Tag: Diet
Gut bacteria and diverticulitis
Diverticulitis is common in 50 percent of adults over 60; it’s a poorly understood disease but it seems anti-inflammatory compounds from friendly gut bacteria...
The low-FODMAP Diet
The low FODMAP diet is not really a diet, more a way of analysing what foods may be causing IBS, colitis or worse; and...
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is believed to be a hormone disorder affecting up to 20% of women at some point in their lives,...
How a high fat diet damages your health
Eating a high fat diet causes a chain reaction in the gut, starting with the cells of the gut wall causing metabolic regulation of...
A simple guide to bone health and beating osteoporosis
Beating osteoporosis and having healthy bones is not simply about consuming more calcium; it is about vitamin D, magnesium, phosphorus, exercise, diet, Vitamin K2,...
Depression, anxiety, heart health all linked in younger adults
Anxiety and depression are linked to cardiovascular health in young adults and researchers recommended that ways of addressing mood disorders might begin with employing...
Overweight mothers may damage their babies for life
Obese women can cause long term cardiovascular problems for their babies, according to the UPBEAT trial on exercise, diet and pregnancy; the solution is...
Probiotics and diet can help in depression and anxiety
Prebiotic and probiotic foods can help relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression according to a meta-study by the University of Sussex in the UK.
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Brain haemorrhage and strokes linked to gut bacteria
Patients with Haemorrhagic brain disorders have very distinct and specific gut microbiomes with larger levels of gram-negative bacteria; this has implication for diet and...
The ‘Blue Zone’ Rainbow Diet of Sardinia
There are 5 ‘Blue Zones’ designated from research and observations by American Dan Buettner around the world. The term Blue Zones (which he Trademarked...
You get fat, because you eat too much fat
In the largest study (1) to date, scientists have looked at what components of diet – fat, carbohydrate or protein – makes the greatest...
12 ways to lower your blood Triglycerides
There are two types of fat in your blood stream that you need to worry about. Cholesterol and Triglycerides. Doctors and the media worry...
