Nutrition Articles

• Healthy Weight Loss Tips
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  Here are 25 healthy weight loss tips you can use yourself or pass on to your clients.

• Water, Energy Patterns And Your Practice
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  There are all sorts of health benefits of making sure everyone drinks sufficient water, but I believe there are some less obvious issues at stake too. I don’t have any real evidence for most of what I say here, but I hope it will give you food (or drink!!) for thought.

• Folic Acid May Protect Against Heart Attacks, Strokes
  by William Angelos
  Simply consuming more folic acid-rich foods may be a cheap, safe and effective way to significantly lower the risk of heart attacks or stroke, suggest researchers who analyzed the results of multiple studies.

• Omega 3 Fats: Are Fish Oils Essential?
  by the UK Vegetarian Society
  To begin with we must distinguish between the two polyunsaturated fatty acids which are termed essential because they can not be made in the body and therefore must be present in the diet.

• Type 2 (Adult Onset) Diabetes
  by Tracy S Gates
  Information on dietary and lifestyle modification, vitamin,mineral and herbal supplements for the management of Type 2 diabetes.

• The Interaction Between Drugs, Food And Health
  Drugs can affect the body’s ability to absorb nutrition from food. Some foods can also interfere with the activity of drugs.

  Allergy Questions & Answers
  by Jane Thurnell-Read
  Over the years I have used kinesiology to allergy test thousands of clients. During that time clients have asked me many different questions, but here are some of the more common ones with my answers.

• Caffeine Effects, Addiction And Health
  Caffeine content of drinks, the effects of caffeine on the body and caffeine addiction.

• The Effects Of A Low-Carbohydrate, Ketogenic Diet On The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Pilot Study
  by John C Mavropoulos, William S Yancy, Juanita Hepburn and Eric C Westman
  Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with obesity, hyperinsulinemia, and insulin resistance. This pilot study investigated the six-month metabolic and endocrine effects of a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet on overweight and obese women with PCOS.

• Functional Efficacy of Probiotics
  by Epp Songisepp et al
  Critics of probiotic supplmentation say that probiotics do not survive the digestive process. This study suggests otherwise.

• Cancer: A Single Disease With A Multitude Of Manifestions?
  by Peter Grandics
  A wide-ranging, well-researched article on nutrition and cancer.

• Schizophrenia Linked to Prenatal Nutritional Deficiency
  by Nicole Weaver
  Researchers have confirmed a link between fetal nutritional deficiency and schizophrenia, according to a study published in JAMA.

• Eczema, Psoriasis, Parkinson's & Tumours
  Salvestrols have been found to be helpful for these conditions and more.

• More On Salvestrols, Skin & Tumours
  My previous article on salvestrols and skin problems generated a lot of positive comments from practitioners about the success they were having with these products.

• Nutrition & Eczema
  Getting nutrition right can make a big difference for people with eczema. Here's some suggestions.

• Salicylates May Be Good For Us
  Research by Professor John Burn of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, suggests a positive role for salicylates.

• Can Allergies Make You Fat?
  Here's an article I was commissioned to write by the award -winning UK national paper The Independent.

• New Food Pyramid Stresses Individuality 
  The MyPyramid symbol represents the recommended proportion of foods from each food group and focuses on the importance of making smart food choices every day. Physical activity is a new element in the symbol.

• Proteins And The Body, Part 1
  Although cells synthesise many different chemicals, a large part of the cellular machinery is devoted to producing proteins. Proteins determine the physical and chemical characteristics of cells and so are vitally important.

• Proteins And The Body, Part 2
  Here's more detailed information on exactly how proteins are made.

• The Glycaemic Index
  Work by Professor David Jenkins has shown that some starch foods give an equivalent blood-sugar response to some simple sugars. From this work he developed the glycaemic index.

• A Great Book On Nutrition
  Clients/ patients expect us to be a mine of information on a variety of topics. Here's a book on nutrition supplements that I really recommend.