Journal

SLEEP. The harder you try, the worse it gets.

Eight hours of doing absolutely nothing. How hard can it be? Sleep. For some, it is heaven. For others, the nightly nemesis. Everyone has an opinion about sleep. Go to bed early. Definite......

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Can supplements damage your liver and kidneys?

Yes. Some can. You have seen the headlines. ...SUPPLEMENTS THAT COULD BE WRECKING YOUR LIVER! ...ARE YOUR DAILY SUPPLEMENTS DAMAGING YOUR KIDNEYS? Alarmist? Not entirely. There are genuine cases of......

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Trust me...

“It’s a simple supplement that has the best 92 ingredients in it. It’s just easy and it’s so good.” — David Beckham Well, if David Beckham says so... Ooo, I must take that. Maybe I......

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Why is XORRO so cheap?

"Cheap?" I can almost hear you saying.  "At around £60 a month, I wouldn't call it cheap." And I'd agree. It is an investment. But it's an investment in something we believe is fundamental: support......

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Magnesium is simple, taking it ISN'T

Magnesium. Do you take it?We asked members in global health groups that one simple question.More than 130 comments later, the conversation had stopped being about magnesium alone.Different form......

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A BBC article caught our attention

A BBC article caught our attention this week. "Popping a cocktail of supplements every day might be doing you more harm than good." It is the sort of headline that many supplement companies might d......

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Nobody buys a supplement for the “other ingredients"

Let's be honest. Has anyone, ever, stood in a health food shop and thought... "Ooo... I love a bit of calcium silicate." No? How about... "This one's got extra buffers." "Sold." Or... "Finally! A s......

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I haven’t had a cold for over three years.
Or have I?

Most people think a cold feels terrible because of the virus. But much of what we experience during a cold is actually the immune system signalling its response, not the virus itself. Fatigue.Brain......

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Ageing isn’t a failure.
It’s a design constraint.

Engineers know the difference. How much easier would life beif we could replace parts of ourselveslike worn components? Engineers understand degradation. A bearing wears.A seal fatigues.A surface e......

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A grandmother in a wheelchair eats a sweet… and suddenly rockets around the room.

If you grew up in the UK, you probably remember the advert. Completely absurd of course. But the instinct behind it was strangely accurate. As we get older we feel energy decline.And if we could ch......

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