The Real Reason You Feel So Tired After Eating

After a carb-heavy meal, insulin helps clear out other amino acids in the bloodstream, paving the way for tryptophan to travel to the brain. Once tryptophan arrives, your serotonin levels rise and ...
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ESA has a new plan for growing and producing food in space, eliminating resupply missions

ESA project called HOBI-WAN is testing a bacterial protein in microgravity to produce and grow food in space, reducing supply ...

I was exhausted all the time — then I was told I had a common vitamin deficiency

Constant tiredness can be easily dismissed, but I discovered that my exhaustion was caused by a common vitamin deficiency.

"Feed a Cold, Starve a Fever" Is a Myth, Here's What Dietitians Recommend Instead

For as long as we've been catching colds and coming down with fevers, the old adage, "feed a cold, starve a fever" has been ...

I was tired all the time — then a doctor diagnosed me with a surprising vitamin deficiency

If you're experiencing persistent tiredness, you might attribute it to staying up too late. However, it could be a sign you ...

Josep Pont, nutritional consultant: “When we eat poorly, the body dedicates energy to ‘compensating’ for imbalances”

The nutritional trainer explains the importance of taking care of your diet to cope with the routine after Christmas.

Your gut can make alcohol. Scientists are learning how and why

New research on rare “auto-brewery syndrome” shows how certain gut bacteria can produce intoxicating levels of alcohol, ...

Doctors in Vietnam remove hairball from 9-year-old’s gastrointestinal tract

Doctors in Vietnam called the 9-year-old’s case “rare and highly complex,” and opted to perform a three-hour surgery to ...