*Geek Box: Geeking on Garlic The botanical name for garlic is Allium sativum L., and as noted above contains a multiplicity …

*Geek Box: Measuring Iodine and Defining Deficiency Biomarkers may be classified according to where they are measured in the body. …

*Geek Box: (Poly)phenol Metabolites The metabolism of (poly)phenols has been of particular interest in trying to link their purported health …

*Geek Box: Weight Bias & Weight Stigma Part of the impetus for the emergence of the ‘non-diet’ or ‘weight-normative’ paradigm …

*Geek Box: Short-Chain Fatty Acids SCFA are fatty acids of between 1 – 6 carbons in length, that are produced …

*Geek Box: Measuring Gastric Emptying in Humans Perhaps you may have read that sentence above and thought, “how do you …

*Geek Box: Atherogenic Dyslipidemia The ‘atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype’ is the technical term describing a particular pattern of blood cholesterol levels …

*Geek Box: Sphingolipids & Ceramides Lipids – fats – are one of the most complex groups of compounds in the …

*Geek Box: Isoflavones & Equol While soy is generally recognised for the phytoestrogen activity of its main isoflavones, it is …

*Geek Box: Synbiotic You have no doubt come across the terms ‘probiotic’ and ‘prebiotic’ before. To recap, probiotics are defined …