Ferritin is a protein used to store iron in your blood. High levels of ferritin usually points to iron overload. When I got dengue, one of the side effects was an increased in ferritin and haemoglobin. At first glance, more iron may sound like a good thing. In truth, excess
There is a fascinating idea in medicine called the hygiene hypothesis. It says that children who grow up in clean environments are more likely to develop allergies. Asthama or autoimmune diseases being the outcome when they age. The paradox is striking. What you believe is protecting your child may be
Many cultures and traditions speak of life as being measured in breaths. Science has also toyed with the idea that we may have a finite number of heartbeats. An average human being will have approximately 2.5 billion heartbeats. If this is true, then is living slower, breathing slower, beating
Have you had sushi recently? If you have, it came inside a paper like wrapper called nori. Wrapped inside the nori sheet is an ingredient called taurine. Taurine helps slow down ageing. Ok, now that I have your attention, let me start at the beginning. Ageing has many masters. Cellular
Your mind is thinking all the time. Try as you might, you are unable to make it stop. Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts! But have you ever wondered why? Why cant your brain stop thinking? After all, everything needs a break. So why shouldn't your brain? The answer lies in
Do your muscles and your brain talk to each other? In a strange paradox, we have come to believe that muscles and brain are in some sense opposites. Brain and brawn. But in truth, every part of your body is talking to the other. So your muscles speak to your
Each time you eat a meal rich in carbohydrates or fats your body breaks it down into glucose and fatty acids. What it cannot use immediately, it stores. One way it does this is by making triglycerides. A triglyceride is a molecule of glycerol bound to three fatty acids. In
Your body is approximately seventy percent water. The water in your body comes from your home kitchen for the most. How do you know the quality of your water? One of the most common things discussed in my conversations with people is the ability to improve water quality. Generally, these
Self-awareness is the capacity to focus on your own thoughts, feelings, emotions and behavior. It is the ability to understand how you deal with the external world and yourself, in a dispassionate and objective way. A surprising number of us are not self-aware. Please don’t use what I am
Have you ever taped your mouth before you went to sleep? If you think this is Gestapo torture, trust me, it is not. You are training yourself to breathe through your nose. A surprising number of us breathe through their mouths. When they are awake and also when asleep. You
There is a renewed interest in your gut. It is as though the gut is now the seat of and the reason for almost everything. Stress, mood, immunity, longevity. Perhaps even your marathon run time. So what is the truth? To say that your gut is responsible for your health
When you work on yourself, what do you work on? Your strengths or your weaknesses? If you said strengths, you are in the majority. But consider the opposite. In a fascinating story from World War II, a statistician was asked his opinion on aircraft returning from the battlefield. The aircraft