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DIETITIAN Shyla Cadogan said that she would choose magnesium if she were allowed only one supplement.

Research shows that most people fail to get enough of this vital nutrient, Cadogan told StudyFinds, a journal which features research studies.

An absence of magnesium in the diet can have negative health consequences like heart disease, deteriorating bone health, and depression.

When it is present, magnesium assists several vital processes that include creating energy, repairing DNA, helping muscles contract and relax, and regulating neurotransmitters.

The mineral is found naturally in foods like dark chocolate, nuts, leafy greens, whole grains, lentils, and fatty fish.

THERE could be something in the ‘rosemary for remembrance’ saying after all.

A study carried out by Northumbria University in 2015 found that older volunteers who were given memory tests in a room infused with rose ­

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mary oil performed better than those in a room without it.

Researchers concluded that this was linked to the presence of 1.8­cineole in rosemary oil, which caused an increase in a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine that can sharpen memory and alertness.

WHETHER you should wash your hair daily depends on texture and whether it is oily or processed.

Lifestyle and age also play a large part.

Shampooing each day is the best option for people with oilier scalps where accumulated sebum makes their hair limp and greasy, said dermatologist Dr Murad Alam.

Fine hair also becomes greasy more quickly, because there is less hair to absorb the oil, also making a daily wash advisable, he said.

AT the risk of upsetting my gay friends and relatives, whom I truly do love dearly, I am going to stride purposefully out on a limb and state quite categorically that I am utterly against transgender males competing in female sporting competitions.

This statement has nothing to do with homophobia (heaven forbid), it is reached by the simple conclusion that it’s obviously and clearly unfair. Merely because a musclebound weightlifter decides he wants to change his name to Doris and live as a woman, his choice should in no way give him / her / it / us/ them / or they, the right to compete against the fair sex in trials of strength. If this practice were allowed to prevail in all sporting competitions, most of us would never see a genetic female grace the winner’s dais again.

So, as much as I truly do sympathise with the situations that the basically male, transgender sport enthusiasts find themselves in, the idea that they have being ‘victimised’ and ‘not fair’ that they should be excluded from female