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Discovering that you are pregnant can be one of the most uplifting and momentous times in a couples' life. Pondering the thought of having a boy, girl or maybe twins or triplets can make for hundreds of dream filled nights. Women who are expecting usually change their diet to accommodate their new arrival. Smoking and drinking alcohol are generally the first things to stop. Many women try to limit their caffeine intake and improve their diet by eating very healthy low sugar, high fibre foods....
•Understanding the Effects of Antioxidants on the Body
It seems that almost everyone is concerned about their health today. People are constantly bombarded by a stream of information pointing out the rise of obesity and the health effects that this epidemic brings with it. Luckily, scientists and nutritionists have begun to focus on ways to improve our health. Antioxidants have had a lot of press time lately and for good reason.
What is an Antioxidant?
In the simplest terms, an antioxidant is any substance that fights or impairs the normal...
•Why Your Balanced Diet Isn't Enough Today
So you're generally a pretty healthy person. You eat breakfast everyday. You watch your fat and calorie intake. Most of your meats are lean. You try to stay away from simple carbs like white bread and sugar. You work whole wheat in as much as possible and you try to get enough fruit and veggies each day. Congratulations, your diet is healthier than most. Yet you're just not seeing the results you want. You may not be gaining weight but you're certainly not losing it either. What has gone...
•Probiotics and Their Use as Supplements
Probiotics are healthy bacteria or yeast contained in supplements and foods, and are similar to the microorganisms found naturally in the human body. "Friendly" or "good" bacteria have been consumed in the form of fermented milk and soy products by a variety of cultures throughout history. Many people already use probiotics in their diet by eating flavored yogurt or soy-based foods that contain live cultures. In order to increase possible health benefits, liquid or capsule supplements are...
•Have you heard about folic acid?
Age-related hearing loss is the most common sensory disorder in the Western world, with 36 million people suffering from it in the USA alone. In fact, it is so common that most of us take it for granted – that at some point our grandparents and parents will become "deaf", creating the need for expensive hearing aids or leading to the possibility of loneliness and depression because they can't hear the conversation around them.
But why do we take this for granted? Why should this particular...
•Who has heard of Vitamin K?
Well, mothers have all heard of it. Babies are given an injection of Vitamin K at birth to ensure blood coagulation, so it is something mums worry about before labour and then hardly notice once hours of exhausting pain have been lived through.
But the rest of the population? I am willing to bet there is a significant proportion who didn't even know there is a Vitamin K. It is the unknown vitamin, the outsider, that doesn't fit the mould and anyway what happened to Vitamins F, G, H, I and...
•Is there anything essential fatty acids can't do?
First there was Captain America, then Superman, Spiderman, Batman and so on. And now we have Essential Fatty Acids. Not quite as catchy a name but, as we appear to be discovering more and more each day, apparently equally super-heroic.
First it was our heart. We learned that polyunsaturated Omega 6 fatty acids were good for heart health and so started the growth of "healthy spreads" such as Flora. Then we discovered Omega 3 fatty acids and how they helped our brain function. In a world...
•Clearer benefits of omega 3
In the Western world we are heading towards a perfect storm. Firstly, medical advances have led to many more people surviving illness, disease and chronic medical conditions such as heart disease. In many cases however, they still need to live with their specific health concern, or the effects of a disease. This ironically puts more pressure on NHS resources than if they hadn't survived at all. Secondly, we are seeing the post war "baby boomers" heading into their 60's. As this huge group of...
•Breast is best for our Children (so far...)
Today I read about a recent study into infant formula. The results implied quite strongly that formula fortified with essential fatty acids (in this case DHA) improved the cognitive brain development of the baby. This is yet another piece of evidence to support the far reaching benefits of essential fatty acids for the brain, from infant through to the elderly.
The experiment involved 229 infants. One group were given formula from birth and were split into two groups - one given a...
•Insufficient Vitamin D levels in pregnant women
Irrelevant of where you stand on the Big Bang Theory, Adam & Eve or Darwin's evolution, the concept of women getting pregnant has been around for a very long time. And it's something we're very good at. Women have successfully given birth in the most difficult conditions, and to this day still do. In famine, war zones, severe poverty and with serious illnesses, women have produced healthy children "against the odds".
But that is where the problem lies: "against the odds". And as we learn...
•Polyphenol Evidence and What It Could Mean
Conventional scientists will only ever be happy if they can prove WHY something happens. WHAT is never enough. For example, you could give all the children in the school an omega 3 supplement and that school might do very well in their exams that year. Great for the parents, great for the students, but not so great for the scientists. Why did they perform well? Was it due to the supplement? Or were the teachers extra good that year? Or did they have a particularly bright group of students?...
•More Praise for the Role of Vitamin C
Vitamin C has long been associated with a stronger immune system and as a result is one of the most popular supplements taken in the UK today. However, the results of a recent study on guinea pigs suggest that Vitamin C has another equally important role in early brain development.
The study, performed in Denmark, took 30 new born guinea pigs and gave half of them a Vitamin C deficient diet for 2 months - although not extreme enough to give them scurvy. The other half were given a Vitamin C...
•New evidence linking Omega 3 with deterrent for Alzheimer's
In 2007, for the first time ever, there were more people over the state-pension age than there were children. And this trend is set to continue - over the next 20 years, the number of people over 85 is predicted to double.
But what quality of life will our older generation have? Medical advances and greater health awareness means that more people are "saved" from life threatening conditions, but there are a number of non-life threatening conditions that we don't have cures for. For example,...
•Supplements? It's worse than ordering a coffee
"What would you like madam?" (Pause for large intake of breath)
"Can I have a Grande iced skinny decaf latte, a Tall skinny Frapaccino with an extra shot and Hazelnut syrup but no cream and a Vente English Breakfast tea, 2 teabags and room for milk. To go. Please."
That sounds complicated doesn't it? But it's a doddle compared to the intriguing but highly complicated world of supplements. For example, the results of a study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre have just been...
•Mangosteen Juice - The Fruit of the Gods?
We have known for some time that anti-oxidants are good for us, that they help counteract the negative effects of free radicals. But the more scientists research this area, the more we find out that certain anti-oxidants can be exceptionally beneficial to our health.
The latest research suggests that Xanthones, a specific type of anti-oxidant, have incredible health giving qualities. Xanthones are biologically active plant phenols found in dark, red fruit and often in the nutrient rich...
•Reduce your children's flu symptoms by 50%
While Swine Flu has been in the headlines so much lately with terrible stories of children with no underlying health issues dying from the illness, thank goodness most children who get flu do recover after a few days. However, the symptoms during that time for all types of flu can be severe. High temperature, sore throat, runny nose, coughing. These symptoms can in turn lead to other complications such as tonsillitis, chest and ear infections, which then require antibiotics to clear up.
I...
•Womens Health - The Female Iron-y
In the Western world, with so much food available to us, it's hard to imagine large numbers of us could be potentially deficient in any element of nutrition. And yet 1 in 5 pre-menopausal women in the UK are deficient in iron. Even more ironic is that that one person probably appears to be healthier than the rest of us!
Why is this? Because risk factors for iron deficiency are often the same elements you find in healthy women, so it is hard to identify.
1) Low iron intake. As red meat is...
•Sunshine: Good or Bad?
As the temperatures soar to over 30 degrees and the sun shines above us, millions of people in the UK are currently enduring that inner debate: Shall I, or shan't I?
While the sound of the sea, a gentle breeze and a freshly squeezed orange juice would make the experience even better, most of us still find it hard to resist a lazy day in a deck chair enjoying the feel of the sun on our bodies. But with so many warnings on the damage sun can do to your skin - from premature aging to skin...
•Forget cellulite, teeth are the new moan
If you break your leg, yes you have to go to hospital, have it set in plaster and follow up with a few visits. But essentially it mends itself. If you cut yourself, you may need a couple of stitches but more often than not, you stick a plaster on it and a few days later it's all healed. The miracle that is the human body is almost limitless. I say almost, because this ideal does unfortunately not extend to our teeth.
The little white(ish) things we use every day from breakfast to dinner are...
•Which is better for you - yoga or pilates?
Of course the long politician-esque answer to this question is "it depends what your goals are". For example, yoga is known to relax you and may be more beneficial if you suffer from stress. It also has a greater focus on improving flexibility so if you're doing lots of other exercise that tightens your muscles (e.g. running or football) yoga could be the right choice for you.
But the short non-politician-esque answer is: Pilates. However, I would say that, because I'm a Pilates Instructor!...
•Can Type II Diabetes be controlled by lifestyle changes alone?
Type II Diabetes is a condition where the body is deficient in producing insulin, either it can't produce enough or the insulin it does produce doesn't work properly. This means the glucose levels in the blood can't be controlled and there is the potential for them to become too concentrated.
Traditionally Type II Diabetes was an illness that affected the older generation but more and more young people are discovering they have the disease. Experts believe this is due to higher obesity...
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