“Omega-3 status linked to sleep quality in school children: Consumption of omega-3 from food or supplements could help to improve sleep quality in children, according to new data presented yesterday.” Thus ran the Nutraingredients headline reporting on the preliminary data from the Oxford University DOLAB study. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2013
We get many enquiries from people suffering from acute or on-going symptoms of regular pins and needles in the limbs or similar unusual ‘sensations’; these are either people contacting us directly or via our health practitioner network. The most common causes are a Vitamin B12 deficiency and on occasions problems due to nerve impairment in the back or neck. Continue reading
“Pregnant women could be offered a new drug to reduce their chances of having a baby with serious defects. Researchers at the Institute of Child Health have developed a treatment that is potentially more effective than folic acid in preventing ‘neural tube defects’ in newborn children.” Continue reading
“Vitamin B could stave off Alzheimer’s – Elderly people could stave off Alzheimer’s disease by taking Vitamin B supplements because they reduce brain shrinkage associated with the disease by up to 90 per cent, a study suggests.” This was the headline in the Daily Telegraph relating to the Oxford University research released in May. Continue reading