Late-Night Sport and Sleep: How to Watch Late Games and Still Function

To watch late-night or overnight sport and still function, keep your wake-up time steady, stop caffeine at least six hours before you plan to sleep, go easy on alcohol, and give yourself 30 to 60 minutes to wind…

Can CBD Cause Constipation? What Trials Show and What Helps

CBD isn’t known to cause constipation. In trials of prescription CBD, the common gut side effect was the opposite: diarrhoea, in up to about a fifth of people at high doses.

Signs of Magnesium Deficiency: Symptoms, Who’s at Risk and What to Do

Early signs of low magnesium include tiredness, muscle cramps or twitches, weakness, poor appetite and feeling sick. More severe deficiency can cause numbness, tingling and an irregular heartbeat, which needs urgent medical care.

Magnesium Powder: How to Choose One, and Is It Better Than Tablets? (UK)

Magnesium powder is a magnesium supplement you stir into water or another drink instead of swallowing a tablet, usually as bisglycinate (glycinate) or citrate.

Full Spectrum vs Broad Spectrum vs Isolate CBD: Which to Choose (UK)

For most UK buyers, broad spectrum is the one to choose. Full spectrum contains everything from the hemp plant, including THC, a controlled drug in the UK.

Cherry CBD Oil: How Flavoured CBD Oils Compare and What to Check

Cherry CBD oil is CBD oil with cherry flavouring added to mask the earthy, grassy taste of hemp. It works the same way as unflavoured CBD oil; the flavour simply makes it easier to take every day.

Sleep Capsules: Do They Work? Ingredients, Doses and What to Check

Sleep capsules are food supplements, not sleeping pills. They usually contain magnesium, L-theanine or herbs such as chamomile, valerian and passion flower.

Magnesium Glycinate: Benefits, When to Take It and Side Effects (UK Guide)

Magnesium glycinate, often sold as magnesium bisglycinate, is magnesium bound to the amino acid glycine. It is one of the gentlest forms and is well absorbed, so it suits daily use and sensitive stomachs.

Lion’s Mane vs Reishi vs Cordyceps: Which Mushroom Is Best for You?

Lion’s mane is mostly studied for memory and focus, cordyceps for exercise and energy, and reishi for fatigue and wellbeing, usually as an evening drink.

Magnesium Glycinate vs Citrate vs Threonate: Which Is Best? (UK)

For most people, magnesium glycinate is the best first choice: gentle, well absorbed and easy to take every evening.

CBD and Antibiotics: Which Interact and Should You Pause CBD?

For most common antibiotics, including amoxicillin, penicillin, doxycycline and nitrofurantoin, there’s no known interaction with CBD. The main exception is rifampicin, which lowered CBD levels by about 30% in a medicines study.

CBD Before Surgery: Should You Stop Taking It? (UK)

Yes, tell your surgical team you take CBD, and expect to stop it before surgery. There’s no UK guideline specific to CBD, but many hospitals ask you to stop herbal remedies and supplements about one to two weeks…