Technology often gets a bad rep for its impact on our mental health, and it’s not hard to see why – constantly attached to emails, social media, negativity in the news and blue light disruption to our sleep, it’s…
“I don’t love science – I want to know what heals people” – Ted Kaptchuk, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard and Director of the Harvard-wide programme in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter The…
We all have that enviable friend who’s living in crop tops despite eating like a trash can, whilst we’re slightly soft around the edges even with the consistent effort to live like a rabbit. Often our metabolism takes the…
I was first introduced to the concept of Alkaline water by my Korean relatives, who love ‘ionising’ their water. The sceptic in me needed to know more! What is alkaline water anyway? Water that’s less acidic than regular tap…
Everything is made of chemicals – the air you breathe, the skin on your face, the food you eat, it’s thanks to chemicals that these things exist. In the health and beauty industry in particular, the word ‘chemical’ is…
Derren Brown is one of the world’s most infamous ‘mentalists’, a performer seemingly adept at every supernatural skillset from telepathy and hypnosis, to clairvoyance and mediumship. Paradoxically, he does not claim to possess any such paranormal abilities and his…
We are all familiar with the effects of excessive amounts of refined sugar. This has encouraged a move towards artificial sweeteners, where advertising can now include the word ‘Diet’ or ‘Zero Cal’ on its enticing labels. When it comes…
In typical mainstream media fashion, what was once the Messiah of the wellbeing world has now been unveiled as a demon in disguise. Having spent a good half of the year slathering its miracle juice all over your body,…
Featuring Dermatologist Adam Friedmann for DoctifyUK Oxygen is the element of survival, feeding every cell in our body with the lustre for life. However it is simultaneously one of the most destructive elements on earth, causing cellular injury through free…
An interesting Guest Post from Hannah at FixYourSkin.com – she has a lot of experience with skin health and has written several published articles. FixYourSkin has lots of tips, health advice and DIY recipes which can give you great skin…
GeneU is the world’s first and currently only high-street DNA test for personalised Skincare What genes does it test for? There are two main factors that GeneU looks at – antioxidant repair and collagen breakdown. Antioxidant repair gives…
