Your gut absorbs nutrients from the food you eat and is packed with trillions of microbes like bacteria, fungus and yeast that help (or hinder) the process, known as the microbiome. Keeping your microbes in balance is the key to good health and has been shown to affect weight, well being and fat storage. As […]
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 […]
Summer time is a perfect season to start a healthy diet, but trying to lose weight can be hard work as well as stressful and frustrating. So instead of following strict fad diets such as the cabbage soup diet, the grapefruit diet or liquid diet, how about simply eating less carbohydrates combined with foods rich […]
Did you know the most common cause of collapse at music festivals isn’t because of substances people have taken, but because of one they haven’t – water? According to one of our team at First Aid for Life, a veteran paramedic who has worked at numerous of these events, the vast majority of people needing […]
Teenagers are less likely to be overweight if their mum or dad had a positive attitude during pregnancy, a new study by the Univeristy of Bristol and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, revealed. Using answers from more than 7000 parents who took part in the Children of the 90s longitudinal study about their personality, mood […]
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The mystery of why night shift workers face increased risk of obesity and other metabolic illnesses is starting to unravel, a new study in the journal PNAS reports. During this ground-breaking study, researchers from the University of Surrey and Washington State University investigated underlying mechanisms which can cause metabolic disorders in shift workers. Simulating day […]
Adolescent drinking is associated with changes in the metabolite profile, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows. Some of these changes were found to correlate with reduced brain grey matter volume, especially in young women who are heavy drinkers. The findings, published in the journal Alcohol, shed new […]
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Human beings are each colonised by trillions of bacteria living on surfaces such as the skin, the genitorurinary tract and the gut. Every individual has a unique microbiome which reflects diet, environment, medication and many other interactions. The microbiome plays a key role in helping to maintain our health and keeping us free from disease […]
My background in public health medicine has given me a unique insight into the problems faced by people in challenging situations and crisis zones around the world. I worked with insurance companies to evacuate people with medical emergencies from remote regions for six years before working for charities to deliver healthcare to people affected by […]
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 […]