A Short Ode to Dietary Fibre With a smooth, regular rhythm Gentle Somi, You have trillions of little creatures living in your colon. That’s not an insult - that’s science. Every human being has 100...

The term “me-time” first appeared around 1980 in magazines aimed at working mothers (a new demographic then) trying find a balance between the demands of employment and family life. Life has only gotten busier in...

Dear Somatisers,   One of our nerdiest joys is reading research papers on cacao and the way it works in our bodies. We hope that, in our emails, we’ve painted a picture of what your...

Dear Somatics,   It’s curious how popular chocolate is.   It’s made from a weird fruit found in the South American jungle; by itself it’s astringent and bitter; it requires fermenting, roasting, sun-drying, conching, and...

In his book Eat to Beat Disease, Dr William Li recommends eating foods that “switch on” the body’s natural health-defence systems, helping the body protect, repair, and regenerate itself. The five health-defence systems he identifies...

More ground-breaking journalism by Soma Almost everyone on planet Earth seems to have heard about antioxidants by now. They seem to be everywhere - in the news, in studies, in magazines, in spinach. Antioxidants, like...

A 2024 study identified Australia as the world’s most burnt-out nation. One in two Australians report being affected by burnout, including 85% of Gen Z. Burnout is a state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion...

Why We Even Have a Dopamine System Simple creatures, like amoebas and some people on television, have simple needs and do not require a dopamine system. The dopamine system evolved to help animals navigate complex...

Alistair and I met on a beach in Mexico in 2018, only to discover that our parents live ten minutes’ walk apart in Sydney, our fathers went to college together, and our mothers grew up...