Microplastics have been detected in food consumed by humans or in the air. Therefore, they may affect human health through food consumption or inhalation. Ingested or inhaled microplastics may accumulate in the body and trigger an immune response or cause local particle toxicity. The PlastChem Report report outlines chemicals of concern that can be...

An anti-inflammatory diet will reinforce your immune system against virus and bacterial invaders, and it will help to boost your energy and moderate allergies such as hayfever. However, to achieve good results you should always consider 2 aspects: nutrition and lifestyle. For example, it's nearly useless to have a balanced diet if we spend nights w...

Dandelion leaves, roots, and flowers may offer health benefits. These can include promoting liver health and fighting inflammation. Although often dismissed as a stubborn lawn weed, people have used dandelion in forms of traditional medicine for centuries. Not only can the leaves, roots, and flowers add color to your plate, but they're also often f...

Scientists have recognized plastic pollution as an environmental problem for a long time, but recently it has increased substantially and become more urgent to manage. Besides the visible plastic pollution, like bags and bottles, the focus also has come on the invisible form – the microplastic particles. The study of microplastic contamination of f...

It's commonly accepted that physical activity helps strengthen the body and sharpen the mind. But how exactly does exercise benefit our bodies? When we exercise, our body engages in physical activity and increases our heart rate beyond resting levels in order to send oxygen to the different parts of our body. Our heart adapts to the stress and beco...

An international team of researchers, including from Imperial College London, wanted to ascertain the optimal walking speed to stave off the disease. They looked at ten studies published between 1999 and 2022, which included follow-up periods of between three and 11 years. Some 508,121 adult patients were included in total, from across the UK, Japa...

Scientists have pinpointed gene variants tied to the risk of developing cannabis use disorder, in which people build up tolerance to weed and struggle to cut back despite negative impacts on their life and health. For some individuals cannabis becomes problematic and involves tolerance, dependence, and difficulty to withdrawal. To probe potential g...

We've already discussed in this blog how so-called natural supplements can do more harm than good. But a new study brings that to the next level: Taking vitamin or mineral supplements could be feeding tumours and allowing them to grow. Common antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, and selenium and zinc when taken additionally can all cause blood vesse...

Garlic is a potent food with many beneficial effects for the body because of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Many liver diseases such as alcoholic liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, liver infection, and many other liver diseases are a result of oxidative and/or inflammatory damage. Garlic can potentially protect the ...

1. Farmed salmon There's a lot of debate around whether farmed salmon is bad for health. On the one hand, all oily fish contain health-boosting omega-3 fats. On the other, salmon raised in fish farms has been compared to a "toxic junk food" by the Organic Consumers Association. The flesh tends to be fattier than that of wild-caught salmon and has a...

Head and neck cancer is a general term to describe different cancers in this area. These cancers start in the tissues in the head and neck area. About 12,200 people are diagnosed with head and neck cancer in the UK every year. This includes cancer of the larynx (voicebox). In the UK, head and neck cancer is the 4th most common cancer in men. The ma...

Probiotics are foods or supplements that contain live microorganisms intended to maintain or improve useful bacteria (normal microflora) in the body. Yogurt is a probiotic whereas Prebiotics are foods (typically high-fiber foods) that act as food for probiotics. However, when we eat yogurt not all useful bacteria reach the intestine. The concentrat...

A new study suggest that Ffragments of bacteria leaking into the body from the gut are damaging fat cells and driving weight gain. [1] Scientists at Nottingham Trent University have found that these microbe fragments, known as endotoxins, are able to enter the blood stream and directly affect how well fat cells function. The researchers said their ...

Probiotics are foods or supplements that contain live microorganisms intended to maintain or improve the "good" bacteria (normal microflora) in the body. Prebiotics are foods (typically high-fiber foods) that act as food for human microflora. Prebiotics are used with the intention of improving the balance of these microorganisms. Probiotics are in ...

Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are receiving increasing attention, both from regulators and the general public. They are a class of thousands of synthetic chemicals that have a wide range of industrial, professional and consumer uses including surface coatings for textiles, food contact materials and packaging, cleaning agents, paints, varnishes...

Food's carbon footprint, or footprint, is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, processing, transporting, storing, cooking and disposing of the food you eat. In the US, each household produces 48 tons of greenhouse gases. Transport, housing and food have the three largest carbon footprints. Food produces about 8 tons of emissions p...

​ According to a new study, Statin users are at risk of 'cardiovascular disease' if they only take the medication without changing nutrition and lifestyle. This is the magic of the modern culture: "a pill will save me" where patients are under the wrong impression that a pill is all they need to get better. Unfortunately it's not so simple. Despite...

​ The short answer is: support your body-mind complex, don't go against it. And yes, there is more that just eating salads and walking. Lifestyle is important, but to have a conductive lifestyle requires some effort. It doesn't come natural for most of people. If you keep smoking, enjoying junk-food and drinking, you can't expect your body to alway...

​ Because it tends to treat symptoms, not the root cause of the problem. For example, if you experience low libido, your doctor may prescribe a test on testosterone levels and you may even get hormone therapy or viagra. Doctors give a name to your condition, like erectile disfunction, and you're done. This way a new patient is born and it needs to ...

​ A British man's overdose on vitamin D is a cautionary tale for people who are considering adding supplements to their lives, according to a paper published recently in the journal BMJ Case Reports . After a visit with a private nutritionist, the man began taking more than 20 over-the-counter supplements every day, including 50,000 internatio...