It’s not about doing something that’s too little, too late — prevention is much better than cure! — It’s common for us as humans to live life as if nothing were wrong — which somehow justifies us leading less than satisfactory lifestyles. Even when those aspects of our lifestyles that we do neglect will inevitably result in our health going awry as we age. In an episode of…

Unfortunately, chronic stress isn’t the only factor that we have to take into consideration. — Stress is something that we don’t really like to have too much of. It is said about stress that: Stress is a feeling of emotional or physical tension. It can come from any event or thought that makes you feel frustrated, angry, or nervous. Stress is your body’s reaction to…

It’s not a simple chemical reaction but a sequence of biochemical processes occurring within the body. — Exercise always poses a problem to me. I have to get off that couch first and foremost, then I have to get dressed in the appropriate attire. If I’m living in a temperate climate that has winter seasons, there’s this really heavy feeling of inertia to get dressed up. Finally…

We’d need to consider the fluid dynamics occurring in the body. — One common drug that is prescribed for patients with heart failure is furosemide. It is a potent diuretic that is used to aid the elimination of excess fluids that are retained in the body (otherwise also known as water retention or edema), which is common in the case of these…

What’s the logic behind the idea that too much sugar consumption can “cause” osteoarthritis? — Sugar consumption has been linked to many different health issues. Today, what we’ll be looking at is how an overconsumption of all that refined carbohydrate “comfort foods” can actually be detrimental to our joints in not just one way. We do know that an overconsumption of sugar can be pro-inflammatory…

We’re looking at propping open an artery for blood to continue flowing, and that’s about it. The artery can still get blocked again. — According to the World Health Organization, heart disease is the number one killer of humans worldwide. We can obviously tell that medical healthcare is an enormous money-spinning business as it ostensibly seeks to prolong the lifespan of a human being. There are multiple business opportunities in one situation of heart…

After all, the cells in our body do need glucose to survive, no? — Previously, in the field of biochemistry, Sir Hans Adolf Krebs discovered the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle in microorganism cells, which illustrated how molecules of acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) can enter the TCA cycle and be used to generate molecules of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (also known as NADH) from oxidised nicotinamide…

An exploration of what we don’t really ruminate on — We tend to think of our digestive system at a very simple level. We eat food, our stomach acids break it down, our intestines absorb it, and whatever isn’t absorbed is excreted into the toilet bowl. Unfortunately, life isn’t that simple. There are many more chemical reactions that are ongoing…

We need it for energy generation, but we can’t really live life well when it goes imbalanced. — The electron is a particle that is responsible for transporting electric currents. That’s how we get electricity from the power sockets — we draw an electric current that is sustained by the flow of electrons along a wire. Electrons can be transferred from molecule to molecule in chemical reactions, too…