Why you shouldn’t let guilt motivate you to exercise

Jan 11, 2024 03:36 am UTC| Health

The hardest part of consistently exercising is finding the motivation to do it. But using the wrong type of motivation for your workouts could militate against you and could even have consequences for your mental...

Can you really be allergic to alcohol?

Jan 08, 2024 22:24 pm UTC| Health

Some people get allergy-like symptoms when drinking alcohol, but can you really be allergic to alcohol? Alcohol allergies are rare, with documented cases primarily involving a rash. However, what often perplexes people...

Scabies: UK facing unusually large outbreaks – and treatment shortages appear mostly to blame

Jan 08, 2024 22:24 pm UTC| Health

Scabies is an unpleasant skin infection thats common all around the world. Outbreaks happen regularly with an estimated 450 million cases occurring globally each year. But since the start of winter, outbreaks in the UK...

Why traditional cooking isn’t always healthier: the case of Ghanaians in Manchester and in Accra

Jan 08, 2024 22:20 pm UTC| Health

In popular discussions of healthy eating, including political rhetoric and nutrition counselling, women are often blamed for a lack of nutrition knowledge or cooking skills, leading to the assumption that a decline in...

Why are my muscles sore after exercise? Hint: it's nothing to do with lactic acid

Jan 08, 2024 22:18 pm UTC| Health

As many of us hit the gym or go for a run to recover from the silly season, you might notice a bit of extra muscle soreness. This is especially true if it has been a while between workouts. A common misunderstanding...

How drinking sustainable wine can help vineyards and the planet

Jan 04, 2024 04:42 am UTC| Health

The current global food and beverage system is unsustainable. In 2023, world leaders issued a declaration at the UN climate change conference COP28 acknowledging the role that more sustainable and resilient agri-food...

Young people took up smoking during the pandemic – how tobacco has been used for stress relief for more than a century

Jan 04, 2024 04:40 am UTC| Health

In the UK and much of the west, smoking rates have consistently declined since the turn of the millennium. But during some of the most anxiety-ridden months of the COVID pandemic in early 2020, that rate of decline slowed...