Date: 06/11/2015
Date: 02/11/2015
An ongoing study on MS risk factors in Australia found that eating foods high in omega-3 fatty acids, especially from fish but not from plants, was associated with a decreased risk of developing a first clinical diagnosis of central nervous system demyelination (an episode that indicates a high risk of MS).
Date: 28/10/2015
Date: 27/10/2015
Date: 23/10/2015
Date: 12/10/2015
An increasingly robust body of research points to the detrimental effect of unhealthy diets and nutrient deficiencies, and to the protective value of healthy diets – along with select nutritional supplements as required – for maintaining and promoting mental health.
Date: 01/10/2015
Recreational abuse of so-called 'laughing gas' (nitrous oxide) is leading to more and more people reporting symptoms of brain and nerve damage from resulting Vitamin B12 deficiency - and few seem aware of the seriousness of the risks
Date: 16/09/2015
Date: 15/09/2015
Date: 10/09/2015
Data from a three-country survey seeking to understand beliefs of adults on the role of diet for optimal health, as well as consumption of key micronutrients including Omega-3 and Vitamin D, will be published in the November/December issue of Nutrition Today. The survey of 3,000 American, British and German adults found that 72 percent reported having a "healthy" or "optimal" diet and more than half (52 percent) believed they consume all the key nutrients needed for optimal nutrition through food sources alone. However, the prevalence of chronic diseases in these countries suggests respondents
Date: 10/09/2015
Association equally significant among men and women, pooled data analysis shows
Date: 08/09/2015
Violent offenders in the Netherlands will receive micronutrient and omega-3 supplements as part of an intervention to reduce aggressive behaviour among prisoners.
Date: 04/09/2015
Date: 31/08/2015
Date: 31/08/2015
Date: 27/08/2015
Date: 27/08/2015
When it comes to cutting levels of obesity-related heart disease and death, it’s time to stop counting calories, and start to make simple changes that improve the nutritional value of diets, argue public health experts.
Date: 24/08/2015
First-time psychosis sufferers are far more likely to be deficient in micronutrients and protein than the general population – and more intervention studies are needed to explore strategies against this, say UK researchers.