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Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival held amid snowfall at the Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on November 27, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tim Spector's guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

We know fermented foods do us good, but the ZOE founder's new book still surprises with fascinating facts - and avoids feeling like an ad for his gut supplements, says Helen Thomson

Culture

Why your nose could be the perfect window into your mental state

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Why your nose could be the perfect window into your mental state

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Which perimenopause treatments actually work?

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Which perimenopause treatments actually work?

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Mind

L-theanine: Can a compound in tea lower anxiety and help you focus?

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Health

A single dose of LSD seems to reduce anxiety

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Health

The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

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Health

Steroids are everywhere on social media – but how dangerous are they?

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Mind

We're no longer at our unhappiest during middle age

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A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

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A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

Leader

Chronic inflammation messes with your mind. Here's how to calm it

Health

Chronic inflammation messes with your mind. Here's how to calm it

From depression to dementia, we are now realising the profound impacts of long-term inflammation on the brain. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms is unlocking new treatments to protect our cognitive function and mental health

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Humans

Introvert, extravert, otrovert? There's a new personality type in town

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Mind

Psychedelic drug ibogaine may treat PTSD by slowing brainwaves

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Health

Could this be the way to get the world exercising?

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Health

Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease

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