Setting the Record Straight on Soya
Soya foods may confer many health benefits, but remain controversial. Here we review the latest research and set the record straight. PHYTOESTROGENS Many of the beneficial (and supposed harmful) effects…
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What is our natural diet? Are humans evolutionarily adapted to eat animals, plants or both?
This content has been updated. Read: The evolution of humans The physiology of humans One of the most pervasive myths surrounding vegetarianism is the belief that humans are naturally meant... Cues From The Body: We’re Wheat-Eaters, Not Meat-Eater Basic anatomical comparisons show that people have much more in common with herbivores than carnivores – or even omnivores! Just a look...
Thrush and what to do about it
Thrush, that annoying and for some, embarrassing infection of the vagina, is startlingly common – and on the increase.
By going veggie, children cut their risk of diabetes, cancer, heart disease and obesity
World Turned Upside Down! Just imagine the reaction if a specific diet could produce these headlines: “Heart disease rates tumble! 40,000 heart patients taken off critical list – misery lifted…
Recent studies show that when compared with meat-eaters, vegetarians have an incredible 25 per cent lower risk of dying from heart disease
Of all the complex jobs our bodies have to perform it sounds a comparatively simple demand that we make of our heart – just sit there and pump. That’s what it does, day…
Looking at the risks and benefits of enjoying wine and says ‘salud’!
Many of are indulgences are bad for us! It can be a struggle to resist that melting chocolate moment, or to have the self control to not eat the entire…
