By Hazel Flight in The Conversation. One of life’s true miracles, the humble egg is maybe one of the most versatile foodstuffs on the planet. It’s formed in 24 to 26 hours and hens can lay up to 250 eggs a year. The incredible egg is pure protein and there are numerous (both sweet […]
Food and Supplements
The Present (And Future) CoQ10 for Fibromyalgia And Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
Time To Add Some Sunshine (Vitamin D) To Milk And Bread
By Jeremy Howick in The Conversation. Free vitamin D supplements will be sent to over two million clinically vulnerable people in England this winter. Over 80% of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are vitamin D deficient compared with the general population. In a small study, a high dose of vitamin D appeared to reduce the severity of COVID-19. […]
Food Variety is Important For Our Health – But The Definition Of A ‘Balanced Diet’ Is Often Murky
By Rochelle Embling, Aimee Pink, Laura Wilkinson and Menna Price in The Conversation. It’s well known that a healthy diet can help reduce disease risks that are related to overweight or obesity – such as some cancers, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. As part of a healthy diet, experts around the world advise people to consume a […]
Correcting Britain’s Vitamin D Deficiency Could Save Thousands Of Lives
From the Matt Ridley Online Blog. A groundbreaking new study points to a cheap, safe, effective way of tackling Covid My article with MP David Davis, for the Telegraph: As we face six tough months of curfews, isolation and economic misery, with vaccines a distant hope, testing struggling to control the virus, and […]
Vitamin C Could Help Older Adults Retain Muscle Mass – New Research
By Alisia Welch and Richard Hayhoe in The Conversation. As we get older, our skeletal muscle mass, strength and power to move gradually decline, which may lead to a condition called sarcopenia. Sarcopenia affects more than 50 million people over the age of 50 years worldwide, and contributes to type 2 diabetes, frailty, physical disability, loss of independence […]
Ritalin (Methylphenidate) For Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Fibromyalgia
From Health Rising. Ritalin Is… a central nervous system stimulant. Created in 1954, Ritalin has been in use for over sixty years. (Check out a History of Ritalin here). It was first FDA approved in 1955 to treat ‘hyperactivity’ and later was approved to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Ritalin increases extracellular levels […]
Coconut Oil Production Threatens Five Times More Species Than Palm Oil – New Findings
Does Vitamin D Ward Off Coronavirus ? Don’t Reach For The Supplements Yet
By David C Gaze in The Conversation. It has been suggested that taking vitamin D may protect people from getting COVID-19. But should we be using supplements to ward off the virus? We need to separate fact from fiction. Vitamin D is essential for maintaining overall health, especially for bones, teeth and muscle. It regulates the […]
The Impact Of Food On Cognition: Potential Implications For Brain Fog In ME
From Jisc R&D. This study is looking to recruit both healthy individuals and those with a diagnosis of MILD ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue). The aim is to investigate how food impacts your performance on 2 short cognitive tests, a colour naming task and a memory task. Participants will be allocated to either a food […]
Healthier Food Can Contain More Contaminants – But There’s A Simple Way To Stay Safe
By Ruth Fairchild in The Conversation. A recent study found that brown and organic rice sold in the UK tends to contain significantly more arsenic than white inorganic varieties that are often considered less healthy. Arsenic is found in many foods but can be especially concentrated in rice, particularly in the husk, which is removed to […]
Drugging The Gut Microbiome
By Clare Sansom in Chemistry World. All disease begins in the gut. That saying is attributed to the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, who gave his name to the oath that doctors still use today. It is undoubtedly a simplification, but an enormous range of diseases, many with no digestive symptoms, have been associated […]
Eating Meat: Links To Chronic Disease Might Be Related To Amino Acids – New Findings
By Laura Brown and Kelly Jones in The Conversation. Plant-based diets have been popular in the media recently, but research shows that going vegetarian or vegan isn’t only good for the environment, but for our health, too. Meat-rich diets are linked to a range of health problems, from heart disease and strokes to type two diabetes and some cancers. […]
Plant-Based Diet: Everything You Need To Know
By Christine Byrne in Huffpost. On the surface, a plant-based diet sounds simple. And although it’s been trending lately, the idea of eating “mostly plants” has been in the zeitgeist since Michael Pollan spelled it out in “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” in 2006. That said, anyone who has tried to move towards a […]
Do Drugs Go Off ? What Happens To Medicines After Their Use-By Dates
By Michael Cole in The Conversation. It is estimated that there is a staggering £300m worth of medicine unused in the UK every year. But is it safe to take these medicines if they are past their expiry date? Expiry dates are put in place after rigorous trialling and controlled experiments to ensure the safety […]
Huel: What Happens If You Replace Every Meal With This Vegan Meal Powder ?
By J Bernadette Moore, Mark Hopkins and Matthew Campbell in The Conversation. Imagine a synthetic product that can give your body all the essential nutrients it needs to survive, is easy to prepare, affordable, and has a low environmental impact. While it might sound too good to be true, this is what Huel, […]
Popular York Restaurant To Take Over City Centre Shop
By Chloe Laversuch in YorkMix. A popular city centre restaurant is set to expand into a neighbouring shop. Ate O’Clock on High Ousegate has applied for planning permission to take over the former Joy store next door to its entrance. If the proposals go ahead, the company would create a new deli shop […]
Older People Need To Stay Hydrated – Here’s How
By Cini Bhanu in The Conversation. Dehydration is associated with a higher risk of ill health in older people, from having an infection, a fall or being admitted to hospital. But an appetite for food and drink can diminish as people age, so older people should drink regularly, even when they’re not thirsty. Older women […]
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Antibiotics: Even Low Use In Children Can Have A Negative Impact On Health – New Research
By Oliver van Hecke in The Conversation. GPs in the UK carry out over 300m patient consultations every year and at least a quarter of these deal with children. Almost two-thirds of such appointments are for coughs, sore throats, or earaches – illnesses which young children commonly get. Doctors and nurses group these types of illnesses […]
Fake Drugs That Could Kill Are On The Rise In Western Countries – Here’s Why
By Susanne Lundin and Rui Liu in The Conversation. Fake medicines – illegal and substandard pharmaceuticals – have until now largely been a problem in low and middle-income countries. Ranging from lifestyle products to lifesaving medicines, such products are now also on the rise in the Western world. The spread is concerning, […]
I Swapped Plastic Milk Cartons For Glass Bottles Delivered To My Door And I’ll Never Look Back
By Natasha Hinde in Huffpost. Our readers care about the environment, but making sustainable choices isn’t always as straightforward as we’d like. Swap Shop is our regular series hoping to tackle that, each week a HuffPoster will take on a new green challenge and write about their journey to live a more […]