News

30 Jan 2011 - Scientific American - Diets Low In Omega-3 Linked to Depressive Behavior In Mice

New research shows why some individuals deficient in beneficial fatty acids might be more prone to mood disorders

28 Jan 2011 - Food Navigator - Study begins to unlock the development of child taste preferences

Children's knowledge and consumption of fast food has a significant impact on their palate and preference for foods that are high in added sugars, salt and fats, according to new research.

26 Jan 2011 - Science Daily - Eating Poorly Can Make You Blue: Trans-Fats Increase Risk of Depression, While Olive Oil Helps Avoid Risk

Researchers from the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have demonstrated that the ingestion of trans-fats and saturated fats increase the risk of suffering depression, and that olive oil, on the other hand, protects against this mental illness.

8 Dec 2010 - PR Newswire - Omega 3 Supplements Show Promise in Alleviating Depression

A new analysis of the effects of omega-3 essential fatty acids offers the hope of enhanced treatment options for tens of millions of people with depression.

13 Dec 2010 - Medpage Today - Kids Will Eat Low-Sugar Cereals

27 Nov 2010 - The Lancet - McPolicy: bringing you the Big Mac society

If you were a UK Health Secretary faced with soaring rates of obesity, alcohol misuse, and diet-related diseases, what would you do? Were you to take an evidence-based approach, you might consider minimum pricing per unit of alcohol and restrictions on its availability. You might look at toughening the regulation of how the least healthy foods are marketed to children. You could even demand that manufacturers reformulate their least healthy products to meet minimum nutritional standards. Or you could, if your name was Andrew Lansley, dismiss all of the above and instead invite representatives

17 Nov 2010 - Nutraingredients - Jury still out on omega-3 for post-natal depression

by Stephen Daniells

2 Dec 2010 - Daily Mail - How eating oily fish can prevent you going blind

A diet rich in oily fish could hold the key to preventing blindness among thousands of the elderly, research has found.

18 Nov 2010 - Northumbria University - Omega-3 for Age-related memory problems? Call for Volunteers

15 Nov 2010 - BBC 1 - Panorama: Tax The Fat

30 Sept 2010 - BBC News - New study claims ADHD 'has a genetic link'

24 Sep 2010 - Nutraingredients - Vitamin C may improve mood: Study

By Nathan Gray, 24-Sep-2010

8 Sept 2010 - BBC News - Vitamin B 'puts off Alzheimer's'

A new study suggests high doses of B vitamins may halve the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing some of the warning signs of Alzheimer's disease.

2 Sept 2010 - BBC News - School meals help 'fussy children' try new foods

School lunches can tempt fussy eaters to try new foods, a survey for the School Food Trust has suggested.

11 July 2010 - The Observer - We are being ruled by a junk food government

Andrew Lansley's decision to scrap the advertising budget for the Change4Life campaign will come at a high cost to public health

24 June 2010 - Medscape - Omega-3 Supplements May Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Patients Without Comorbid Anxiety

22 June 2010 - BBC News - NHS watchdog NICE calls for trans-fats ban in foods

09 June 2010 - Nutraingredients - B vitamins may lead to happier seniors

27 Apr 2010 - BBC News - 'More omega-3 research needed' says Prof Amanda Kirby

30 May 2010 - The Guardian - Fish oil helps schoolchildren to concentrate

US academics discover high doses of omega-3 fish oil combat hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder