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Following my last post I was interested to read a well researched review paper (1) that looks into the link between vitamin D deficiency and the development of dementia. The report is published in the May issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s disease and is written my William B Grant PhD of the Sunlight, Nutrition and Health [...]  What we eat can certainly have an impact on the way our brains function. Previously I have written about the importance of a healthy diet for brain function and also the links between the Mediterranean style diet and the brain. In both of these posts I write about how important oily fish seem [...] My grandmother always used to say that fish was good for the brain. A lot of research is now available now to back up these old folk tales. Our brains are very fatty organs and we require essential fats for their efficient functioning. Fish intake in pregnant women has been positively linked to cognitive performance (mental [...] There are many hundreds of studies relating brain function to nutrition and I am never sure where to begin trying to relay these to you via this blog – the volume of available evidence always seems so daunting! Last week I wrote about just one nutrient, vitamin B12 and cognition/mental function. Fortunately for me [...] On 15th October I wrote about the connection between B vitamins and healthy bones and I also mentioned how elevated homocysteine levels may be implicated in bone deterioration and heart disease. Today I want to look at the link between elevated homocysteine levels, low vitamin B12 levels and cognitive (mental) decline. To recap: Homocysteine is [...] On the 22 October I mentioned the potential use of Vitamin D supplements for helping individuals suffering from the mood disorder SAD (seasonal affective disorder). This year a number of papers have been published (1,2,3,4) which suggest that vitamin D could potentially be useful for the treatment of other mood disturbances and depressive episodes. [...]Last week I wrote about light box therapy, and other ideas, for improving mood in SAD (seasonal affective disorder). A more conventional approach to SAD is pharmaceutical antidepressant therapy with, for example, SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) type antidepressants which include fluoxetine (Prozac) and paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat). However, these drugs come with certain side effects [...] Iron deficiency anaemia is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide, affecting around 2 billion people. Here in the UK the National Diet and Nutrition Surveys have revealed that most children under the age of 18 have dietary iron intakes below the RNI (reference nutrient intakes). This is very worrying as iron is important for [...] New research(1) has just emerged from Baycrest which shows that adults with type 2 diabetes who eat unhealthy, high-fat, meals may experience memory declines immediately afterward, but this may be offset by taking antioxidant vitamin supplements together with the meal. Baycrest is an academic health sciences centre, affiliated with the University of Toronto, which [...] 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 [...] |
  
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