Health Experiment

Category: Metabolism

  • 8-day-long water fast complete!

    I hope my experience as a 29-year-old female will help you. If you have any questions about fasting, please do not hesitate to comment below. This fasting experience took place in my home. On the 7th February I had dinner was my last meal before the fast. I broke the…

  • Exploring the Link Between Activity Levels and Diabetes

    Exploring the Link Between Activity Levels and Diabetes

    Recently I have stumbled across some interesting data. I swear, I was not even looking for it, my initial goal was to see where would be a suitable place for me to live in England that would have the best health stats. But then I stepped onto a gold mine.…

  • The dirty truth behind IRN BRU

    Scotland’s favourite drink What is IRN BRU? If you ask a Scottish person, they will get offended. IRN BRU is a fizzy drink, that is so common in Scotland, that it became part of its culture. It is difficult to go on a walk in major Scottish cities and not…

  • Best books about health and longevity

    Best books about health and longevity

    On my journey to better health, particularly for my gut issues I have been looking for any information that is available out there that I could “digest” (no pun intended) without a degree in medicine. There are some amazing books that I have read in the past couple of years.…

  • Ranking gut microbiome tests in the UK

    Ranking gut microbiome tests in the UK

    What is a microbiome? Have you heard of yogurt or sauerkraut being good for your digestion? Or maybe you are a kimchi, kombucha person? You have probably seen their package labels saying “Contains live cultures” or even better, saying “Contains Lactobacillus” or “Contains Bifidobacteria”. These live cultures is what makes…

  • ZOE nutrition programme: My results

    ZOE nutrition programme: My results

    ZOE test recap I have recently written a blog about what ZOE is and gave the overview of the testing process. But just to recap ZOE is the nutrition programme that gives you your personal food recommendations based on your test results. They take a very holistic approach and look…

  • ZOE nutrition programme: Test

    ZOE nutrition programme: Test

    What is ZOE? ZOE journey began more than 20 years ago when Tim Spector set up the largest adult twins registry in the UK (tens of thousands of twins) in order to study why twins can have significantly different health quality despite being genetically identical. Tim Spector is not just…