Science for Life by Clegg, Brian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Alcohol Antioxidants Artificial sweeteners Breakfast Burned food Calorie intake Carbohydrates Chemicals Chlorophyll Chocolate Cholesterol Coffee Dairy Detox Diets E-numbers Eggs Enzyme powders Fat Fibre Five a day Fizzy drinks Food colouring Food groups Fried food Fruit Fruit juice Gi Gluten GM foods Hydration Monosodium glutamate Natural products No added sugar Nuts Omega 3 Organic food Paleo diet Pesticide residues Probiotics Processed meat Protein Red meat Red wine Salt Saturated fat Smoothies Spices Spreads Starch Storage of food Sugar Superfruits Supplements Tannins Trans fats Vitamins and minerals Vitamin c Vitamin D Weight loss foods

Exercise

Aerobic exercise Afterburn Breathing and relaxation Broom and mop efficiency Cycling Duration Frequency and timing Knuckle cracking Overload Recovery Resistance training Running Sitting Stairs Stress and exercise Stretching Swimming Walking Warm-ups

Brain

Ageing Baby brains Brain-boosting habits Brain food Brain Gym Brain training for fading capabilities Brain training for intelligence Drugs for mental performance Environment for thinking Exercise and the brain Finding things Idea prompting Left/right brain Long-term memory Mind maps and note taking Music Oxytocin Problem solving Procedural memory Puzzles Reading Remembering lists Remembering names Remembering numbers Serotonin Short-term memory Software TV watching Video games Violence on TV and in film

Psychology

Advertising Air versus road Assertiveness Bargaining Clusters Free things Habits Overvaluing things we own Price Procrastination Risk Ritual Scale and understanding numbers Self-esteem Smiles and other body language Standing out Swearing Upselling Using incentives

Health

Acupuncture Allergies Antacids Antibiotics Aromatherapy Bacteria Blind trials BMI Breast milk Cancer Carbon monoxide Catching a cold Chicken washing Chiropractic Cold cures Colonic irrigation Cough medicine Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVt) Deodorant Drinkable sunscreen Ear candles Ear pops Eyesight Five-second rule Hand washing Hangovers Herbal medicine Homeopathy Hyperactivity and sugar Immune system Jet lag MMR Obesity Osteopathy Painkillers Panic attacks Paracetamol and childhood asthma Placebo effect Reflexology Reiki Screens and eyes Sunburn Swimming after eating Vaccination Vegetable washing Viruses Weight reduction pills

Environment

Carbon dioxide emissions Carbon neutral Carbon offsetting Carrier bags Electric cars Fire drill Food miles Flying Greenhouse effect Hybrid cars Hydrogen fuel Keeping cool Keeping warm Lightning Low energy light bulbs Nappies (diapers) Natural radiation Nuclear power Petrol consumption Phone masts Power cuts – computers Power cuts – fridges Power cuts – lighting Spiders Street violence and architecture Wi-fi

Fun

Buses come in threes Crop circles Digital media Falling toast Ghosts Hyaluronic acid and other wonders of chemistry Irritatingly itchy Lottery Queuing Recorded music Toilet roll perforations Ufos Weather forecasts Wine Yet more

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