Ultra Processed Food
What are Ultra Processed Foods and how do they affect us? UPF are foods which are high in sugar, fat and/or salt. These foods tend to come in the form of ready meals, sugary snacks and drinks and canned foods. In a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, UPF can have 32 health effects […]
Telomeres
What are telomeres and why are they important to health? A telomere is a small cap like structure that makes up a repetitive DNA sequence at the end of chromosomes. Are they important? Yes, very. As we get older our telomeres shorten. If we become ill our telomeres shorten. Does this matter? Yes, there is […]
