Here is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. We cover new developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine, break them down and help you make sense of your health in general. We focus especially on the impact food has on the body and how that relates to disease.Westies, as they are popularly known, are an attractive breed and got a media boost when featured in the Hamish Macbeth tv series, but it seems they may well be man’s best friend in more ways than one as they may hold the aswers to similar human diseases. The Westie Foundation of

Health, Nutrition and Wellness, News, Articles and Tips for women, men and children. Also including mental health, diets and research.I sometimes feel like the last person on the planet who has a mobile phone that does just that – make phone calls. The rise of the new so-called ‘smartphones has been fast and furious and although we know of the dangers of over use of mobiles, it seems the new technology is throwing up [...]

Bad dietary habits are the major causes of chronic diseases today. The good news is that the disease and death caused by it can be prevented. But what is dietary habits and how can nutritions save us? Here, we gather infos to explain the importance of nutrients for good health, how it works in our body, suggestions of foods and supplements to take.Antibiotics are among the greatest achievements of medical science, but we have learned to treat them with caution. This once-perceived all-purpose weapon has failed in the battle against infectious diseases and bacteria are increasingly developing resistance to antibiotics. The good

Thoughts, opinions, musings and discussion about nutrition, food trends, diet myths, new products and fad-free healthy eating.If what summer means to you is stocking up on giant boxes of tissues and avoiding going out of doors, then there is a hidden factor that you may not be aware of. It seems that many allergy sufferers are also dehydrated, so that no matter how much water they drink they suffer from dry [...]

Bad dietary habits are the major causes of chronic diseases today. The good news is that the disease and death caused by it can be prevented. But what is dietary habits and how can nutritions save us? Here, we gather infos to explain the importance of nutrients for good health, how it works in our body, suggestions of foods and supplements to take.A tricky subject this: in some parts of the world, particularly China, the placenta and umbilical cord area as valuable health resources but in the West we are rather more squeamish and the subject of stem cell research and implementation is still open to debate. However that cord

Health, Nutrition and Wellness, News, Articles and Tips for women, men and children. Also including mental health, diets and research.Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a compound found naturally in the energy-producing centre of the cell known as the mitochondria. CoQ10 is involved in making an important molecule known as adenosine triphosphate (ATP) which serves as the cell’s major energy source and drives a number

Bad dietary habits are the major causes of chronic diseases today. The good news is that the disease and death caused by it can be prevented. But what is dietary habits and how can nutritions save us? Here, we gather infos to explain the importance of nutrients for good health, how it works in our body, suggestions of foods and supplements to take.Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have pioneered a new needle-free test to take the sting out of medicine testing in premature babies. The research will not only lead to greater accuracy in prescribing, but will also significantly reduce the trauma of such tests for newborn

Here is an in-depth guide to the world of nutrition. We cover new developments in both the worlds of traditional and alternative medicine, break them down and help you make sense of your health in general. We focus especially on the impact food has on the body and how that relates to disease.We are usually exhorted to eat more fish, and indeed if you can guarantee the source then it is a good idea, but a major problem could be about to hit us. This is based on a study from Montreal which shows that around one in four citizens there take some kind of anti-depressant and, [...]

Health, Nutrition and Wellness, News, Articles and Tips for women, men and children. Also including mental health, diets and research.Inflammation in the bowel is not just painful, it is also the gift that keeps on giving. Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are two of these relapsing conditions and affect millions of people worldwide. Now it seems that a simple, everyday, supplement could actually treat

Thoughts, opinions, musings and discussion about nutrition, food trends, diet myths, new products and fad-free healthy eating.Statins are regarded as a lifesaver by some and a dangerous medication by others. I have written on this before and just by coincidence this week three separate news stories turned up on different aspects of these drugs. Their primary use is to lower blood cholesterol levels by blocking