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21 AUG

Vitamin B12: What is Vitamin B12 – why is it so important for your body's health?

What is vitamin B12? Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble nutrient that helps to keep the body’s nerve and blood cells healthy, as well as helping to make DNA.  The vitamin also helps to prevent the body from developing a type of anaemia known as megaloblastic anaemia, which makes you feel tired and weak.  The body […]

19 MAR

Brains: Top 10 facts about the human body's cleverest organ

1. A human brain weighs about 3.3lb (1.5kg) so accounts for about two per cent of body weight. 2. What used to be called the “grey matter” in our brains is composed of about 86 billion neurons (nerve cells); the “white matter” is axons and dendrites (nerve fibres). 3. The cells and fibres are connected […]