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9 May 2016 - Vitamin D Council - Current research on vitamin D and dementia and Hill’s criteria for causation

08 May 2016 - Medical Xpress - Research points to omega-3 as a nutritional intervention for childhood behavioral problems

05 May 2016 - MNT - Schizophrenia, bipolar tied to yeast infection

A current or previous infection with Candida albicans appears to be more common in some people with mental illness than people without the condition.

02 May 2016 - Science Daily - Supplement given during first year of life critical for muscle-mass development

26 April 2016 - Medical Daily - Antidepressants Plus Nutritional Supplements, Like Omega 3 And Vitamin D, May Treat Depression More Effectively

26 April 2016 - Scientific American - Do Vitamins and Supplements Make Antidepressants More Effective?

Researchers have found that taking some nutritional supplements — such as omega-3 fish oil and Vitamin D — could increase the efficacy of antidepressants among people who suffer from clinical depression.

21 April 2016 - Food Navigator - Mother's high-fructose diet may lead to foetal metabolic disorders: Study

20 April 2016 - FoodNavigator USA - Digestive issues attributed to lactose intolerance may be caused by A1 beta-casein protein, suggests study

Digestive symptoms attributed to lactose intolerance might instead be caused by A1 milk protein

18 April 2016 - Food Navigator - Excess sugar consumption ‘similar to cocaine addiction', says study

15 April 2016 - Nutraingredients - Magnesium right on time as role in body rhythms is recognised

14 April 2016 - Questioning Answers - #Breadgate and nutritional psychiatry

The review paper by Paola Bressan & Peter Kramer titled: 'Bread and Other Edible Agents of Mental Disease' has been getting a few people a little hot under the collar recently. With it's own Twitter hashtag #breadgate it looks like the idea that certain foods might have something of a bearing on "human behaviour and mental health" has not been received particularly well.

13 April 2016 - Foodnavigator - Switching from saturated fat to vegetable oil cuts cholesterol but increases heart attack risk: Review

12 April 2016 - Nutraingredients - Mind the fibre gap: The case of the vanishing gut microbiome

Increasing dietary fibre intake may be the best way to regain the microbial biodiversity that has been impaired by the western diet, according to researchers.

6 April 2016 - Nutraingredients - “Exciting results”: Tufts/Harvard meta-analysis supports omega-3s for child brain development

04 April 2016 - Nutraingredients - Increased exposure to aluminium harmful to gut homeostasis, review warns

29 March 2016 - Nutraingredients - UK MP to lobby for folic acid fortification

29 March 2016 - Nutraingredients - EFSA vitamin D intakes are too low and 'missing data': Industry group

24 March 2016 - Nutraingredients - The omega-3 pioneer

22 March 2016 - Nutraingredients - Omega-3 neglected in malnutrition product formulations: Researchers

22 March 2016 - The Conversation - What the world can learn from Mexico’s tax on sugar-sweetened drinks