BrainFeatured
Ashwagandha, Cortisol, and Chronic Stress: Reading the Human Evidence
KSM-66 ashwagandha reduces cortisol by ~28% and self-reported stress scores significantly — in an 8-week double-blind RCT.
9 min read·5 August 2026
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Evidence-based writing on the skin-gut-brain axis, inflammation, recovery, and the science of feeling well in your skin.
GutFeatured
Your Skin Is Reacting to Something That Happened 48 Hours Ago
Why the gut-skin connection runs on a delay — and what that changes about how you read your own skin.
9 min read·15 July 2026
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Skin11 min read
Curcumin and Inflammation: What the Human Evidence Shows About NF-κB, CRP, and Skin
Curcumin inhibits NF-κB and measurably reduces CRP and IL-6 in human RCTs — but only in formulated forms with real bioavailability.
27 August 2026Read
Gut11 min read
Berberine and Gut Inflammation: What the Clinical Evidence Shows About the Gut-Skin Axis
Berberine is the best-evidenced botanical for gut inflammation in human trials — and the gut-skin axis makes its effects relevant far beyond metabolic health.
27 August 2026Read
Skin12 min read
Quercetin and Skin Inflammation: Mast Cells, Histamine, and What Human Trials Show
Quercetin stabilises mast cells, inhibits NF-κB, and improves gut barrier integrity — three pathways that converge on inflammatory skin conditions.
27 August 2026Read
Recovery11 min read
Magnesium and Inflammation: What Low Status Actually Does to Your Skin
Magnesium deficiency creates a pro-inflammatory state — and it shows up in skin before most people think to look there.
27 August 2026Read
Skin12 min read
Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Inflammation: EPA, DHA, and What Human Trials Show for Skin
EPA and DHA produce specialized pro-resolving mediators that actively resolve inflammation — not just suppress it.
27 August 2026Read
Skin9 min read
Why Your Skin Ages Faster Than You Do
Most of what people call 'aging skin' is not the calendar. Daily, controllable exposures drive how old a face looks. Randomized trial evidence and honest limits.
26 August 2026Read
Brain10 min read
Vitamin D and Brain Cognition: What the Human Evidence Actually Shows
A meta-analysis of 26 studies links low vitamin D to poorer cognition — here is what the human evidence actually shows, and where it honestly stops.
26 August 2026Read
Longevity9 min read
Niagen (NR) and NAD+: What the Human Evidence Shows About Cellular Energy
NAD+ declines roughly 50% between ages 40 and 60. A 2018 RCT showed nicotinamide riboside raises NAD+ ~60% in humans — what that proves, and what it does not.
26 August 2026Read
Gut8 min read
Livaux Kiwifruit Powder and the Gut Microbiome: What the Human Evidence Shows
RCT evidence shows gold kiwifruit (Livaux) selectively increases Faecalibacterium prausnitzii — a butyrate-producing bacterium linked to gut barrier health and the gut-skin axis.
26 August 2026Read
Recovery9 min read
Tart Cherry and Muscle Recovery: What the Human Evidence Shows
Two randomised controlled trials show Montmorency tart cherry juice may reduce muscle soreness and exercise-induced inflammation. What the controlled evidence actually shows.
26 August 2026Read
Skin9 min read
Zinc for Skin: What the Systematic Review Evidence Actually Shows
What does systematic review evidence show about zinc and skin inflammation? The mechanisms, dosing, and honest limits of oral zinc for acne.
26 August 2026Read
Skin10 min read
What Astaxanthin Does to Aging Skin — From the Inside
Oral astaxanthin, a ketocarotenoid from microalgae, may support skin aging from within. What the clinical evidence shows about wrinkles and photoaging.
26 August 2026Read
Gut10 min read
Psychobiotics and the Gut-Brain Axis: What Human Trials Actually Show
Specific bacterial strains can reduce anxiety, improve stress markers, and influence mood — through mechanisms that bypass the usual drug targets.
29 July 2026Read
Brain8 min read
The Stress-Skin Lag: Why Bad Skin Follows a Hard Week by Two Days
You do not break out during the stressful week. You break out after it — and the timing is not random.
29 July 2026Read
Skin8 min read
Niacinamide and Skin: What the Human Evidence Actually Shows
Niacinamide reduces pore appearance, improves barrier, and cuts hyperpigmentation — through three mechanisms confirmed in controlled human trials.
22 July 2026Read
Inflammation8 min read
Skin Aging Is an Inflammation Problem, Not a Collagen Problem
Collagen loss is real — but it is actively driven by chronic inflammation. Supplement the output and ignore the driver, and you are running on a treadmill.
22 July 2026Read
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