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1 month ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
Sales of noise-cancelling headphones have rocketed in recent years, bringing the 'perk' of blocking out all the unwanted sounds around you. But last week experts warned that overuse of these popular gadgets could be having an unexpected effect on our hearing - ironically the very thing many people buy them to protect.
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
It's been dubbed the 'shroom boom' – the huge increase in demand for products containing 'medicinal' mushrooms that, it is claimed, help treat everything from insomnia to poor immunity and the menopause. Popularity of the products has surged so much that global sales are forecast to more than double to a staggering £16 billion by 2030.
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2 months ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
Lured by the promise of better digestion and a stronger immune system, Britons today spend about £1billion a year on probiotic supplements – quite a rise from an annual £62million in 2000. Yet a survey has found that despite nearly half of all adults taking probiotics – spending on average £130 a year – nearly 80 per cent notice no significant health benefits from taking them.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
They were developed to reduce our sugar intake and tooth decay - but are diet drinks really better than 'full-fat' versions? One thing is clear: diet varieties have overtaken their sugary counterparts in popularity, accounting for 70 per cent of the UK carbonated drinks market and 60 per cent globally.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
Tis the season to be hungover. But, of course, they aren’t exclusive to Christmas – the average Briton spends more than a year of their life nursing a hangover, according to research by cancer charity MacMillan. A hangover doesn’t just make you feel rubbish physically – research by the University of Bristol has found that people who drank the night before performed worse in maths and memory tests the next day, and were less able to control their emotions, too.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
Could the answer to eternal youth really be as simple as popping a daily ‘wonder’ pill? That’s the suggestion about the latest anti-ageing supplements available in our pharmacies and online. Whether it’s medicinal mushrooms, proteins such as spermidine or the antioxidant resveratrol, there’s a host of products now promising to hold back the ageing process.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
Could the order in which you eat certain foods – rather than the amount – be the key to staying slim and healthy? That’s the claim behind the latest TikTok diet craze, known as ‘food sequencing’, with wellness influencers sharing videos of themselves eating a bowl of salad or veg before their dinner, or nibbling a handful of protein-rich nuts before a meal containing carbohydrates (eg rice or pasta).
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
Electrolytes used to be a thing for serious fitness fanatics, but they’re now the latest in health and well-being, with Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow among celebrities who’ve promoted products containing them. With global sales of such products projected to grow to £32 billion this year, it’s no surprise that UK super-market and pharmacy shelves are packed with electrolytes in liquid, powder and tablet forms.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
From under-the-tongue vitamins to anti-snoring strips that melt in the mouth – a huge range of health products now come in dissolvable form. But do they offer the added effectiveness that manufacturers claim? CAROLINE JONES asked the experts to assess some of the latest offerings, which we then rated.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
dailymail.co.uk | Caroline Jones
A swill of mouthwash is part of many people's daily dental routines. But while around a quarter of the UK population uses mouthwash, there's growing evidence to suggest it may do more harm than good: a new study has found that antiseptic mouthwash may raise users' risk of oesophageal and bowel cancer, while other recent research has linked its use to high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes, with its bacteria-killing properties - which is why people use it - thought to be to blame.
