Studies & Scientific Reviews

January 2005 – March 2005

• Roles For Cell Death In Zinc Deficiency
• Dietary Intake of Lycopene Is Associated with Reduced Pancreatic Cancer Risk
• How Colostrum Helps Build the Immune System. Review
• Farming changes of the last 1000 years too fast for the Human Genome to adjust? A possible cause of modern disease.  Commentary.
• Mixed tocopherols rather than α-tocopherol responsible for protective association of Vitamin E in Alzheimer's disease?
• 2 Forms of Vitamin E Appear to Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk
• Calcium supplementation in Puberty has long term benefits
• High Vitamin C Supplemental Intake Associated with Reduced Coronary Heart Disease Risk
• Autism: - A link to Abnormal Metabolism of Methionine and Homocysteine?
• Dietary Polyphenols and Health
• Oral Administration of the Amino Acid L-Arginine and Blood Pressure Reduction
• Vitamin D Insufficiency: A Significant Risk Factor in Chronic Diseases?

Click on the title for a brief overview of the study criteria and findings.  Links are then provided to the source abstracts & full papers. 

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Healthy Living - Articles

Eating Fish Is Good For You – But Be Careful How You Cook It!  Read article

Men: Another Reason to Watch Your Weight Apart from Keeping Your Heart Healthy. Read article

Women: Exercise is essential for good health - even if you are thin! Read article

Calcium: Important for more than just healthy bones?  Read article

Supplement Safety  

Good practice requires every practitioner to encourage clients to tell GPs and other health providers about any supplements they may be taking, so that checks for possible drug - nutrient interactions can be made.

However, amidst all the mixed media coverage of safety concerns, just how safe are supplements based on currently available evidence?

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The Food Supplement Directive

The Food Supplement Directive is due to take force in August 2005, and yet more legislation affecting supplements and CAM is on the horizon.

The Alliance For Natural Health & HFMA have both brought legal challenges, which were heard in the European Court of Justice in January- so what happens if they win and what happens if they don't? What supplements will be lost and what will remain? And what does this mean to Health Practitioners and their practice?

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Nutritional Value of Foods & Micronutrients in Soils

A healthy balanced diet should provide all the nutrition we need, but few people are achieving the FSA recommended 5 portion of fruit and vegetables a day for health.  In fact, most people are barely managing three portions daily: a long way off the 9 portions daily the WHO recommends for optimal health. 

Given the rapid decline in micronutrients content of soils, what can be done to ensure we ARE getting enough nutrition from our diets to achieve optimal health?

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Humour & Quotes

Quote Of The Day

"All truth goes through three stages.

First it is ridiculed.

Then it is violently opposed.

Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."

Schopenhauer