hippocrates to a discovery in Groningen: a warm, science-based journey through the history of your gut and…
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Creatine: the most-researched powder and the biggest misunderstanding about it
Creatine sits on my shopping list as naturally as bread and eggs. A deep, honest dive into the…
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The body is not a calculator
Your weight, the mirror, a single blood value — they don’t tell the whole story. How insulin resistance…
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Fermented foods: what they really do to your gut
Fermentation is humanity’s oldest kitchen trick. What fermented foods really do to your gut flora, and where salt…
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Collagen: What Does the Science Really Say?
Everyone’s spooning collagen into their coffee. But what does it really do for your skin, and what’s just…
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Menopause: Your Body Isn’t Broken. It’s Recalibrating.
Two camps shout about menopause: hormones are poison, or everyone needs them. The honest science sits in between…
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Why one child moves us, and a thousand leave us cold
In the beginning, every death still had a face. On the arithmetic of compassion, and why the human…