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...
by clinicadmin | Jan 6, 2016 | Diet and Nutrition
What diet works?Well it’s all to do with how you think about food. Research recently highlighted by the BBC, would suggest that before you choose how to diet, you need to know what food type you are.What type am I? Research suggests that there are broadly three types...
