One of the biggest developing health stories in the 21st century is the sheer amount of common chemicals which are turning out to have deadly health consequences, and are facing calls to be banned. Firstly, you have the phthalates which make everyday plastics flexible, which dramatically reduce sperm quality and fertility. Then there’s atrazine, the […]
The vast majority of acne sufferers have suspected for years that stress is a massive cause, and if you’re one of them, you’re absolutely correct. There’s many different pathways, including digestive problems, elevated insulin levels and oily skin, and even delayed wound healing. It’s no fantasy at all if you’ve watched your skin explode with
Day after day, week after week, health organisations inform us that fruits and vegetables are the key to supersonic heath. For acne, they’re particularly important. I strongly recommend the old “five a day” mantra because plant foods are loaded with acne-clearing antioxidants and phytonutrients which are impossible to acquire from meat. But there’s a catch,
Since more and more of the Western world realises that the Standard American Diet, which is deadly and consists of “base your diet around bread, pasta and starchy carbohydrates, feast on processed food, while treating saturated fat like the devil”, is completely false, tons of new diets are gaining an often cult-like following. Firstly there’s
Sugar is the most demonised nutritional substance in the world right now, and for good reason. The average American now wolfs down an astonishing 3 pounds of sugar per week, making for 200 grams a day of totally empty calories. It’s not just tooth decay, as sugar messes you up in all sorts of obscure
