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Vitamin D appears to be receiving a lot of attention in the scientific and medical press at present with well over 20 studies due for publication in June alone and many, many more already published in 2008. In fact, as I started to research for this post the current issue of The Proceedings of [...]  The symptoms of hay fever may well be irritating and even distressing at times. As I said in Part I I do not suffer from the condition so this may well sound easy for me to say, but trying not to get too upset and stressed about your hay fever could be a great [...] Last weekend (18/05/08) The Sunday Times ran a story entitled “Superfood celery combats brain diseases”. Quite timely I thought, as I was in the middle of preparing a post on the important role that dietary flavonoids , also known as bioflavonoids (a group of over 4000 types of polyphenol plant compounds), play in maintaining [...] No excuse is needed for me to get outside and enjoy the warm weather! I relish spending as much time as possible walking in the countryside amongst the grasses and flowers. However, it is estimated that up to 25% of the UK population suffer from hay fever, and for affected individuals spring and summer [...] Whilst writing my last post about zinc and the common cold I came across some interesting research and evidence about probiotics and how they may be useful in enhancing the function of our immune system. Probiotics are supplements containing ‘beneficial’ or friendly bacteria which inhabit the intestines. These friendly bacteria produce various substances in our bodies, such [...] Recently my mum came back from a trip with a heavy springtime cold, a member of her travelling party had kindly passed on the infection and poor mum was suffering with the typical symptoms of a tickly throat, headache and runny nose. Colds are caused by viruses and our susceptibility to these infections is [...] Welcome to my first blog posting! My name is Ani and I am ‘Consultant Nutritional Therapist’ for bodykind. Nutrition and health have been fascinations of mine for many years and after completing my BSc(Hons) at the University of Reading I went on to study for an MSc in Nutritional Medicine at the University [...] |
  
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