When it comes to nutrition the philosophy at Cytoplan is that: a) There is a ‘Nutrition Gap’ in the population, supported by research, which means most people are not getting the nutrients they need for health from their diet. b) Nutritional supplements can bridge this gap when they contain the appropriate levels of nutrients; and also when the nutrients within are in a bioeffective form (for example ‘Food State and Wholefood’). Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2014
The announcement recently that “NHS bosses say family doctors in England are to be paid £55 for each patient they diagnose with dementia” provoked a good deal of controversy and strong opinions, both within the medical profession, the media and general public.
Alzheimer’s and Dementia have certainly been in the news frequently in recent months. This included the announcement last year by prime minster David Cameron of a welcomed increase in funding for Alzheimer’s and Dementia research as the UK hosted the first G8 dementia summit to lead international action on tackling the condition. Continue reading
“GPs will ‘prescribe’ health and fitness apps” ran the headline this week in the Daily Telegraph. “The new strategy will see NHS set up its own ‘app store’ endorsing programmes to help people lose weight, exercise more and monitor health conditions. Details will be announced later this week as part of a strategy, Personalised Health and Care 2020 about how to tailor information for patients’ needs.” Continue reading
We provide a review of recent health related research stories that made the news with six items comprising:
- ‘Can your blood type affect your memory?’;
- ‘Bad cholesterol assumptions questioned again’;
- ‘Case reveals possible allergy to antibiotics in food’;
- ‘How epigenetic memory is passed across generations’; ‘Breast versus bottle feeding’ and
- ‘Do artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance’.