Archive for the ‘Nutrition & Healthy Eating’ Category

The True Power of Good Nutrition – January 2008

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

This month’s case study is ‘Anne’ who came to the Clinic with recurrent colds and infections.

 

Anne’s story:

Since I reached my thirties I suddenly started becoming susceptible to coughs, colds and infections. I had always been quite well and hardly ever had a sick day until now. Not only was I getting these infections it was becoming increasingly difficult to ‘shift’ them in spite of regular trips to my GP! I was so fed up of feeling run down and realised that in spite of all of the antibiotics I was given it wasn’t helping me at all – in fact I think it was actually making me feel worse.

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Less salt, more taste: the sensible use of salt in your diet

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Since the Food Standards Agency introduced its salt campaign in 2004, it has raised public awareness of salt in the diet and the consequences of an intake that exceeds the 6g per day recommendation. Consuming high levels of salt is known to cause fluid retention (bloating) and high blood pressure, which in turn can cause heart disease. But many people shy away from a low-salt diet because they think the taste of their food will suffer.

 

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In the News: Diet link to bad behaviour

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Children who regularly eat junk food are nearly three times as likely to behave badly than those who avoid it completely, according to a recent Food for the Brain survey funded by organic food company Organix of more than 10,000 children.

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