Fact & Fable
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The liver: the organ the ancients revered and we forget
For five thousand years people revered the liver as the centre of life. Today we barely think of…
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Shampoo from 79 Cents to 300 Euros. What Does Your Hair Really Absorb in Five Minutes?
I once stood in the shower holding a €120 shampoo — with caviar extract. And I thought: does…
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Diets: What Really Works? The Honest Truth About Losing Weight. At Any Age
You didn’t fail. You fought your own biology. The honest science of losing weight at any age, with…
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Olive oil: liquid gold or liquid marketing?
Ten bottles, ten promises. What PREDIMED, oleocanthal and the fraud figures really show about olive oil, and where…
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What Is Money, Really?
I once stood holding my life savings as they became worthless in a matter of weeks — first…
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What’s Really in Your Teabag? On Plastic, Bleach and Hot Water
Translucent, white or brown, and what does boiling water do to it? An honest look at what really…
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Glutamine: Your Gut’s Favourite Food and Why “More” Is Not Always “Better”
One voice says: take this supplement. The next says: just eat meat. And another swears by raw cabbage.…
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A Mother Kisses Her Baby in an MRI: Those Spots Are Not Oxytocin
A legendary MRI of a mother and baby has circulated for years with a caption that is not…
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What Really Happens During a Hangover
A hangover is more than dehydration. What really happens in your body the morning after? From the alcohol…
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Why Sleeping In Gives You a Headache
You looked forward to a morning without an alarm and woke with a throbbing head. How can more…