Have you been ‘Gish Galloped?’
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This is when you are in discussion with someone, or some people, whose debating method or simply their pursuit of verbal dominance is known…
Obesity
Is it possible that the worst disease our society faces is poor lifestyle?
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Let’s explore the most ubiquitous of lifestyle-related problems – obesity and metabolic dysfunction – and their relationship to the pervasive and increasingly common neurodegenerative…
Food As Medicine
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An article in Nature Medicine out in October 2022 sets out some of the developing understanding of using food as medicine[1]. Whilst for those…
Specialist Probiotics & Fat-Soluble Vitamins
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It seems that these two long-standing areas of oral intervention in nutritional therapy and related clinical management are experiencing an ongoing and much-welcomed update…
Akkermansia to the rescue
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The connection between gut microbiota and human health is well recognised and described, yet areas of uncertainty remain. This ultimate collaboration on human health…
Normal, Nostalgia & the importance of Circadian Clocks
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“Nostalgia” was first identified in 1688 by Swiss physician Johannes Hofer who recorded the impact of nostos (homecoming) and algia (pain) on Swiss soldiers…
‘Here’s the thing’
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In clinical practice, where lifestyle intervention is the primary strategy, it can be a real challenge to firstly motivate for change and then facilitate…
Artificial Sweeteners Attack Health Via the Microbiome
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Oh Boy… the journal Nature has this week (9.10.14) identified the insidious effect of consuming ‘diet’ or non caloric sweeteners on the burgeoning mass…
