Nettle Tea for Hay Fever: Two Trials, Neither of Them Tea
Remedy U Nettle has two randomised hay fever trials behind it in thirty six years. The 1990 one used freeze-dried leaf capsules for a…
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Quercetin for Hay Fever: How Good Is the Evidence?
Quercetin's human evidence for hay fever is thinner than the internet suggests: nasal symptom scores improve modestly, quality of life scores do…
Read MoreMarmite vs Vegemite: Which Is Actually Better for You?
Vegemite is the lower salt spread and Marmite is the fortified one. The labels disagree about serving size, which is why most…
Read MoreMarmite vs Bovril: Which Is Actually Better for You?
Per 100 grams they look like twins. Per the serving each label declares they are not: a mug of Bovril is 23…
Read MoreVLCD Weight Loss: What Really Happens, Week by Week
On a very low calorie diet of around 800 calories a day, most people lose somewhere between one and two and a…
Read MoreSeasonal Affective Disorder: Does Light Therapy Work?
Light therapy for SAD is one of the few remedies where the evidence is genuinely good. What the trials show, and why…
Read MoreZinc for Colds: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Zinc will not stop you catching a cold, but started within 24 hours it may shorten one by around two days. The…
Read MoreVitamin D Deficiency: Signs, Testing and How Much to Take
What are the signs of low vitamin D? The common ones are tiredness that sleep does not fix, aching bones or muscles,…
Read MoreMagnesium for Sleep: What the Research Really Shows
Does magnesium help you sleep? Sometimes, modestly. Pooled trials in older adults with insomnia found people fell asleep about 17 minutes faster…
Read MoreBerberine: Benefits, Dosage and Whether It’s Really Nature’s Ozempic
Berberine is the supplement TikTok christened “nature’s Ozempic”, and the nickname did what nicknames do: it made a genuinely interesting plant compound…
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