Antioxidants: what they do and the shortlist that earns its price
The real biology of antioxidants and oxidative stress, the seven nutrients with authorised EU claims, why mega-dose supplements disappoint in trials, and the food-plus-sensible-supplementation stac...
Dry skin — causes your moisturiser cannot fix
Most dry-skin advice starts and ends with moisturiser. Sometimes that works. Often it does not — because the underlying biology is not in the outermost layer. The full three-layer picture, and wher...
Ceramides — the lipid your skin and hair cannot live without
Ceramides make up roughly half the lipid content of your outer skin and glue your hair cuticle layers together. Topical creams help at the surface. Oral supplements support the body raw-material po...
The hydrolipid barrier — and how to support it from within
Most skin-barrier content is about moisturisers. That is half the story. The other half is the lipids and fat-soluble vitamins your body uses to rebuild the barrier from within — and that half rare...