Scientific Wellness Blog

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 14

Your heart loves a strawberry

The shape and color of strawberries tellingly suggests they have affinity with your heart, and new research has found that enjoying strawberries does indeed give you a cardiovascular health lift.

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 14

Exercise improves gut bacteria diversity

Higher bacterial diversity in your gut has been associated with better health, and a new study has discovered that exercise may help.

Posted on Thu, 3 Jul 14

Reverse heart disease with nutrition

Drugs and surgery are doing little to halt deaths from the No 1 Killer: cardiovascular disease, but a new study has shown that a plant-based diet can stop and even reverse it.

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 14

A sugar induced health crisis

Sugar is only one of several factors that contribute to serious health problems but it is a very important one, and a new review points out why, and what we can do about it.

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 14

Chocolate makes acne worse

The link between chocolate and acne has long been controversial but a new study has found that pure cocoa, even without added sugar or fat, can indeed aggravate acne.

Posted on Wed, 25 Jun 14

Irritable bowel syndrome caused by bacteria

A remarkable study has found that transferring the gut bacteria from people with irritable bowel syndrome to a healthy digestive system can cause pain and sensitivity, suggesting that bad gut bacteria alone could cause digestive problems.