Diet and its effect on Autism

How may diet and nutrition benefit those with Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? I see a considerable number of people who tell me they believe that diet is an issue and it affects their, or their children’s, autistic symptoms.  I do not think diet cures autism, but there is such a broad spectrum to […]

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Food allergies in children and leaky gut

Food allergies can arise at any time of life but those arising in childhood and can become lifelong. There is a difference between allergy and food intolerances. A child with a food allergy and a child with a food intolerance can both have a bad reaction to a certain food, but the food allergy involves […]

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Food allergies in children and leaky gut

Food allergies can arise at any time of life but those arising in childhood and can become lifelong. There is a difference between allergy and food intolerances. A child with a food allergy and a child with a food intolerance can both have a bad reaction to a certain food, but the food allergy involves […]

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Functional medicine: treating depression

The conventional therapeutic approach to dealing with a problem like depression is to wait for the problem to set in and then give you a drug to stop you feeling depressed. GPs often have less than 15 minutes for a single appointment so they just don’t have the time to ask a patient about the […]

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Functional medicine: treating depression

The conventional therapeutic approach to dealing with a problem like depression is to wait for the problem to set in and then give you a drug to stop you feeling depressed. GPs often have less than 15 minutes for a single appointment so they just don’t have the time to ask a patient about the […]

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An integrative approach to ME

ME is not a very useful term. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis derives from Ancient Greek. Myalgic meaning painful muscles and fibres and Encephalomyelitis meaning inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Those labelled with ME rarely have actual evidence of brain or nerve inflammation, so it is simply a label and not a very descriptive one at […]

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An integrative approach to ME

ME is not a very useful term. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis derives from Ancient Greek. Myalgic meaning painful muscles and fibres and Encephalomyelitis meaning inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. Those labelled with ME rarely have actual evidence of brain or nerve inflammation, so it is simply a label and not a very descriptive one at […]

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Defending ourselves from antibiotic resistance

The antibiotic group of medication has undoubtedly been responsible for relieving suffering and saving more lives than any other collective of drugs. How ironic, then, that these drugs now have the capability of potentially creating an apocalyptic plague due to bacteria becoming resistant to even the most powerful antimicrobials. Exposure of bacteria to antibiotics leads […]

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Defending ourselves from antibiotic resistance

The antibiotic group of medication has undoubtedly been responsible for relieving suffering and saving more lives than any other collective of drugs. How ironic, then, that these drugs now have the capability of potentially creating an apocalyptic plague due to bacteria becoming resistant to even the most powerful antimicrobials. Exposure of bacteria to antibiotics leads […]

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