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Period pain (menstrual pain or dysmenorrhoea) is thought to affect around 75% of women at some time in their lives with around 15% having pain sever enough for it to disrupt their normal daily lives. Doctors have categorised women who suffer with period pain into two groups, primary and [...]  Sugar, carbohydrates and balancing blood sugar levelsYou may well be wondering what sugar and blood sugar levels have to do with heart disease. A lot! Unfortunately over the years ultra low fat diets have been touted as being the major players in the protection against heart disease, this led many people to eat diets [...] Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the UK, looking after our hearts is very important! However, at recent conference(1) it was disclosed that almost half of us (48%) do not know what CHD is, recognise the symptoms or know what increases the risk. I hope to provide a little [...] Staying physically active may improve health and survival in individuals with coronary heart diseaseAutumn is here and the rain and wind may have you retreating to the sofa to snuggle with hot drinks rather than get out and about walking or exercising. However, the benefits of braving the cold may actually warm the heart! A new study (1) has found that any amount of physical activity appears [...] Following on from Monday, here are some more important dietary and lifestyle factors that may help to prevent prostate problems: Lycopene is an antioxidant carotenoid that I have mentioned a few times in my blog posts. It can be found within red/orange coloured fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, watermelon, pink and red [...] Broccoli, of all things, drew me into writing about prostate problems! It is being consistently branded as a ‘superfood’ and recently a study found that eating just a few portions of broccoli each week could really go far to protect men from prostate cancer(1). The most common prostate problem in men over 50 years of [...] My last posting concentrated on new evidence suggesting that desk work could be contributing to overeating. Staying on the work theme I wanted to briefly mention a recent(1) study published by ComPsych Corporation that reveals how healthy eating seems to improve our energy levels at work. ComPsych Corporation is the world’s largest provider of [...] Many of us now work at desk jobs which require the expenditure of very little physical energy but need a lot of mental concentration. This sedentary lifestyle could certainly be adding to the overweight/obesity increases occurring in the UK and beyond. If we take in more calories than we use then the excess is [...] Continuing with the theme of child health I have decided to look at the prevention of common infections such as those of the ear, nose and throat, and tummy upsets. Children returning to school after the long holiday break will be exposed to others who they may not have seen in weeks and also to [...] The long summer holidays have ended and children are heading back into their classrooms. Over the last few years the press have been giving increasing coverage to a condition known as ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). Today I would like to write about essential fatty acids, one of the many nutritional aspects associated with the [...] |
  
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