Scientific Wellness Blog

Posted on Mon, 15 Aug 11

The hunter-gatherer fitness plan

For approximately 84,000 generations we lived as physically active hunter-gatherers. However the agricultural revolution (350 generations ago), industrial revolution (7 generations ago) and the digital age (2 generations ago) has turned us into a sedentary, indoor dwelling culture. Perhaps we should take some fitness pointers from our ancestors?

Posted on Mon, 8 Aug 11

Vitamin D, extraversion and openness

A number of studies suggest vitamin D deficiency can affect your mood but most have looked at serious illness like dementia, depression and schizophrenia. Strikingly, it now seems that low vitamin D might also change your basic personality.

Posted on Mon, 1 Aug 11

Stopping smoking rejuvenates your skin

Smoking accelerates signs of skin aging such as wrinkles, discoloration and dryness by about a decade more than your chorological age. A stop smoking program has found that quitters reduce their skin biological age by 13 years.

Posted on Mon, 25 Jul 11

TV and sleep problems in kids

Limiting kids TV time to earlier in the day and cutting out violent viewing might help improve sleep problems a new study has found.

Posted on Tue, 19 Jul 11

Dairy milk and acne

For some time diet has been ignored as a contributor to acne but emerging evidence suggests it plays an important role. At centre stage of the dietary acne offenders are dairy products and milk.

Posted on Mon, 11 Jul 11

Goji berry: health benefits or marketing hype?

The popularity of goji berry as a dietary supplement has grown rapidly as a result of efficient marketing, but do the health claims match the evidence?