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Obese people are often stigmatised for their lack of exercise but this could well change based on the results of a new scientific study. It...

While scurvy used to be commonplace among sailors, it seemed as if this disease had been firmly consigned to the past. Not so, according to...

If you’re wondering about the benefits of zinc or how effective it is, a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2016...

Idebenone is an analogue of coenzyme Q10, an antioxidant vital for cell membranes and an essential component in the mitochondrial transport chain of ATP-producing electrons....

Among the large family of vitamins, the vitamin K group is often overlooked, even though the body needs vitamin K to function properly. It plays...

On 22nd April 1915 at around 5pm, French colonial troops from Martinique, from their position in the trenches at the Front Line in Ypres, saw...

The fast-growing popularity of nutritional supplements has been mirrored by an equally rapid increase in the number of products available. Nowadays, faced with such a...

A correct acid-base balance is essential for good health. Numerous enzymatic reactions depend on the intra- and extra-cellular pH remaining within a narrow range. Deviation...

Supplementing with omega-3 may improve sperm quality. So concludes a recent study published in the journal Systems Biology in Reproductive Medicine 1 . In this...

It is by no means unusual to regain weight after a successful weight-loss diet. Indeed, a report published by the French Agency for Food, Environmental...