Health Videos

Mobility coach Alisa Zuravskaja shows us how:  The most common stretching mistake Well two most common mistakes, but they are connected. In few words: Here are three ways to do it better: For more on all of this plus visual demonstrations, enjoy: Click Here If The Embedded Video Doesn’t Load Automatically! Want to learn more?…

Well, technically third and fourth, on account of having one of these on each side: The shutters on the window to our soul The small pink fold in the inner corner of your eye is the plica semilunaris, a remnant of a “third” eyelid. In birds and some mammals, a third eyelid acts like a…

Liv Townsend, flexibility coach who is nowadays focusing more on mobility, explains why; Strong & supple So, first of all, Flexibility alone has limitations, as once you have enough flexibility for everyday activities, gaining more passive range doesn’t offer much practical benefit unless you also develop strength in that range. Mobility, meanwhile, takes you past…

Dr. Andrea Suarez, dermatologist, talks us through the science: The Exo factor First, what exosomes actually are: tiny membrane-bound packages naturally released by cells that carry an assortment of proteins, lipids, DNA fragments, messenger RNA, microRNA, growth factors, and other signalling molecules whose function is to communicate with nearby cells. They are being investigated as…

Here be science: Tasty molecules There are two things in MSG: On which note: glutamate is important for digestion, muscle function, immune function, and brain chemistry. It is also naturally present in foods such as mushrooms, cheese, tomatoes, and broths. As for how it works in culinary terms, cooking and fermentation release glutamate from proteins,…

Dr. Alyssa Kuhn, arthritis specialist physio, shows us how: Step by step It can be hard to keep fitness without exacerbating joint problems, but it’s not impossible, and here are 5 ways to do it: For each of these, start with a low duration like 30 seconds, and work up from there. For more on…

Dr. Ruth Machin makes it simple: Pleasant food Firstly, let’s note that oats have sometimes been called a “peasant food”, and in the West this typically has negative connotations. However, the word “peasant” originally means just someone who lives in the countryside (from Anglo-French “paisant”, as per “pais”, “country”). In other words, often a lot…

Will Harlow, the over-50s specialist physio, reports on what he sees works: Stronger day by day We’ll get straight into it; the habits are: For more on all of this plus some specific exercise recommendations as appropriate, enjoy: Click Here If The Embedded Video Doesn’t Load Automatically! Want to learn more? You might also like:…

It’s mostly not about your brain: To die, to sleep; no more First, let’s quickly cover how important sleep is: On which note: This latter one also held up science in the area of non-human animal studies, since for a good while scientists failed to account for the deleterious effects of stress on lab animals…

Mobility coach Alisa Zuravskaja shows us how: Drop it like it’s squat The deep squat, also called the Slav squat, Asian squat, resting squat, sitting squat, and various other names, has been used for thousands of years as a natural resting position, and is still commonly used in many parts of the world. So, how…

Can you guess why? From the strong came forth weakness First, a quick history refresher: the Black Death was a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. This happened in the mid-1300s, and killed 25–50 million people across Europe. From a modern perspective, it’s clear to see that that’s a lot…

Dr. Helen Hirsch talks us through what’s normal and what’s not: In the blood We’ve all been there for one reason or another: it seems we are past any threat of bleeding, and then by surprise, lo and behold, we find we’ve got the flag of Japan in our underwear. There are many reason why…