Archives: 2009 July

If you missed part 1 – you can read it here.
600 billion servings of coffee have been estimated to be served globally in a year. Caffeine is the most widely sold legal psychoactive drug in the world. But…
What Effects Can Caffeine Have In Your Body?
This is most simply explained visually.
One of the most interesting and [...]

Spiders Become Ineffective Hunters When Caffeinated
(source NASA)

It does, but not directly!
You see spiders dosed with caffeine fail to spin an effective web[1]. That makes them unable to catch food and so they’ll die.
Technically it’s true but you wont see spiders queuing up for their morning short black. So it’s not a natural process and very [...]

More articles, comments and blogs are appearing stating that showering directly after sun exposure reduces your body’s production of vitamin D. The consistent recommendation appears to be you may have to wait 48 hours to ensure all vitamin D made by the sun exposure has been absorbed.
Fact or fiction? And is it the hot water, [...]

The Internet is an incredible place where you can find information on just about everything. One of the amazing things is the ability to troll back through events of the past and piece together a new story.
It’s a very powerful tool that can make or break an organisation because it is putting the power of [...]

Omega 3 supplements seem to have invaded chemist’s shelves, health food shops and supermarket aisles. The variety of brands, prices, formulations and other factors are vast and so how do you choose?
For an overview of the common components in most commercial Omega 3 products check out this earlier post.
I’ve been asked these questions by readers [...]