Antioxidants and free radicals: How Enemies Have Become Friends
Antioxidant means antioxygen. Our life is full of paradoxes: we cannot live without oxygen. But it is the oxygen that launches the oxidation processes, which leads to destroying cells and finally to aging and death. How Did the Standoff Begin? People have early detected that air has a destructive effect. At first, no one has…
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What Happens To Our Health When There Is Less Sunlight
You can be in love with summer and dislike autumn and winter. Or, it can be the opposite, and you may be impatiently waiting for the moment when the heat goes down, the colors become softer, and nature becomes more romantic. But whatever season you prefer, the fans of summer and winter are similarly defenseless…
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Serotonin and dopamine – what do we know about the happy hormones?
Every one of us has their very own, individual concept of happiness, and no one has come up with a universal definition for it. Yet, all of us are capable of intuitively experiencing it, distinguishing between being happy and unhappy. It is a common knowledge today that the feeling of happiness depends not only on…
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Men’s Health: How to Live Longer and Happier
Every year different researches demonstrate the same trend: no matter what is the continent, the economic development of the country of residence, cultural trends, and religious aspects, men consistently live less than women. Sadly, the experts are more and more convinced that the leading causes of lower life expectancy are carelessness about health, reluctance to…
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Why We Can’t Sleep Well and How to Change That
You count sheep in bed, wake up in the middle of the night, and can’t fall asleep again. In the morning, you wake up too early and you feel exhausted. All of these are symptoms of insomnia. According to the research data, 26% of elderly people are suffering from sleep disorders – “Prevalence of chronic insomnia…
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Antioxidants: why everyone is after them and what they are for
If you open the ingredient list or label of any “healthy”  product or beauty product (especially with the brightly advertised anti-aging effect) you are sure to come across some antioxidants. Let’s sort out what they really are, and whether they really can do something about aging. Oxygen: friend or a foe? As is known, human…
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