ngus Barbieri is known for one of the most extreme cases of weight loss through starvation which actually succeeded (even if not recommended). In 1965 Angus weighed 207 kilograms (around 456 pounds), which caused many medical issues. At 27, Angus had already...
he idea of introducing a sugar tax, initiated by British politicians in order to improve the health of the nation, is not new. In 1858, a similar proposal from the London government led to a real disaster. Sugar is a very important element in our diet which at the...
my opinion, mental diseases are one of the scariest things imaginable. Our mind makes us who we are and through its deterioration or change by a disease, it inevitably transforms who we are. As such Alzheimer’s is something that I personally dearly fear. The slow...
any of us think that food preservation through keeping an item cooled is only something recently discovered and implemented into mainstream households. This is untrue as many European houses have used to have cellars for centuries. In cellars things such as jam and...
nless you study Mathematics or Physics at a university level, it is very unlikely that you have ever heard of Leonhard Euler (1707–1783). But as many of the people who know who he is would tell you, his impact on the scientific world cannot be overlooked. Similar to...
he development of antibiotics is one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. But before their invention, doctors or healers used everything from knives to leeches and even honey to alleviate patients’ suffering. Now, some researchers believe that the...
