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Veronika Prošek
Veronika Charvátová MSc is a biologist and Viva! Health researcher. Veronika has spent years uncovering the links between nutrition and good health and is an expert on plant-based diets.
In 1836, after returning from the Beagle, Charles Darwin wrote “I have had a bad spell. Vomiting every day for eleven days, and some days after every meal.” Darwin suffered…
Kidney stones can form when there is too much calcium, oxalate or uric acid in the urine, a lack of citrate in the urine or not enough water to dissolve…
The kidneys work like a sophisticated rubbish filter. They filter the blood, removing waste products broken down from our food and drink along with excess liquid, turning it into urine…
Kidney cancer is a common cancer affecting over 10,000 people in the UK every year. People who eat a lot of meat (and other animal products) have a higher risk…
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects around one in five people in the UK. Symptoms include: pain, bloating, wind, diarrhoea and/or constipation and can have a serious impact on the quality…
Hay fever (seasonal allergic rhinitis) is an allergic reaction to pollen (the fine powdery microscopic grains released from plants). People who suffer from hay fever react to pollen with a…
Gout is a type of arthritis caused by high levels of uric acid in the body. At low levels, uric acid is useful, but when it builds up it can…
Gallstones are solid pieces of stone-like material that form in the gall bladder, a small organ on the right hand side of the body, below the liver. It stores a…
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