The Jake Blog

5-minute read•March 20th, 2019 If the word ‘mineral’ brings back memories

7-minute read•March 11th, 2019

3-minute read•March 11th, 2019 It was the summer of 1975, in London. A young chemist and his advisor

4-minute read•February 27th, 2019 Every year in August, thousands of people gather on the streets of Buñol in the east of Spain for a massive fight. A massive fight with

4-minute read•February 7th, 2019 It’s not often talked about and you won’t find it on food packaging.

9-minute read•January 28th, 2019 Unless you’re diabetic, you probably aren’t paying close attention to your blood sugar level.

11-minute read•October 2nd, 2018 Let’s get this straight: carbs are not the enemy.

14-minute read•November 8th, 2018 Fats have long been nutritional scapegoats, taking the blame for everything from

10-minute read•October 2nd, 2018 Protein, protein, protein. You hear about it all the time.

6-minute read•September 4th, 2018 At the beginning of the 20th century, the young dentist

6-minute read•July 19th, 2018 You probably know that milk contains calcium and

5-minute read•July 19th, 2018 Chloride is one of the two components that make up table salt, next to sodium.

5-minute read•July 19th, 2018 Phosphorus certainly knows how to attract attention.

6-minute read•July 17th, 2018 Manganese, not to be mistaken with magnesium, is an element known to man for 30,000 years.

5-minute read•July 13th, 2018 Sodium may not be well-known as such, but it’s very well-known as

6-minute read•July 11th, 2018 Vitamin B12 is the best-known B-complex vitamin.

6-minute read•July 11th, 2018 What comes to mind when you hear ‘vitamin B9’? Probably nothing in particular.

5-minute read•July 11th, 2018 Vitamin B7, which is more commonly known as biotin, was originally called vitamin H.

5-minute read•July 11th, 2018 Sometimes we all need a helping hand to stay energetic and focused.

4-minute read•July 11th, 2018 Whether you’ve heard about vitamin B5 before or not, the truth is

6-7 minute read•July 11th, 2018 Part of the vitamin B complex and with three different forms of its own, vitamin B3

5-minute read•July 11th, 2018 It can be difficult to think of the B-complex vitamins separately,

5-minute read•July 11th, 2018 It’s great to feel energised, isn’t it?

7-minute read•July 11th, 2018 Calling it ‘the sunshine vitamin’ might sound like a joke. It’s not.

6-minute read•July 11th, 2018 How much vitamin E did you have so far today?

8-minute read•July 11th, 2018 If you’ve heard of one vitamin in your life, chances are it’s vitamin C.

8-minute read•July 11th, 2018 Nothing increases appeal like an air of mystery.

5-minute read•July 9th, 2018 Potassium is a wizard of contrasts. As a pure element, it just can’t sit still,

5-minute read•July 9th, 2018 Magnesium is produced in aging stars.