Many smokers who are struggling to quit believe that smoking lifts their mood and helps them to cope with stress. However, quitting is linked to improvements in mental wellbeing including decreases in anxiety and depression that can be equivalent to taking anti-depressants.
Read moreAs children, we're told all sorts of odd stories about food. Bread crusts make our hair curly, apple skins cure constipation and so on. Before we pass on these tales to the next generation, let's have a closer look at them...
Read moreSome years back my doctor revealed to me that the ideal bowel movement should follow the "three nines" principle: it should be done at 9 am (so you don't get caught in the traffic), it should take nine seconds to complete (fairly ambitious) and it should be nine inches long.
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