The power of poo: why conservationists love animal scat I never thought my shoelaces would get stolen. The Conversation · 13h ago
Tim Spector’s three gut-friendly recipes that don’t skimp on flavour From cheesy seeded scones to rich mushroom pasta and chocolate pecan bites, eating for your gut health needn’t mean sacrificing the things you love. Sara Keenan shares three recipes from Tim Spector’s new book that put pleasure back on the menu The Independent UK · Oct 23
What Diwali Sweets Actually Do to Your Skin (And What Helps) The skin does not know it is a festival. It responds to what arrives in the bloodstream, and during Diwali, what arrives is a concentrated dose of sugar, refined carbohydrates, and in many cases, dairy. The breakout that appears two days after the celebrations is not a coincidence. It is… MyLifeXP · Oct 22
Dawn of the dead: say hello to ‘postbiotics’, the inanimate link in the gut health family By now most people have heard of probiotics, but what about postbiotics? It’s likely to be one we hear more of Evening Standard · Oct 21
Professor Tim Spector: How gut health could be influencing your mood From improving your mood to protecting your brain as you age, the medical doctor and gut health expert explains why what we eat matters The Independent UK · Oct 21
Why Does Your Stomach Bloat Even When You Eat Healthy? You have switched to home-cooked meals, added more fruits and vegetables to your plate, and reduced junk food. Yet, by the end of the day, your stomach feels swollen, tight, or uncomfortably full. Sound familiar? Bloating can be frustrating, especially when you are trying to eat well. But a healthy… MyLifeXP · Oct 21
Why Loose Cattle Eat Festival Waste and What It Does to the Rumen The Rumen Is a Fermentation Vat, Not a StomachCattle are ruminants, which means digestion begins not in an acid stomach but in a four-chambered system where the first and largest chamber, the rumen, holds between 100 and 150 litres of fermenting ingesta in an adult cow. Billions of microbes, bacteria,… Times Life · Oct 20
Scientists Asked Coffee Drinkers to Quit for 14 Days — Here’s What Changed What would happen if you gave up your morning coffee for two weeks? Would you sleep better, feel less anxious, or spend your mornings battling... Saving Advice · Oct 16
What 2 Weeks in a Boarding Kennel Does to a Dog's Appetite and Behaviour Why the Kennel Environment Disrupts a Dog's BaselineDogs are creatures of associative routine. Their nervous systems are calibrated to the specific sounds, smells, and rhythms of the household they live in. A boarding kennel replaces all of that simultaneously: the scent profile changes, the vocal landscape changes, the light cycle… Times Life · Oct 15
What Nine Days of Navratri Fasting Does to Your Body That One Day Cannot The First Two Days: What a Short Fast Actually DoesAfter roughly twelve to sixteen hours without food, the liver exhausts its glycogen stores and begins converting fatty acids into ketone bodies for fuel. This is the metabolic shift most people associate with fasting benefits, reduced blood glucose, a drop in… Times Life · Oct 15