Vitamin P - facts about poyphenols
In the past 20 years, scientists are discovering the tremendous impact polyphenols have on human health. In this newsletter we summarize the findings and facts about these micro-nutrients.
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Coffee, polyphenols and cholesterol (opens the original)
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Your morning cup of coffee can do far more than just wake you up. It can serve as a truly potent health booster. The way you make coffee, the beans you’ll use, and how you drink it all have an impact. Let’s dive right into the hormesis coffee can create with the right beans, brew, and beverage.Coffee HormesisPacked with polyphenols, coffee stands out as one of the richest Nrf2-pathway triggers in the modern diet. Certain compounds in coffee trigger your body’s intrinsic cellular defense mechanis
Lasting elections (opens the original)
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It is a well-known fact that Chinese people have difficulty with the letters “l” and “r” when communicating in English. After having said goodbye to a Xi’an-based software team I had been managing for almost a year, my assistant sent me an email thanking me. “It has been a pressure working with you,” she wrote. I know I may have been a pressure for most of the engineers, but I hoped she would have found it a pleasure to work with me.More embarrassing is the alleged questioning of Chairman Mao by
Move Over Vitamins (opens the original)
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Who has not had a parent who kept stressing “eat your vitamins”. Vitamins are a collection of essential micronutrients that keep our bodies functioning properly. Well-known vitamins like C and E act as antioxidants, helping neutralize damaging free radicals. But while traditional vitamins play vital supporting roles, modern science shows that an entirely different class of plant compounds holds the key to unlocking your body’s true defensive power - many times more powerful than vitamins. To see
Hear Me Out on Hormesis (opens the original)
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“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” isn’t just a aphorism. In biology, it is known as hormesis.Hormesis describes how exposure to mild, brief micro-stresses—such as intense exercise, fasting, temperature changes, or bitter plant compounds—triggers powerful cellular repair programs. Rather than harming us, these small challenges wake up dormant defense mechanisms that keep cells resilient.Here are six primary molecular pathways that orchestrate this adaptive response. Bear with me while we
The Undisputed Diplomat of Food Religions (opens the original)
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I love food, but my intellectual hunger is probably bigger. I read books and articles about virtually any topic. You will not be surprised to learn that I have been a subscriber to The Economist since my days in university. I read it front to back, every week.Many years ago, I joined a multinational tech company as global sales director. Every country I visited, I checked The Economist for a political, cultural and religious summary before touching down. But I soon learned that if you want to do
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