Yesterday I told you about two different types of inflammation – classic inflammation, the type of inflammation that happens when you stub your toe or get a splinter in your finger and silent inflammation that results from chronic low level damage to cells. Today I’m going to tell you how this low level inflammation can … Read more
This week I’m going to tell you about a process in the body that is now believed by medical experts to be involved in all known disease processes from heart disease to cancer to Alzheimer’s disease – inflammation. Most of you will have experienced inflammation before. Have you ever got a splinter in your finger? … Read more
A meta analysis has recently been published in the BMJ looking at the association between food and risk of type 2 diabetes. This study pooled the results of six other studies, investigating 225,000 individuals over 13 years.
Sleeping disorders are fast becoming a major problem for the British population. One in twenty of us suffer from excessive daytime drowsiness caused by poor sleep that is believed to be responsible for 1 in 5 motorway accidents. One in 50 British adults are on prescribed medicine to help with sleep, and there are probably … Read more
A recent study from the Harvard School of Public Health demonstrated how diet, lifestyle and metabolic risk factors for chronic disease contribute to deaths in the USA. Although these are statistics from the USA they will correlate to how diet, lifestyle and metabolic risk factors for chronic disease contribute to deaths in the UK.
Q. What is a good breakfast before exercise? A. Research has shown that breakfast cereals have very high levels of sugar and salt. Some popular brands can have up to 11g of sugar for a 30g bowl of cereal – almost 3 teaspoons of sugar. Although you want some sugar as energy you want slow … Read more
The national Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) recently released a report saying that junk food high in saturated fat, trans fats and salt is responsible for the deaths we see from diseases such as heart disease, cancer and stroke.
We probably all know someone who lived to the ripe old age of into their late eighties or early nineties and they might have ate bad foods, or smoked or drank alcohol. The first thing that comes to mind would be that those people had great genes; they were just lucky or blessed.
Authors from a recent study published in the American Journal of Cardiology concluded that to solve the problem of cardiovascular disease we should be giving out statins as a matter of course at fast food restaurants. Imagine that – walk in to Burger King, ask for a whopper and fries and get a side order … Read more
Supplements to aid weight loss There are many different herbs and supplements on the market that claim to improve weight loss but which ones actually work?
Weight loss diets Deciding the best way to lose weight can often be a little tricky – the basic premise of taking in less calories and burning more calories in the form of exercise holds true but there are a couple of caveats. The Department of Health recommends a calorie intake of 1940 calories per … Read more
Body fat measurement The most accurate ways to measure body fat is by using imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or Dual-energy X-ray absorbtiometry (DEXA) scans. However these methods are expensive, time consuming and impractical for clinicians such as doctors and nutritional therapists to use in clinic.