Monthly Archives: February 2016

In the News – Health and Nutrition Research

In this week’s article we provide a round-up of recent health and nutrition related articles that have made the news, five articles comprising:

  • Green tea compound may form basis for future arthritis therapy
  • Sugary drinks tax ‘would stop millions becoming obese’
  • Stress during pregnancy related to infant gut microbiota
  • UK air pollution ‘linked to 40,000 early deaths a year’
  • Seasonal affective disorder: first human gene mutation discovered

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Last updated on 24th February 2016 by cytoffice

Nutritional Advice for the Final Weeks of Winter

Are you still struggling with the Winter blues? Finding it hard to revitalise your health in 2016? Well this is a problem for many particularly whilst the weather outside is still bitterly cold and the days short, so you can be forgiven for finding it especially difficult to reinvigorate your health in the first couple of months of the year.

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Last updated on 18th February 2016 by cytoffice

Dietary Approaches to Reversing Insulin Resistance

There are currently around 3.9 million people in the UK living with Diabetes and 90% of these have ‘Type 2’ Diabetes. Although the number of people suffering from Diabetes is predicted to grow to 5 million by 2025, there is also a growing awareness that the treatment and reversal of many chronic conditions, such as Diabetes, may not lie in the field of prescriptive medicine, but in the hands of  our own lifestyle and dietary choices.

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Last updated on 8th February 2016 by cytoffice