Health & Nutrition Articles
Evidence-based guides to collagen, supplements, nutrition and ageing well — plain English, primary sources, dated figures.
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Plunge pools, cryotherapy chambers and clinical cold therapy are different practices with different evidence. How to tell a good operator from an expensive one.
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Serving sizes, elemental weights, proprietary blends and %DV explained — a practical guide to reading any supplement label, in any country.
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Oxide, citrate, glycinate, threonate — what the different magnesium forms on a supplement label actually are, and how to compare them properly.
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Why a 1,000 mg fish oil capsule often holds 300 mg of omega-3, plus krill, algal and cod liver oil labels compared properly.
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USP, NSF Certified for Sport and Informed Sport explained — what each seal verifies, what none of them verify, and how to read a bottle with no mark.
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Why protein needs change with age, what the official guidance figures really represent, and practical whole-food ways to meet them across an ordinary day.
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Sleep changes as we get older, and much of that is normal. What the evidence supports, what it does not, and when a sleep problem needs a doctor.
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Alternating hot and cold water is a popular recovery practice. Here is what the mechanisms are, what the evidence supports, and how to try it safely.
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Traditional, steam and infrared facilities are not the same thing. What separates a well-run sauna from a poor one, and what to ask before joining.
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What anxiety is physiologically, the difference between ordinary anxiety and an anxiety disorder, and where the evidence is strong or oversold.