Our family pooch was fading till we tried something unusual

A fungus only given a scientific name in 2014 has proved fascinating to both mycologists and psychedelics researchers alike. Eaten raw, Lanmaoa asiatica triggers vivid hallucinations, but, unlike almo

IT’S NOT A MIRACLE CURE, BUT FIBRE COMES SURPRISINGLY CLOSE. NUTRITIONIST Rhiannon Lambert EXPLAINS HOW EATING ENOUGH SUPPORTS HORMONES, ENERGY, DIGESTION AND HEART HEALTH – AND MAY EVEN HELP YOU LIVE LONGER

When she died in 2024, Spain’s Maria Branyas was the world’s oldest woman. She was 117. Experts believe the secret to her longevity may have been the bacteria living in her gut – her microbiome – and

A new research review, published in the Food and Nutrition Sciences Journal, has revealed many vitamin and mineral shortfalls across vital health areas in the UK population. Dr Emma Derbyshire, who co

In our current age of rabid vanity and forensic self-scrutiny, men’s anxiety about their hair — or lack thereof — has never been greater. After two controversial drugs have dominated the hair-regrowth industry for decades, a new wonder compound has been unveiled, with some claiming it could end male pattern baldness altogether. But, asks Tom Nicholson , why have men become so scared of going bald?