Your Brain On Doenjang – Why You Are What Eat (sort of)
We know that bacteria are an important part of the digestive process, and have been so for millions of years. In all there are 1,000 different types of bacteria in the gut, which operate as a cohesive network, weighing between 1-3 pounds all together. The fancy-shmancy term for this ecosystem of bacteria is the microbiome. Until recently, scientists only studied them in connection with digestive, metabolic or allergic issues. Bizarrely, it has emerged that the microbiome is a
Kimchi: Cancer's Cancer (Part 4)
So we're down to our final post in the 'Did you know how good Kimchi was for you? Did you really?' series. I know there's been about a million of them, but we've saved the best for last. Let's recap what we know: Kimchi helps you fight viruses, obesity and ageing. You would think that would be enough for Koreans but no, they invented something that fights cancer as well. Yes, cancer, the thing we're still having a heck of a time dealing with in 2018, about 50 years after Pres
