Coffee is a daily ritual for billions. I, for example, cannot think of waking up without having coffee. But does coffee have an effect on your hormones? In particular, does it suppress hunger and regulate the way we eat? To understand this, we need to understand two primary hormones that
Are you or someone you know on a weight loss drug? Let me park my views on whether you should be on a weight loss drug in the first place. If you are, you should pay heed to this article. Weight loss drugs help you lose weight. They do this
enzymes
Enzymes are tiny proteins that drive the chemistry of life. Every breath you take. Every bite of food you digest. Every molecule in your body builds relies on enzymes. Without enzymes you would not be capable of chemical reactions. Life would not be possible without enzymes. Your body produces enzymes
Vegetables are not just food. Used well they help you heal and prevent diseases. Each hue we see on our plate is a signal from nature about nutrients hidden within. The colours are not random. They represent distinct classes of compounds that support human health. It is Durga Puja in
blood pressure
We often think of fat as something that sits under our skin. It shows up on our weighing scale to our dismay. But fat is not passive. It is a living tissue, secreting hormones and signaling molecules. It directly affects the blood pressure in your arteries. When fat accumulates around
Salt has always been more than a seasoning. Wars have been fought over it. At one point, it was used as currency. Salt was so important that cities were create around locations rich in salt. In many ways the history of human is the history of salt. So why is
Can a tool predict your future health? Science has always carried within it the promise of foresight. We are entering an era where your health can be predicted long before symptoms appear. Instead of waiting for a disease to manifest, we can read the signals of the body and forecast
Stress is not just an emotion. It is a full-body event. When your brain perceives a threat it releases cortisol. Cortisol is designed to mobilise energy. It breaks down stored glycogen and fat. If needed protein from your muscles to fuel a fight-or-flight response. Left unchecked, this response depletes reserves
I have been witness to an explosion in knowledge on health. There was a time when I could not use the word insulin in my blog. I would get blocked by google and meta. But you can now create a query that says "give me 50 medical terms that
Your body is constantly reading itself. Picking up signals, subtle and obvious from every part of your body. There are two primary abilities. Interoception and proprioception. Interoception is the ability to feel your heartbeat, hunger, or the fullness of your lungs. Proprioception is your body’s sense of where it
Imagine you had a stressful experience. Someone hit your car while you were driving. The experience was traumatic. How long do you have before the memory consolidates? First let us segregate between a lived experience and a memory. A lived experience is the actual experience of someone hitting your car.
Mercury is one of the most toxic metals that can enter the human body. We encounter it in several ways. If you have dental implants, if you eat seafood. If you live near an industrial zone, it could be in the emissions from the factory. Sometimes cosmetics can have it.