by clinicadmin | Apr 8, 2016 | Children, Diet and Nutrition
What is celiac disease?The number of children diagnosed with celiac disease, where there is a serious auto-immune reaction to dietary gluten from wheat, barley and rye, has trebled in the UK over the past twenty years.FindingsIt’s reckoned that around one per cent of...
by clinicadmin | Mar 18, 2016 | Children, Diet and Nutrition
FindingsMore than half of children and adolescents aren’t drinking enough water, and even mild dehydration can cause headaches, poor physical performance and reduced cognitive functioning, a new study has found.And it’s worse for boys. Around seventy six per cent are...
by clinicadmin | Mar 4, 2016 | Diet and Nutrition
Low Energy?Overcome the mid-morning energy low with a piece or two of dark chocolate, researchers say – and they have been scans to prove it!The chocolate makes us more attentive and awake, and its benefits aren’t psychological; it affects areas of the brain...
by clinicadmin | Jan 27, 2016 | Diet and Nutrition
BackgroundEarlier studies have linked low level of vitamin D and sufferers of MS. A new study wanted to identify a link between vitamin D and other conditions of the spinal cord, like Transverse Myelitis (TM) and Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO). It also wanted to examine...
by clinicadmin | Jan 14, 2016 | Diet and Nutrition
Is it a fad?Not eating wheat is all the rage, and some sceptics regard it as a fashionable fad – but scientists have discovered the gluten sensitivity is a very real problem, and they’ve also figured out the biological mechanism behind it.ResearchEating wheat products...
