Reduce Bone Pain & Fragility By Eating Prunes, Study Suggests As we get older, we’re sure to notice inevitable changes in our bodies. There is, however, a lot we can do to protect ourselves from injury and potentially debilitating conditions…
Get your Five-a-day we keep being told. Five kilograms of broccoli that is! Could we soon be being prescribed broccoli to combat diabetes? Lets face it with 15 percent of the population being unable to take Metformin due to the…
10,000 steps origins The manpo-kei was made and marketed away back in 1965 by a Japanese company. The name quite literally translates as “10000 steps meter”; a pedometer with a name to match. The general public rapidly and gleefully accepted…
For the first time this weekend, I looked across the dinner table at my 71 year-old father and saw him getting older. To put this into context, he doesn’t look 71 years old. I’m not sure how old he looks,…
In Part 1, I looked at whether the claims that are made about Glucosamine are backed up by the science. In Part 2, I examined what other substances are commonly recommended to take with Glucosamine and the claims about their…
Part one can be found here – Glucosamine: Wonder Supplement or Marketing Goldmine In the last post, I dealt with the science and maths of the popular supplement; Glucosamine. Now it’s time to look at the known facts as opposed…
Whilst Glucosamine may not be the big news story at the moment, it is still a billion-dollar industry, “with 2013’s value at $1.823 billion, and the 2015 forecast predicting a market worth $1.770 billion” (nutra), many people still like to…
