Earlier this week, we wrote about a study in which supplementation with alleviated menopausal symptoms. Because the thing was sponsored and, to top it all off, lacked a placebo group, we went looking for a more convincing study.

In Europe, traditional healers have treated women with menopausal symptoms for centuries with sage tea, or, as the plant is officially called, Salvia officinalis. The rise of the pharmaceutical industry with its hormone preparations put an end to this. Nevertheless...

A few days ago, we wrote about a study in which chitosan reduced the uptake of microplastics. This sounded good, but it did not yet prove that chitosan can actually ensure that there are fewer microplastics in your body. This small human study does provide that proof.

According to this small human study, a single dose of 800 milligrams of chitosan causes people to excrete 45 percent more microplastics than normal.

The plastics that we dump into the environment by the tens of millions of tonnes every year, but also the plastics in our immediate environment, constantly break down into tiny pieces of plastic. Through our food, these accumulate in our bodies.

Epidemiology.

We've got another one, folks. We found another everyday kitchen herb that you can buy at any local supermarket and simply grow in your vegetable garden, and which, in a reasonable dose, makes your brain work better.

Supplementation with a perfectly reasonable dose of bromelain reduces the severity of ulcerative colitis by sixty percent. For patients with a mild form of ulcerative colitis, this could mean that the disease goes into remission.

This is shown in a small trial published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Sage – also known as Salvia officinalis also improves the functioning of the brains of young people when they have to perform under stress.

According to a 2003 human study, supplementation with Salvia officinalis can significantly improve the cognitive abilities of people with dementia. The dose required for this is entirely reasonable.

When people over 75 strength train with resistance bands, they not only become physically fitter. Their mental health also improves.