Kitchens: Fundamental Change is Coming
Growing up, winters meant sitting in our kitchen in front of a coal-based fire, toasting loads of bread and eating it with butter. A gas
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The Blood-Brain Barrier: Your Supplements Are Not Reaching Your Brain
You take nootropics for brain health. Lion's mane. Bacopa. Alpha-GPC. Maybe some NAD+ precursors. But most of them never reach your brain. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a
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Music & Noise: What is the difference
Have you listened to music recently? The Beatles, Mozart or Dizzy Gillespie? If you have, did you ever wonder why music sounds, well like music
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Meta Skills - Practice it like your life depends on it
I have spoken about playing the game Lumosity before. It helps you develop verbal, spatial, and memory skills. I discovered something fascinating about myself. My
Light: Its inside your computer now
We use electricity to light our homes at night. Electricity gives energy to the light bulb, which then illuminates our lives. Have you noticed that
Fake Food: Lets speak about it instead of your diet beliefs
Your desire to be vegan, vegetarian, or carnivorous can cause a war. People fight over the choice of olive oil, ghee, or seed oils. We
Vitamin B12: Why it can be high without supplements
Vitamin B12 is one of the essential B family vitamins. Very likely, you have taken a supplement at some point, especially if you are vegetarian.
Cells: Are they learning machines?
Human beings are extremely good learners. In fact, A students are the ones who learn better than others, and are feted. You soak in information.
Plaque: How does it affect blood pressure?
Plaque in our arteries is a major cause for concern. But why exactly is it a problem? Put simply, it is a garden hose problem.
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Healthy Stress: Is there such a thing?
Each year, we celebrate the festival of Makara Sankranti marking the transition of the Sun from the south to the northern hemisphere. This year, it