A.Vogel Herbal Remedies

Did you know that when the clocks go forward this may throw your body clock out of sync and affect health? Here are some tips to help you adjust.

This Sunday (31st March at 1am) the clocks go forward by an hour. While this may not sound like a big deal, what you may not realise is that any shift to regular sleeping patterns can take a toll on health. Continue reading >

Quite a surprising number of your genes and the proteins they make are regulated by the clock. Maybe it’s not so surprising; humans are, after all, better designed to function in the light than in the dark, and for most of human existence night time was pretty much dark and thus activity took place during the day. Continue reading >

Professor Roger Kirby sees a lot of men, from top to bottom so to speak, as he is a prostate surgeon and Professor or Urology (University of London).

He recently gave a talk at the annual surgical conference of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), and didn’t pull any punches in his summary of Irish men’s health. Continue reading >

Chunky choices
Why is it that, knowing full well another bun and some extra cream on our hot chocolate are unlikely to do anything other than enlarge our outline whilst tickling our taste buds, we continually choose just those extra fattening, seemingly fascinating items to carry us through the day?
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How happy am I? Not only the scientific world, but also the world of geeks has validated my incessant message to chew, chew, chew. Scientists in the Netherlands discovered that aromas released during chewing boost a feeling of fullness by activating areas of the brain that signal satiety[1]. Japanese research has shown that eating quickly could almost treble the risk of being overweight[2]. Continue reading >