TIPS FOR A HEALTHIER GROCERY SHOPPING How many times have you been to the supermarket to grab something for dinner and you came back with a bag full of random items and junk food? Are you missing half of the ingredients to make anything decent? Yes, I am guilty too. So often in the…
ALCOHOL, OUR SKIN’S ENEMY? Did you know that there is more than a headache after a night of binge drinking? Alcohol has many effects on our body, from increasing the likelihood of nutrients insufficiencies, to decreasing antioxidant protection, and stressing the liver, though we don’t often think about what happen to our skin…
CAN VITAMIN D HEAL YOUR SKIN? Vitamin D had a lot of press during the past years due to its role in bone metabolism and immune function, but did you know that Vitamin D could be great for your skin too? Vitamin D is technically a hormone, small amounts can be taken from diet…
DAIRY AND ACNE, WHERE IS THE TRUTH? You might have heard that cutting out dairy consumption can help to fight acne, is that true? Let’s start from the beginning and explain what the rationales and theories behind it are. First theory is about the content of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in dairy products.…
7 POWERFUL HABITS THAT CAN MAXIMISE YOUR FREE TIME Life can be funny, we spend most of our time complaining that we don’t have time to do “something”, but whenever we actually have some spare time, often we end up wasting it. Why? We live in the illusion that when we work full time,…
STRESS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM During the past year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all been put under stress for one reason or another. We have seen rising problems like financial stress due to lack of work, loneliness due to limited social interactions, lack of adequate supplies due to supermarket shortages, and…