How Vaccine Technology was Revolutionised by COVID-19
30 April, 2024Overall, infectious disease mortality rates plummeted spectacularly and by the 1970s, it appeared that infectious diseases had been marginalized as a threat to life.
Read moreOverall, infectious disease mortality rates plummeted spectacularly and by the 1970s, it appeared that infectious diseases had been marginalized as a threat to life.
Read moreThere is a very convincing argument that nutritional guidelines in the UK are long out of date. On average, we are told women should have around 2000 calories a day and men around 2,500. But are all calories equal?
Read moreThe trajectory of gut microbiome research has gone interstellar. It is driven by the suggestion that there is a vast potential for improving our health. But how much do we really know?
Read moreEven in the UK we have access to a good profile of vegetables such as carrots and cabbages that have just as much value as aubergines and peppers seen in the Mediterranean diet. So where is the point of difference? The difference might be extra virgin olive oil.
Read moreThe food on the end of your fork is one of the most important factors in determining your health. This may sound obvious today, but seventy years ago this idea was met with a great deal of scepticism until the work of Ancel and Margaret Keys.
Read morePsilocybin is the powerful psychoactive compound in 200 Species of Mushroom. Vilified for decades there has been a huge resurgence in clinical trials involving psilocybin.
Read moreOur habits are now moving well beyond ‘Dry January’. There is now a larger cultural shift to now what is called ‘sober curious movement’ in an increasing number of young adults.
Read moreThere has been a remarkable change in our national diet towards what is now a more plant-based diet. A Flexitarian diet is what it suggests. It is a less drastic and a more realistic diet that reduces meat intake rather than eliminates it completely.
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