Upcoming Events
- Sun 21/03/2010: Naturopathic Approach to Childhood Allergies (London, University of Westminster)
The British Naturopathic Association Presents:
Childhood Allergies, Diagnosis and Treatment - Thu 08/04/2010: Workshop
- Sat 10/04/2010: A Functional Medicine Approach To Mental Health By Dr Jay Lombard
- Thu 15/04/2010: Workshop (London, SW6)
Antony Haynes: Mental Health and Female Hormone Health - Thu 22/04/2010: Workshop
Latest News
Apples and Nuts Reduce Inflammation Via Mucosal Immune System
In the context of the ever increasing relationship between inflammation and diseases of our western lifestyle the idea that the old adage of ‘an apple a day keeps the Dr away’ this recent paper has some attractive evidence. The university of Ill...
Read more »Food Choice Affects Lab Outcomes
Most basic research relies on the use of mice as the sacrificial animal. Many of these mouse are carefully engineered to have special gene abnormalities, or to be a consistent animal in order that different laboratories can limit variability by using...
Read more »CFIDS Virus XMRV- Link Challenged
Last October 2009 the journal Science published a paper suggesting that a virus could be linked to CFIDS as well as prostate cancer. This was commented on in this site. Initial enthusiasm for this potential pathogen explanation for the chronic an...
Read more »Soft Drink Intake Linked to Pancreatic Cancer Risk
The February issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention published a paper showing a staggering 87% increase in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer associated with an intake of 2 or more sugary soft drinks per week. The group of sc...
Read more »Chronic Fatigue Responds to Antioxidants
Many researchers have investigated effective treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), but Martin Pall, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at Washington State University, ...
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Multi Vitamin/Mineral Supplement Promotes Weight Loss in Women
Multi Vitamins are considered by many to be little more than colourful contributors to urine flow that reflect a gullible individuals need to add capital to the water course. I have addressed the major complications with...
Read more »Vit D Deficiency = Fat Legs For Young Women!
It's hard to ignore, it really appears there is a genuine epidemic (occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period) in progress, and its not H1N1 Flu. ...
Read more »Gluten May be Causing Your Brain Problems!
An interesting paper published in the Sept 2008 Annals of Neurology described a 'new to science' brain aggravating enzyme, triggered by reactivity to gluten, but acting independently of other coeliac symptoms.[1] Most...
Read more »IBS Relief and Probiotics – They do Work
Probiotics are widely consumed and the widespread advertising is often not really justified by the evidence. Many products were never studied as such and some companies use studies performed with other (and different) pr...
Read more »Gut Immune Defect Links Bacteria and Metabolic Syndrome
The connection between gut bacteria and obesity has gained some weight, with new findings demonstrating links in mice among immune-system malfunction, bacterial imbalance and increased appetite.[1] Mice with altered i...
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Antibiotics Can Cause Gut Related Diseases
Michael Ash BSc (Hons), DO, ND FDipION reviews the current understanding of the role of antibiotics in the initiation of gut associated inflammation and local and systemic health problems, and briefly explores some strategies to prevent and manage th...
Read more »Gut Bacteria May Make You Fat
Obesity: A consequence of adverse inflammation & microbial disruption? By Michael Ash BSc(Hons) DO, ND, FDipION Published in CAM 2005 Overweight and obesity are serious, chronic medical condition associated with a wide range of debilitating ...
Read more »Disease Incidence Prevention by Serum 25(OH)D Level
In the last few years a considerable consensus across the scientific community has begun to emerge concerning the fat soluble nutrient Vitamin D. Vitamin D is unique - unlike ALL other vitamins very little comes from our food. Almost all of our Vi...
Read more »How Can We Cure NO/ONOO− Cycle Diseases? A Review
Approaches to Curing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Gulf War Syndrome and Possibly Many Others by Martin L. Pall, PhD From the Townsend Letter February / March 2010 Abstract The NO...
Read more »Expensive Urine or Effective Triage?
Victor Herbert, the outspoken Harvard nutrition scientist, was quoted by the United States well read Time magazine in a famous 1992 cover story about nutrition as saying that vitamins just gave one "expensive urine." This one liner has acted as ...
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