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Upcoming Events
- September 25, 2010 - September 26, 2010
Autism Conference
Sandown Park Racecourse, United Kingdom, Esher - September 29, 2010 12:30 pm - September 29, 2010 3:30 pm
Weight Loss Workshop with Antony Haynes
United Kingdom, London - September 29, 2010 6:30 pm - September 29, 2010 9:30 pm
Anti-Aging Seminar - Youthful Looks
76 Portland Place, London - October 16, 2010 - October 17, 2010
Dr James Wilson – Recovering from Adverse Stress & Fatigue
1 Wimpole Street, London - November 10, 2010 - November 11, 2010
The Foundations of Ecological Medicine
44 Hallam Street, London
Latest News
Chronic Fatigue and the Mysterious XMRV Link
Everyone who suffers with this condition and the many thousands of practitioners involved in their health recovery are interested in whether there may be a causal agent identifiable through appropriate tests – not that there is a treatment on offer...
Read more »Healthy Food And Reasonable Body Weight Does Not Prevent Development Of Type 2 Diabetes!
I think we all accept that changes in insulin levels over time predispose people to the development of type II diabetes and that this is often accompanied by the central adiposity that distinguishes the metabolic syndrome morphology we have come to l...
Read more »Coeliac Disease 4 Times More Common Than Previously Thought
Researchers from the USA, Europe and other research centres are suggesting that Coeliac Disease has increased up to 4 x in the last 30 years. They suggest that as much as 1% of the adult and child populations may have CD, and as we know there ...
Read more »Genes, Viruses, Microbes and IBD
Crohn’s disease is common and miserable to suffer from, yet its actual cause is still under some debate as no clear understanding has yet been fully elucidated. It is known that there are some gene variations and that the environment has an impact....
Read more »Folic Acid – What Dose is Safe?
The question over fortification and supplementation with the synthetic form – monoglutamate folic acid in isolation has been brought up in context international interest in food fortification and some confusion regarding supplement recommendations....
Read more »Latest Abstracts
B Vitamins Beat Depression
This month’s (August) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition presents a longitudinal study supporting the use of B vitamins in the management of mental health. In Nutritional Therapy practice when we are faced with ...
Read more »Does Junk Food increase the risk of Allergies and IBD?
As discussed here on many occasions it is well recognised that developed countries are suffering from an epidemic rise in immunologic disorders, such as allergy-related diseases and certain auto-immunities. One of the pr...
Read more »Blueberries for Blood Pressure Benefits – A Medicinal Food?
In the management of patients for hypertension and weight, linked to metabolic syndrome, we will find ourselves saying – eat more fruits and vegetables without always giving them our full attention – well I do anyway...
Read more »Fat to Thin Quenches Inflammation!
There are numerous benefits related to maintaining a healthy body mass and apart from personal comfort and self esteem the reduction of excess fatty tissues has been proven to show a great deal of change in circulating m...
Read more »Dendritic Cells Aid Intestinal Homeostasis and Disease
Inside our gastrointestinal tract live a family of specialised cells, co-dependent on bacteria and nutrients to send a calming message to the mucosal tissues. They have a number of variations in their make up but they ar...
Read more »Latest Reviews
Increase Vit D RDA’s Say Scientists
On July the 28th 2010 the Journal Experimental Biology and Medicine published an article looking at the levels of Vitamin D in the general population and made recommendations concerning the RDA levels needed to limit osteomalacia in adults and ricket...
Read more »Vitamin A: The Key to A Tolerant Immune System?
By Michael Ash, BSc(Hons). DO. ND. FellowDipION Vitamin D and Vitamin A are essential co-partners in immunological and bone health.[1],[2] I’m particularly excited about vitamin A because of its profound effects on the gut mucosal immune system—...
Read more »Vegas, Pregnancy, Immunity and Allergy Prevention!
The saying is ‘what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas’, or if you are English ‘what happens in Blackpool....’ but the same cannot be said about what happens in utero, as increasing evidence supports the understanding that the maternal nutrition...
Read more »Fat – I’m Not To Blame Its My Bugs!
A trial to see if the ingestion of a probiotic bacterium enriched drink might have a beneficial impact on central obesity was funded by Snow Brand Milk Products company in Japan and the results were published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutri...
Read more »Neurological/Dietary Control Over the Immune System – The Role of Fats
The immune system in humans and animal is complex, all the more so because it crosses over all tissues. The traditional view has been that the immune system keeps itself in check, and that is mostly the case. However, for some years there has been a ...
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