Still fondling with that residue of pumpkin seeds from your Halloween jack-o’-lantern masterpiece? Or perhaps, the chill winds of autumn have prodded your dormant inner baker? Querying whether some magical pill can restore your sleep schedule shaken by the recent time tweak? Tune in to this week’s health revelations – we have all your questions covered, and garnished with a side of sass.

Still religiously nurturing your pandemic-birthed sourdough bread-baking fascination? Well, good news. That sassy Sourdough isn’t just seducing your taste buds, but also sprinkling benefits on your health. The brash peptides from its fermentation gig might step up to relax your blood vessels. A side effect could be a slight dip in your blood pressure, but you'd have to keep munching it down for a couple of months to witness it.

Magnesium supplements caught your fancy? Well, check your deficiency status first. Absolutely no point in popping those pills if your body isn't short on magnesium. However, if you're scraping low, be prepared to swallow those supplements for a while, as replenishing magnesium doesn't happen overnight. Expect some sweet dreams and a cheerier you after a few weeks when your resilience reservoir refills.

Baking your leftover pumpkin seeds? Brace yourself for some unsolicited advice. Some online gurus urge you to bathe your seeds in salt water before roasting, supposedly to drain out the pesky phytic acid. Sadly, research just dumped a bucket of cold water on this hot tip. Soaking your seeds in salt merely tenderizes them and does little to the dogged phytic acid.

Are you shying away from your extra-virgin olive oil cooking experiments, fearing its low smoke point might turn it into a culinary villain? Well, fear not. Contrary to those spreading half-baked information, research presents olive oil as a superhero. With a stamina that trumps refined oils and a resistance to forming polar compounds when heated, olive oil is no drama queen. And as for that smoke point, it barely touches the danger zone unless your culinary quest involves deep-frying or roasting.

Heard about E. coli's nasty habit of doing a runner from meat products to cause food poisoning? Well, leap up from the toilet seat because a new study suggests it could also be sneaking into your urinary tract. Hold your worries! UTIs are not a gastro gift wrap. It’s just that this audacious bacteria can probably tiptoe from your own stool to the urethra and then shimmy up the urinary tract. Have a toilet strategy to checkmate it: Front-to-back wipe post pee, mandatory bathroom visits after penetrative action in bed, and swap baths for showers just to be safe.