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The Independent

Digestive disorders: Is your stomach trying to tell you something?

With an alarming rise in all manner of digestive disorders, the condition of our insides is turning into a first-world crisis. What’s causing it, asks Siobhan Norton – and how … [More]

Scientific American

Does our microbiome control us or do we control it?

A new analysis reveals how mice—and perhaps humans—manipulate the bugs in their GI tracts. You can read the full article here… [More]

The Conversation

The sun goes down on Vitamin D: why I changed my mind about this celebrated supplement Everyone loves D, the sunshine vitamin. Doctors, patients and the media have been enamoured with vitamin D supplements for decades. As well as their clear benefit in curing severe vitamin D deficiencies, endless headlines hail their magical ability to […]

The Naked Scientists

Reshaping your genetic destiny If genes aren’t the only factor in fitness, what other forces might be shaping who we are? Could we therefore control our genes? Quite possibly… Professor Tim Spector talks through the emerging field of epigenetics with Connie Orbach. Read the interview and listen to the podcast here

The Naked Scientists

Reshaping your genetic destiny

If genes aren’t the only factor in fitness, what other forces might be shaping who we are? Could we therefore control our genes? Quite possibly… Professor Tim Spector talks through the emerging field of epigenetics with … [More]

The Conversation

The sun goes down on Vitamin D: why I changed my mind about this celebrated supplement

Everyone loves D, the sunshine vitamin. Doctors, patients and the media have been enamoured with vitamin D supplements for decades. As well as their … [More]

The New York Times Sunday Book Review

“The Diet Myth”, “The Good Gut”, and “The Hidden Half of Nature” The New York Times Sunday Book Review featured The Diet Myth in its December issue. You can read the full review here

Daily Mail

Do YOU have the bug in your tum that makes you thin? Bacteria in your gut reveal astonishing secrets about your health All of us have trillions of different bacteria living in our guts and amazingly our precise bacterial mix is unique – like fingerprints, no two people’s combinations of gut bacteria are exactly the […]

BBC Future

The Future of medicine is testing our body fluids at home Blood, sweat, tears: what do they say about you? Scientists and doctors have long turned to body fluids for clues about our health, but now they’re finding that they can reveal more about the hidden workings of our bodies than once realised – and […]

The New York Times Sunday Book Review

“The Diet Myth”, “The Good Gut”, and “The Hidden Half of Nature”

The New York Times Sunday Book Review featured The Diet Myth in its December issue. You can read the full review here… [More]