10,000 Steps – Is it the magical cure?
10000 Steps. Have you done yours today? If you have, you probably congratulated yourself on a day well done. Forgive me for bursting your bubble. The metric is complete nonsense. But for some strange reason, like a bad penny it keeps coming up forcing me to write...
Voices – do you have more than one?
Voices in my head is a term that you may have used to describe your experience of your mind. I can't get it to be still, you may find yourself saying. But have you ever wondered if there is one voice? Or are there many voices? In simple terms, do you have competing...
Inhibitory Control – Do you control your impulses?
Inhibitory control refers to regulating your emotions. Human emotions, it is said, are a computational moment, driven by your experiences, present, past and future. Emotions are also driven by your physical state. Someone with a fever and without would respond...
Liver – Its role in regulating iron
The liver is a vital organ in the human body that plays a crucial role in processing iron. Iron is essential for various physiological processes such as oxygen transport, energy production, and cell growth and differentiation. The liver is responsible for regulating...
Memories – how you form, retrieve and alter memories
Memories are formed through a complex process involving various regions of the brain and various neurochemical changes. It is a process that allows us to store information about our experiences, retain it over time, and recall it when necessary. The process of forming...
Children – why physical activity matters
Children have a natural energy about them. It would not be rude to call someone's child an energizer bunny. Not all children manage to keep that energy as they get older. School, examinations and the race of life force them to make choices. But building exercise into...
Running – is there such a thing as too much?
Running is a great sport to pick up. It is our natural state to be moving, walking, sprinting or running. The human body evolved to be able to run as we went from walking on all fours to walking erect. But is there such a thing as running too much? Can running beyond...
Keto – can it create insulin resistance?
Keto diets are once again the rage. I should say, again. Like most health-related beliefs, you see waves of adoption before a new point of view takes over. But can a Keto diet cause insulin resistance? For those who do not know, you make insulin when your body...
Alzheimer’s – The Role of Zinc
Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease that has a sudden onset. Prior, you think something may be amiss. But it is not enough to warrant worry. Suddenly, you experience the loss of the ability to communicate with a loved one. Today we will examine the role of Zinc...
Coaches – how many do you need?
Coaches work with top performers to help them achieve outstanding outcomes. An Olympic Gold! A win at Wimbledon, perhaps. But I would argue that all of us can benefit from coaches. In our own life, we are trying to win a medal, even if that medal is simply a life...
Lungs – do you know they regrow?
Your lungs are a complex set of organs that plays a vital role in the body's respiratory system. It allows us to breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. But did you know that your lungs can regenerate themselves? In fact, regeneration is essential for...
S-iP1NP – A biomarker for bone health
S-iP1NP, also known as type I collagen N-telopeptide, is a biomarker used to understand and predict bone turnover in the human body. Bone turnover refers to the continuous process of bone remodelling. It involves the removal of old bone and the formation of new bone....