Nutrition & Health
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Honey: superfood or just sugar?
Nine thousand years ago people climbed trees for honey. What you buy today is mostly sugar, and yet…
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Reheating rice: the bacterium nobody knows
My grandmother left rice on the worktop overnight and nobody fell ill. Until I did the same and…
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Sugar: the reward that never has to wait
Your brain does not weigh what is healthy. It weighs what is worth something now. On sugar, craving,…
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Does expensive skincare really work? What your money actually buys
After I graduated I wanted to reward myself, so I bought luxury skincare, because expensive means better, I…
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E numbers: what that small code on your label really tells you
My currant bun sat in the tin for nearly a month without a single spot of mould. What…
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Oral microbiome: why your mouth is a living ecosystem
Your mouth is not a surface to be scrubbed sterile, but a living ecosystem. On bad breath, cavities,…
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Cholesterol: the building material of your life
Cholesterol builds your brain, hormones and cells — and is far less the villain than the leaflet claims.…
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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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Healthy living: why you shouldn’t wait for a diagnosis
Health feels self-evident as long as the body stays silent. A warm, science-based story about stress and recovery,…