Green asparagus – my favorite vegetables 🙂 Asparagus season is actually the best time for me: The winter is finally over, it’s springtime, everywhere the first flowers are blooming and spring feelings are spreading in us and our environment. For me, spring has so much to do with a “new …
Stress – Poison for our Body
Why do not you fall by the stress? – No time! Wow, I’m so stressed again … do not stress me! “Stress” has more or less crept into the everyday life of each of us. But what effects does stress have on our body – especially in the longer term? …
Alcohol – What Does it Do with Us?
Alcohol and the weekend – a perfect match? The weekend has started and many of us are happy to have a blast in the evening. But why does alcohol have such a magical power of attraction and what exactly does alcohol-consumption do with us and our body? And why shouldn’t you drink …
Turmeric Latte – Superfood Par Excellence (Recipe)
Lately, food has been coming up for discussion over and over again, giving it the status of “superfood”. Superfood is generally referred to as foods that stand out from others thanks to their particularly high nutritional content. Why did turmeric (more than) earn this status? What is turmeric? Turmeric looks …
Folic Acid – Folate, the Underestimated Vitamin B9
What is folic acid? Folic acid is a water-soluble vitamin from the vitamin B complex and occurs in nature only as folate. Nonetheless, the name folic acid is more commonly used, although it is the chemically produced version of folate that is used in vitamin supplements and for the artificial fortification …
Happiness – What makes us really happy?
I stumbled upon this question again and again in my current term paper on “status goods”. Status goods are products that we buy primarily because they give us prestige and status. Thus, the new Chanel handbag, the new BMW or the yacht is a status symbol, which is often associated by …
Acid-Base Balance – Why we should care
Acid-Base Balance – What is that? “Acid-base balance” – everyone has probably heard of it before, but only few people really know what it is about. What are acids and bases and why should we even deal with them? The acid-base balance is an important component in the interaction of …
Leather – Why I Refuse to Buy it
Why no leather? I have to admit that for a long time I have not realized what leather really is. Since I’m vegan, I’ve started to question my consumption and see that animal products are quite everywhere. So far, I have not even been concerned that leather is the skin of …
Insect Mortality – Are we Facing an “Ecological Armageddon”?
Flying insects have disappeared by 76% over the past 27 years in Germany I’ve noticed that the number of butterflies is decreasing from year to year and I hardly see any bumblebees. This year – at least in Berlin – there was a real mosquito plague, since we had a very rainy …
Stalking – A Victim Breaks Her Silence
Stalking is not a harmless crime Some time ago, I publicized my stalking story by Dirk and Martin from violens.org on Facebook. The response was more than the word “overwhelming” can convey. I was simply torn between infinitely liberated-happy and sad-horrified. At the age of 21, I was the victim of a violent crime. …