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Autophagy – A Key to Better Health

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It is happening in every cell of our body, but hardly anyone knows about autophagy. It is an important process to maintain cellular health. In 2016, the Japanese researcher Yoshinori Ohsumi received the Nobel Prize in medicine for discovering important links between fasting and autophagy. But already in 1963 the Belgian biochemist Christian de Duve […]

Why Some People Overeat When They’re Upset

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The idea of eating a tub of ice cream to cope with being upset has become a bit cliche. Though some might not need a tub of chocolate swirl to help perk themselves up again, there do seem to be systematic differences in the way that people cope with upsetting events, with some more likely […]

Raw Food – How Much Should it Be?

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In summer, the farmers’ markets are a real feast for the eyes, a treasure trove of fresh fruit and vegetables. A large part of the population associates good health with raw fruit and vegetables. In practice, however, things look rather bleak. Most eat far too little raw fruit and vegetables. On the other hand, there […]

Don´t Carry the Christmas Dinner Into the New Year

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The holiday season is eagerly awaited, meeting up with people you love, catching up and sharing a meal together. Is there anything better? But for this day to be memorable it is important to get the menu right, exaggerations can compromise the enjoyment of those festivities. It’s common to see plentiful tables and a lot […]

The Metabolic Syndrome

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Obesity, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and increased triglycerides with simultaneously decreased HDL are the precursors of a heart attack. In the US, one third of the adult population suffer from metabolic syndrome, and in women at the age of 70 and over, the prevalence rises to about 60%. Even in the so-called developing […]

The Pleasure Trap

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I know it’s not healthy, but… Have you ever enjoyed an extra cheese pizza, an iced soft drink, or some temptation in the form of a dessert, like a chocolate cream cake, with filling, icing and chocolate chips everywhere, even though you know they are not healthy? Of course, yes! I think all of us. […]

Sleep Deficiencies and Obesity

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Few people would argue with the idea that sleep is good for us, but not many of us know that a lack of sleep can cause weight gain. The health benefits of sleep are extremely well-documented. It provides protection from many medical and psychiatric conditions as well as having positive effects on mood, quality of […]