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Do you really need to take an ice bath?

In the quest for peak physical condition, enhanced mental health and cognitive function, and an endless supply of Instagram-friendly video content, ice baths have surged in popularity over the last couple of years, championed by everyone from world-champion athletes to wellness gurus to your least-favourite influencer. Despite its now near ubiquitous presence on social media,…

May 7, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

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The Drew Baird: How I became the PCOS Mentor

Drew Baird Drew Baird is the PCOS Mentor, an online social media influencer and expert in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), offering lifestyle interventions and dietary advice to improve symptoms of the condition. He is a qualified personal trainer and founder of Health and Balance Vitamins. Follow him on Instagram. Visit handbvitamins.co.uk. The PCOS Mentor: My…

Are men facing a terminal decline in testosterone?

Testosterone has an image problem. To some people, high levels of the primary male sex hormone is a synonym for aggressive or toxic behaviour, or the sinister goal of doped-up Olympians and steroid-fuelled bodybuilders. To others, a low level of testosterone is the cause of every male health problem from dwindling libido to midlife lethargy,…

Control your PCOS, don’t let it control you

Dr Fiona McCulloch Dr Fiona McCulloch is the founder and owner of White Lotus Integrative Medicine Clinic in Toronto, Canada and the author of "8 Steps to Reverse Your PCOS". She has worked as a naturopathic doctor for more than two decades, focusing specifically on PCOS, fertility and thyroid conditions. As a woman with…

The skindoc James Denny: Look 10 years younger overnight

Dr James Denny Dr James Denny is consultant dermatologist at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and co-founder and CEO of online dermatology service skindoc, having designed and developed the largest NHS teledermatology service in the UK. He is registered with the General Medical Council and Royal College of Physicians, is a member of the British Association…

Aubrey de Grey: Ageing is a disease not your destiny and we will find a cure

Aubrey de Grey Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist, author and president and chief science officer of the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation. He is best known for his groundbreaking work in anti-ageing and longevity research focusing on developing strategies to combat ageing and extend human healthpan and lifespan, believing ageing is a condition that…

What is my vagus nerve and why is it so important?

The vagus nerve may not boast the attention-grabbing allure of the heart or the brain - indeed many people have never even heard of theirs. Yet the vagus nerve operates as your body’s unsung regulator, a communication superhighway that carries information and instructions back and forth between your brain and your body that govern almost…

April 25, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

HEALTH Explainer

Do you really need to take an ice bath?

In the quest for peak physical condition, enhanced mental health and cognitive function, and an endless supply of Instagram-friendly video content, ice baths have surged in popularity over the last couple of years, championed by everyone from world-champion athletes to wellness gurus to your least-favourite influencer. Despite its now near ubiquitous presence on social media,…

April 25, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

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HEALTH Vanguard

Wellness by design: how your home can boost your health

Home is where the heart is. It's also where your brain, lungs and every other organ, as well as 600-odd muscles and 206 bones, spend the overwhelming majority of their time too. And it's the optimal performance and function of your circulatory, nervous and all of your other essential systems that's now at the forefront…

April 19, 20240Comments

ByRob Kemp

HEALTH Vanguard

Neglecting your gut can destroy your health. Here’s what you need to do

Dr Emeran Mayer, MD Dr Emeran Mayer, MD, is a world renowned gastroenterologist and neuroscientist with 35 years of experience in the study of clinical and neurobiological aspects of how the digestive system and the nervous system interact in health and disease. He is a distinguished research professor in the Departments of Medicine, Physiology and…

April 19, 20240Comments

ByJoe Warner

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