Be Well Magazine

Are you an undermethylator? An under what? You might not recognise the term, but undermethylation is linked to a wide range of conditions.

This is a tricky one. Depending on who you listen to, carbs are your enemy or your best friend! The trouble is … not all carbohydrates are created equal.

Sometime the numbers just don’t add up. Plus and Minus are not, as you might expect, on opposite sides of the equation. They are a lot more alike than you might first think. Confused? 

Your ears pick up the ominous sound of a heavy body crashing through the undergrowth. Your heart races. Like lightning, your mind makes calculations. Spear? Useless. Tree? Three metres away. You run faster and climb more nimbly than you ever believed possible.

Zinc is one of those things you’ll probably never notice – until it’s missing. In fact it’s essential for all forms of life. It’s a trace metal, which means that it’s needed only in very small amounts

Imagine for a minute that to maintain your vital oxygen supply, you had to remind yourself to breathe in, and then out again. During that minute, you would need to repeat the instruction about twelve times – that’s 17,820 times every day.

You’re busy, and overworked. “I can’t be in two places at once!” you cry. And unless you’ve discovered time travel, you can only be present in the precise physical second that you inhabit.