Stress hormones safeguard your emotional health
A shot of the stress hormone defends against BAD memories, extracting them like a rotten tooth so they…
Are fat cells just storage cupboards in the body ?
Fat cells do more than just store your extra calories, they produce over 80 different chemicals which are…
Sucralose may taste good on the tongue but it doesn’t quite cut it in the brain
“There is no such thing as a free lunch” applies to the world of artificial sweetners. Titillating those…
Why type 2 diabetes happens
High sugar levels send a requisition to the pancreas for more insulin. Pumping out large quantities of insulin…
High insulin levels hammer your heart whether you’re thirteen or thirty
No matter what your age, the combination of insulin resistance and extra pounds puts your heart under strain…
You can stop cancer cells growing by cutting off their food supply
For a cancer cell to grow big and strong, it needs to eat. So one way to weaken…
Meet the real villain in the high cholesterol saga
If you want to avoid a cardiac event you need to do more than lower LDL, you need…
Stop blaming fats for making you fat, the obesity problem is in grains
One thing that is probably certain, is that being fat, has very little to do with eating “fat”…
Are you more likely to snap if you are “hungry” ?
The brain’s sugar supply is the on/off button for acting NICE. Avoiding aggressive impulses takes self-control and self-control…