Mental Health

Seasonal Allergies and Mood

May 24, 2023

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Inevitably, as spring stimulates the release of plant and mould antigens/allergens, people who are immunologically sensitive to this enhanced challenge display fairly consistent symptoms…

Food As Medicine

November 30, 2022

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An article in Nature Medicine out in October 2022 sets out some of the developing understanding of using food as medicine[1]. Whilst for those…

Anxiety and Depression is a ‘Thing’

October 19, 2022

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Reading the press, listening to the radio, or sourcing information from journals or other sources such as social media, it is hard to miss…

Air Pollution Linked to Depression and Suicide

January 13, 2020

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The negative effects of polluted air on our physical health is well documented and emerging evidence is now highlighting the damage it can also…

Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Prevention of Mood and Anxiety Disorders.

November 3, 2015

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Psychiatric disorders in general, and major depression and anxiety disorders in particular, account for a large burden of disability, morbidity and premature mortality worldwide.…

International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR)

July 16, 2015

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The simple observation that associated mental health with food choice, ingestion and availability were apparent to the earliest of clinicians and for many people…

Nutrients for Managing Anxiety and other Mental Health Problems

December 18, 2012

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There are numerous incidences of natural agents being used to reduce the consequences of increased anxiety; some of these have a better sense of…

Coffee and Health – What’s the Buzz?

August 1, 2012

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Ask any Nutritional Therapist about coffee consumption and I expect that 9 times out of ten they will seek to reduce someone’s intake –…

A Nutritional Proposal For Improving “Mental health” with a focus on depression

March 21, 2012

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At present no chronic disease has a greater drag on global function than mental illness.[1] A remarkable 40% of the European population is affected…

B Vitamins Beat Depression

August 18, 2010

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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.…