You might not know that when you eat a 200-gram burger, you are also consuming 3,000 liters of water (around ten full bathtubs of water) and 5 kg of grains. That doesn’t literally mean you are drinking this water or eating that amount of grains, of course; otherwise, you wouldn’t feel the thirst to order … Continue reading What hides in your dinner?
The magic pill
Imagine what it would be like if we could prescribe ourselves a pill that would give the benefits of exercise for our cardiovascular and metabolic health without exercising? It sounds crazy, doesn’t it? If you think about it, it might not be such an outrageous idea. Alejandro Marmolejo, a physician and PhD student in mitochondrial biology, … Continue reading The magic pill
Working towards a day without Type 1 Diabetes
You have been feeling very thirsty, and even though you are eating enough, you feel quite hungry. You are losing weight. The visits to the toilet, to urinate, more and more often. You feel tired, sometimes you even experience blurry vision. You have wounds that take long to heal. This is all unusual, and you … Continue reading Working towards a day without Type 1 Diabetes
Microbe Soup to Warm the Gut: How delivery mode can influence the early development of the gut microbiome
As the European days start to become shorter and the evenings a lot cooler, the thought of a good bowl of warm, creamy soup, which is spiced just right and tastes delicious is enough to make any person feel warm and cosy. Most people will tell you, however, that the perfect soup requires multiple high-quality … Continue reading Microbe Soup to Warm the Gut: How delivery mode can influence the early development of the gut microbiome
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