nutrition
Breastfeeding by vegetarian mothers
You can breast-feed healthily on a vegetarian diet. You can even breast-feed on a vegan diet - after all, cows don't drink milk. If you are breast-feeding, try to keep to a similar diet to that which you had during pregnancy. Any deficiencies in your diet wi...read more
Bringing up a baby
Birth - 6 months From birth to 6 months all of the baby's nutritional needs can be met through breast milk. If mothers choose to change to bottle-feeding before the age of 6 months, Farleys Soya Formula is suitable. If baby is also receiving bottle feeds, m...read more
Brining up your child vegetarian
It's amazing how people who wouldn't dream of telling you how to conduct your marriage or your finances are quite happy to wade in with advice (or instructions) on child rearing. Nothing excites people's minds more than hearing that you are going to raise your child as a vegetarian. I've hea...read more
Calcium & vegetarians
Adequate calcium and vitamin D intakes are important to ensure optimal bone status. Coeliac disease is a risk factor for osteoporosis. Milk and milk products are prime sources of calcium in the diet, therefore eliminating dairy foods from the diet can sever...read more
Can I pass milk allergy on to my kids?
As you might already know each one of us was made by our mother and father. On conception, the chromosomes of both our parents fused together and half the genes of each parent combined to make what you and I are today. Each human being has 46 chromos...read more
Can't you remember your dreams?
If you don't, you may be deficient in VITAMIN B6 What is Vitamin B6? Vitamin B6 is the master vitamin for processing amino acids—the building blocks of all proteins and some hormones. Vitamin B6 helps to make and take apart many amino acids and is also needed to make...read more
Caring for someone with dementia
Eating It is important to do what you can to make sure that the person you are caring for enjoys their food and eats a healthy, balanced diet. As dementia progresses eating can become difficult for some people. However, by making a few changes you can help keep mealtimes as...read more
Children and toxic chemicals
The true Cost of Chemicals In a day and age where we increasingly seek a quick solution to our problems we find ourselves confronted by the cost that we are really paying for convenience.Health and environmental groups around the world are calling for bans and action on everything fromread more
Children's mental health: feeding the next generation
Dr Neil Ward from the Department of Chemistry at Surrey University explained the influence that toxins and heavy metals can have on childrens’ behaviour.His researches suggest that in ADHD children low levels of zinc, ...read more
Chinese dietary therapy?
In the West we tend to categorize food according to calorific content, mineral and vitamin content. The Chinese medical system categorises food according to the effect that it has on our bodies. For example, salads are cooling and red meat is warming. This is to say, when we...read more
Choose whole food for health
Changing to a good diet should not be a matter of making stressful adjustments, such as avoiding all sweet and fatty foods, and living on a monotonous fare of brown rice and vegetables. Fad diets are also not the answer either to ill health or obesity. They ...read more
Cinnamon helps diabetics
Cinnamon a spice found in many kitchens around the world especially at Christmas time. Although it is used by Jewish people at Rosh Hashona (the Jewish New Year that falls in September each year). It has been found that this flavoursome spice has its uses for people who are ...read more
Dairy foods and heart disease
A challenge to the dairy industry It is widely accepted that saturated fats raise cholesterol and increase risk of heart disease. Official dietary guidelines across the world recommend that no more than 10% of calories should come fromread more
Depressed? Eat a healthy diet
One in four of us will experience depression at some point in our lives, according to the World Health Organisation, and four to five per cent of the total population will require clinical treatment for depressive illness. While a host of chemically synthesised anti-depressa...read more
Diabetes can affect anyone, at any time
What is Diabetes? Diabetes occurs when the amount of glucose in the blood is too high, and the body is not able to use it properly. Glucose is derived mainly from food. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, is needed to convert gluco...read more
Diet and stroke
The food you eat can help reduce the risk of having a stroke. This factsheet describes different food groups, such as cereals, oils and fats, fruits and vegetables and explains why and how they can protect against stroke. It also suggests ways you can change your own diet in...read more
Diet associated acne?
For years now, the debate on whether diet and food intake has some effects on acne has not been settled. However, it is becoming clearer that food items may not really be the direct cause of acne breakout, but the released chemicals during the process of met...read more
Dietary advice for the Multiple Sclerosis sufferer
There is much scientific evidence indicating that an appropriate nutritional balance and diet have a positive role in MS. Studies looking at the area of the world where MS occurs have shown that its incidence is closely correlated to the consumption ofread more
Dietary deficiencies: causes and conventional treatment
Dietary deficiencies and their affect on health and fertility A lack of the vitamins and minerals found in food can be the cause of many of the PMS symptoms and can be corrected if recognised. It is important to eat a balanced diet, including a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, if opti...read more
Dietary vitamins for vegetarians and vegans
Vitamin B12 Vitamin B12 deficiency may not typically be expected in coeliacs as absorption is co-factor dependent and occurs in the often unaffected terminal ileum, however B12 levels are statistically lower in people with coeliac disease compared with controls. The haemato...read more
Digestive system and acne
The digestive system is instrumental to breaking down foods into amino acids, fatty acids, sugars and glycerine so it can be transported into the blood stream and will ultimately be utilized by the body to perform bodily functions. In a sense, the body is the machine and the...read more
Do I/my child suffer from lactose intolerance?
Lactose intolerance is a very common disorder that is present in many people and being ignored all the time. The first thing you basically need to check about yourself is whether you get bloating as soon as you have dairy products. This usually starts within 30 minutes and m...read more
Do we need orthomolecular medicines?
Orthomolecular medicine The therapy principle of orthomolecular medicine is based on the realisation that the human body needs vitamins, minerals, trace elements and essential fatty acids in the correct amo...read more
Do you bite your nails?
You may be deficient in minerals What are minerals? Yes, nail biting often begins with boredom or impatience or fidgeting. If you are among the millions who regularly bite their nails, you've probably said to yourself "I wish I could stop biting my ...read more
Do you have chronic fatigue syndrome
If you do, you could be deficient in MolybdenumSeveral websites report improvements in a number of underlying conditions with molybdenum. These conditions can often be misdiagnosed and hence can be given inappropriate medication. So supplementing with molybd...read more
