Why do I need to wee so much after having one small drink (#notpregnant)

Is that one small drink an espresso by any chance? ‘Tea, coffee and alcohol are diuretics – this means they make you pass urine in larger volumes and more often,’ explains Dr Daniel Fenton, clinical director at London Doctors Clinic. But your brain is important, too. ‘If you’re anxious, your brain takes over and your bladder can become more sensitive,’ he adds. But if none of the above, see a doctor. It could be a UTI, but this tends to involve pain when passing urine. It could also be an STI, a sign of diabetes (often accompanied by thirst), uterine fibroids (you might also have heavy periods) or, in very rare cases, ovarian cancer. A GP visit should put your mind at ease

Meal prep feels like a waste of a summer Sunday evening – will it really make a difference to my gains?

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: you can’t out-train a bad diet. Yes, meal prepping will save you money – and that’s a bonus. But the reason dietitians love it is because it takes the emotion out of eating. ‘When you’re short on time, like on your lunch break, you’re more likely to make poor choices based on your mood or what’s available,’ says nutritional therapist Sonal Shah.

‘Having a balanced, nutritious meal ready to go is always preferable to grabbing an unhealthy alternative.’ It also helps with maintenance. If time is of the essence because you’ve got better things to do than spend your evening cooking up mountains of chicken, Shah suggests using tins of protein, like beans, chickpeas and lentils, and making three or four dishes from one ingredient.

A bag of sweet potatoes could do you for some spiced wedges, hearty mash and a bowl of soup, for example. And if you really can’t face leaving your Sunday barbecue early to go home and meal prep, might we suggest making the most of the light mornings by getting up an hour earlier on Monday? We’ll pretend we didn’t see that eye-roll.

I smoked cigarettes and weed when I was younger. I haven’t touched either in five years, but will it have damaged my fertility?

If all we’re talking about here is a few puffs on the odd night out and the occasional toke on a joint, you needn’t worry about lasting damage down there. If you lit up regularly, however, it’s a bit murkier. ‘Current cigarette smokers take longer to get pregnant, have increased complications and have lower pregnancy rates after fertility treatments,’ explains Dr Sheeva Talebian, an NYC-based fertility specialist. ‘In women who used to smoke, these same findings are noted, but to a lesser degree,’ she adds. It’s also known that smoking accelerates the rate of egg loss.

Unfortunately, a lack of research means that we don’t know as much about the fertility consequences of cannabis use. ‘I think it’s very likely we’ll find a negative impact similar to that of tobacco, as smoking marijuana exposes you to some of the same toxins,’ says Dr Talebian. ‘Our reproductive organs are exposed to everything we ingest and inhale, so we can’t totally erase the consequences,’ she adds. But don’t self-flagellate: quitting is hard, and by stopping when you did, you’ll have exercised significant damage control. Now keep it up.

What is fascism?

Fascism is nationalism taken to the extreme. In a fascist state there is no free market or capitalistic competition. Everything is owned by the government and everyone works for the benefit of the nation.

So instead of three car companies competing to sell the most cars there is only one car company that makes all the cars for the whole country. That goes for all industries in the country.

It's a little different from socialism in that the focus is on the strength of your particular nation over all others, but the practices within the nation may be similar to socialism.

The Nazis were fascists because they wanted to further their own way of life and conquer Europe to make it all like them. Everyone else be damned.

What Einstein meant when he said, "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."

20th century science demonstrated conclusively that space, time, energy and matter all operate in ways that are profoundly counterintuitive to the human mind. Our perceived reality bears little resemblance to the outright weirdness that is the quantum world. We are just monkeys with a mind that evolved to solve monkey problems.

He was referencing the idea that it is impossible to prove that anything exists other than what's in your mind. So, reality can be viewed as only what is in your mind - which can be viewed as an illusion.