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Banned substances testing gives OmegaFlex supplement seal of approval With less than 700 days to go before the start of the London 2012 Olympics, it is not surprising that athletes all over the world are training hard in the hope that their efforts will be rewarded with a gold medal or, at the very least, a respectable bronze. Modern Olympics have changed dramatically since they were first f ... more Psoriasis Awareness Month: focus on psoriasis arthritis - Dr Nina Bailey Psoriasis is an immune-mediated, chronic, inflammatory disease affecting about 80 million people worldwide. It is not life threatening, but those with psoriasis may have a higher incidence of diabetes, psoriatic arthritis, heart disease, and depression. According to Arthritis Research UK, the prevalence of psoriasis in thi ... more Focusing on eradicating diabetes and depression will cut the risk of dementia - Dr Nina Bailey Alzheimer's Society research suggests that one in three people will die with some form of dementia, and that currently the disease affects more than 750,000 people in the UK, with Alzheimer's disease accounting for over half of these numbers. Alzheimer’s is a slow progressive disease, affecting people’s lives for m ... more EPA and colorectal cancer, reducing the risks - Dr Nina Bailey Cancer of the large bowel or colorectal cancer (CRC) is currently the third most common cancer worldwide after lung and breast, with almost 60% of all colorectal cancers occurring in developed countries. It is estimated that around 106 new cases of colorectal cancer are diagnosed each day in the UK, and in 2007 there were ... more Healthy Children – A Matter of Money and Location? According to the results of a recent survey looking at children’s dietary and lifestyle patterns, children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, particularly those from the North of England, are less likely to have a healthy diet and lead a healthy and active lifestyle. Of the 200 parents surveyed, children living in the N ... more The Role of Fats in Pain Syndromes - Dr Nina Bailey For the fibromyalgia sufferer, pain is an everyday part of living – chronic, often with few pain-free intervals, and increased sensitivity. Fibromyalgia also interferes with function, largely to a greater extent than other musculoskeletal conditions.Diagnosis of fibromyalgia is often difficult, and the condition itself is ... more Parents Overestimate Children’s Diets as Healthy According to a recent survey, 81% of parents feel that their child has a healthy diet, particularly those from wealthier families. Yet, in describing a healthy diet, most people selected three balanced meals a day over using fresh ingredients or cutting out snacks, junk food and takeaways. At the same time, we are seeing in ... more Immune Responses, Asthma & The Diet, by Dr Nina Bailey Asthma, characterised by wheezing, coughing, tight chest and shortness of breath, is a common chronic inflammatory disease affecting the airways. One in every five households in the UK will contain at least one asthma sufferer, with around 5.4 million people (of which 1.1 million are children) currently receiving treatment ... more Glucosamine Debate: Sulphate or Hydrochloride? The use of glucosamine for joint support and the treatment of joint related conditions such as osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis is well established. There appears to be some confusion, however, and a general lack of information as to the whether the use of glucosamine sulphate is better and more efficient over that ... more Omega-3 & Glucosamine Offers Safe Alternative to NSAID Arthritis Treatment Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, and can affect the hands, hips, shoulders and knees. It tends to develop when the cartilage that protects the ends of the bones breaks down and causes pain, swelling and inflammation. Rheumatoid arthritis, in contrast, is an autoimmune disease of the joints, which result ... more Obesity Linked with Brain Volume Decline in Old Age Obesity is widely understood to pose a threat to our health; indeed it can adversely affect heart and blood pressure, our risk of developing type II diabetes and arthritis, not to mention damaging our self-esteem. What scientists are now finding is that obesity it also linked with a significant decrease in brain volume, wi ... more Oxytocin Nasal Spray for Autism? It is common for people suffering from autism to find basic social interactions difficult; looking people in the eye, for instance, is often a challenge, as is determining a person’s trustworthiness. New research suggests that these two symptoms can be improved with the inhalation of the hormone Oxytocin – dubbed the ‘love ... more Stress: Fight or Flight & The HPA Axis, by Dr Nina Bailey The "fight or flight response" is the body's primitive and automatic response which prepares the body to either "fight" or "run" from a perceived attack or, in other words, it is our biological response to acute stress. During a stressful experience there is a complex set of interactions between the hypothalamus ( ... more ReMEmbering ME /CFS [Article] This month marks three important awareness events; International ME Awareness Month, National ME Awareness Week (UK), as well as International CFS Awareness day. ME is, unfortunately, a misunderstood physical condition, which affects about 0.4% of the population. Many doctors are still prescribing antidepressants; not on ... more Fish Oil "Brain Food" Raises Hope for Mental Health Problems Omega-3s have dominated the media spotlight for quite some time, notable for their role in the development of the brain, cardiovascular health, immune and eye function, but scientists believe that there is an awful lot more to discover about these important nutrients. Despite the Advertising Standards Agency currently only ... more Food Choices in Autism: Addressing Chemical Imbalances [News release] The UK Autism Foundation is campaigning to raise awareness on April 2nd, the United Nations World Autism Day, calling for better education, health services, specialist speech therapy and respite care for children and their families. Amidst growing concern for the support offered to children with autism and their families, n ... more Omega-3 For Fresh Breath? A new study by the University of Kentucky, USA, has found that omega-3 can help fight against mouth bacteria, and therefore boost oral hygiene; this is on top of omega-3 anti-inflammatory benefits in the mouth. The study, sponsored by the US National Institute of Health and published in Molecular Oral Microbiology, found t ... more International Omega-3 Awareness Day With so much research being published on the wonders of omega-3, it’s no wonder that an omega-3 expert, Carol A. Locke MD, along with a team of world-renowned doctors, has initiated an ‘International Omega-3 Awareness day’. 3rd March 2010 was chosen to be the first ever Omega-3 Awareness Day, and aims to bring these import ... more Antipsychotic Drug Use: Side Effects and Omega-3 Benefits Antipsychotic drugs were developed in the 1950s as a primary treatment for mental health conditions such as schizophrenia, as well as other psychoses including agitation, severe anxiety, mania and violent or dangerously impulsive behaviour. Lately, however, they have been the centre of media attention due to concerns over ... more New Support For Omega-3 Mental Health Connection Omega-3 fatty acids found in abundance in fish oil are renowned for their heart, joint, eye health and anti-inflammatory benefits, and new research adds further support for their role in the brain and maintaining cognitive function. Via their ability to improve electrical signalling in the brain, omega-3 fatty acids also ha ... more Igennus Raises Over £30K for ME Research UK Since the Spring of 2006, we have been working alongside full time Carer Lynne Kersh, to provide the benefits of our supplement Vegepa for thousands of ME patients, while raising important funds for biomedical research for ME Research UK. Lynne’s daughter Daliany is a long-standing sufferer of ME.[caption id="attachment_10 ... more EPA Fish Oil Prevents Memory Loss, Offering Hope For Alzheimer's Patients There are currently around 700,000 people in the UK with dementia and it is believed that these figures are set to rise to one million in the next 10 years because of the ageing population. New research adds to the weight of evidence suggesting that people who regularly include fish as part of their diet have a lower risk o ... more Anti-Ageing Potential of Omega-3 Fish Oil? A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that fish oil has potential anti-ageing benefits, adding to the long list of health benefits already with strong scientific backing, including brain function, mood, learning and development, cardiovascular health, joint health and age-related ... more How Could Vegepa Help Your Child With ADHD? If you or someone you know has a child with ADHD then you know how drastically it can impact on their life, and indeed the whole family. As if it’s not hard enough for the child to concentrate, pay attention, control excited outbursts and do their homework, children with ADHD are not always fully understood by their peers ... more Omega-3s and Fatty Liver Disease Whilst most people in the UK are familiar with alcohol-related liver disease as a result of heavy drinking, which is on the rise, many of us are unaware of the problems associated with another form of liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – also known as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). A recent rev ... more Food choices in ADHD, autism & other neurodevelopmental disorders Children’s learning disorders can be genetic, environmental and even caused by smoking during pregnancy. In some cases behavioural and learning problems are strongly linked with the diet, and there are very few cases where the diet won’t result in at least some improvements in your child’s behaviour and concentration.The b ... more Rewarding Children With Food: Conditioning For Obesity? [Article] Alarming evidence from Datamonitor predicts that by 2013, roughly 40 per cent of UK children will be clinically overweight or obese, thanks to a lack of exercise, less than ideal diets and overeating. An overweight four-year old is 20% more likely to become an obese adult, and an overweight teen a staggering 80%. Psychologi ... more Glucosamine Plus Omega-3 Superior Treatment for Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is a slow and debilitating condition that is extremely common in ageing populations. Indeed it is thought that approximately 80% of us will have some form of the condition by the time we reach our mid 70s. New research from Germany, however, suggests that a combination of omega-3 and glucosamine is even m ... more Junk Food's Role In Depression [Article] New research linking processed foods with increased depression in middle age adds to the plethora of evidence suggesting that food has a core role in preventing depressive illness. [1] Researchers from University College, London, wanted to expand on the research looking at the link between food and depression, for which the ... more Education and Prevention on the Agenda for World Diabetes Day The annual campaign held by the International Diabetes Federation each year on November 14th seeks to keep this escalating health issue in the global spotlight, amid growing concern for the threat diabetes poses to public health. This year is the start of a 5-year programme to address the need for education and prevention i ... more Rotterdam Heart Study Participants Didn't Consume UK RDVs [Article] The consumption of oily fish as a protective factor against cardiovascular mortality stems from epidemiological observations of Greenland Eskimos (Kromann & Green 1980). Subsequently there have been numerous studies – epidemiological, observational and clinical – that have directly supported the concept that omega-3 pl ... more Healthy Heart Foods May Also Protect the Brain [Article] A recent study presented at the annual meeting of the American Neurological Association suggests that a Mediterranean-like diet may protect against Alzheimer’s disease, as well as offer heart-protective benefits. A typically healthy diet including foods such as cruciferous and green leafy vegetables, omega-3 rich oily fi ... more ME Study Identifies Strong Link With Virus [Article] A study published in the US journal, Science, [1] found a single retrovirus known as XMRV common to 67% of ME patients, compared with fewer than 4% of the general population. Although unable to conclusively prove a link between the virus and the onset of ME, the scientists believe they have made a breakthrough in terms of u ... more The Effectiveness of Fish Oils in Depression [Article] Experts believe that the average Western diet is a major factor in the development of certain mental health problems, which affect 1 in 4 of us in the UK each year. [1] When comparing the average Western diet to that which is typical in the Far East, it appears that our diets fall somewhat short. Scientists suggest that on ... more The Mental Health Agenda: Treatment, Prevention & Banishing Stigma [News Release] World Mental Health Day on 10th October seeks to raise public awareness of the issues surrounding mental health by promoting discussion of illnesses and the need for improved treatment and prevention initiatives. Statistics quoted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for 2002 suggest that 154 million people globally suffe ... more Anti-depression Foods [Article] For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere , our summer is over, the days are getting shorter, there’s even less sunshine and, for many of us, we start to feel the ‘gloom and doom’ associated with the cold, dark days ahead. For some people, however, this feeling persists regardless of the season, come rain or shine. It is ... more Eat Your Way to Healthy Skin [Article] Whether it’s teenage spots, hormonal outbursts of adult acne or stress-induced eczema, most of us have experienced bad bouts of skin at some point or other, yet we don’t always fully appreciate the potential impact of serious skin problems on people’s mental and physical well-being – until it afflicts us personally, that is ... more Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fats: Therapeutic Potential for Inflammatory Diseases [Article] The number of people suffering from some form of inflammatory disease in the UK is currently unnervingly high. Recent statistics show that in the UK alone 150,000 people suffer from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 1 in 1,500 suffer from Crohn’s disease, 2.5 million have some form of cardiovascular disease, and 9 million are affec ... more The Healthy Diet: Acid or Alkaline? [Article] The modern diet and lifestyle is changing dramatically and diet-related health problems are on the rise. Scientists are drawing attention to the fact that increases in the rates of certain cancers, heart problems and type-2 diabetes correlate very closely with the rise of acid-forming foods such as sugars, bad saturated fat ... more Nutritional Approaches To Managing Psoriasis [News release] In the wake of Psoriasis Awareness Month, it’s high time this often distressing condition is brought to the attention of the general public. Affecting 2-3% of the UK population,[1] psoriasis can affect many aspects of a person’s life. With implications beyond the physical symptoms (alone a difficult task to endure), suffer ... more Focus on Alzheimer's [Article] July 5th-11th this year is Alzheimer’s Awareness Week, organised by the charity Alzheimer’s Research. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for almost two thirds of reported cases in the elderly. According to the charity Alzheimer’s Research, 700,000 people in the UK are affected by dementia with num ... more Omega-3 Treatment for Diabetes: Its Therapeutic Potential [Article] It’s well-known that omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish may help reduce your risk for heart disease, help to protect your joints and improve brain function. But there are additional reasons for diabetics to ensure a regular intake of omega-3s, including lower blood pressure, improved cholesterol, as well as reduced risk ... more Fish Oils in the Combat Against Acne: Addressing the Cause [Article] Having bad skin, particularly in adult life, can be an extremely distressing experience. Whilst you can inherit a predisposition to acne, which is often a hormonal problem, it can also be brought on by stress. You may know of several adults who, in their early twenties or even into their thirties, experienced their first bo ... more Omega-3 EPA: Treatment for a Heart Condition [News release] In the wake of British Heart week (8-15th June), Dr Jav Nazemi – CEO of Igennus, manufacturer of purified omega-3 supplements – tells how his daughter’s heart condition led to the start of his business and the omega-3 EPA formula, Vegepa, which has since helped thousands of people. Igennus are donating 50 pence per tub sold ... more New Vegetarian Omega-3 from Echium Seed Oil Offers Fish Oil Benefits [News Release] In support of National Vegetarian Week 2009, nutrition scientist Dr Nina Bailey seeks to raise the importance of incorporating omega-3s into the vegetarian diet, and proposes ways to do so without compromising on ethics. At over 7% of the UK population, 4 million and growing steadily, [1] vegetarianism is an ever-increasing ... more Omega-3 EPA: The Answer to Autism? [News Release] In the wake of National Autism Month 2009, nutrition scientist Dr Nina Bailey speaks out to suggest ways to avoid pharmaceutical interventions, instead imploring the use of highly unsaturated omega-3 fatty acids to address underlying problems.According to NHS figures, 1 in 100 children are thought to be affected by autism. ... more Omega-3 EPA offers potential to speed recovery from sports injuries, reducing need for NSAID medication [Article] When it comes to perseverance in exercise, we're often encouraged to 'push through the pain barrier.' The ability to push on despite our bodies warning us to stop is sometimes even considered a sign of good sportsmanship. But failing to listen to the warning signs can lead us to injury.With more and more people ... more Fatty Acids & Fibromyalgia Medical health professionals together with the media and government bodies are imploring people to take an interest in nutrition and examine their diets. All too often dismissed, it is important to adopt a proactive approach to managing our health, and a good diet may make all the difference in helping your body cope with t ... more Fish Oil's Keep-Fit Benefits [Article] Fitness enthusiasts are forever looking for ways to ensure they remain injury-free which means keeping their joints supple so that they can forge ahead with their gruelling exercise regimes. Some opt for pain-relief gels to ease muscle during and after workouts but it's only a short-term fix. If we think of the body as ... more Give Omega-3 To The Under-Privileged A paper authored by our in-house nutrition scientist Dr Nina Bailey, published in the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) journal, has called for omega-3 supplements to be made available to lower socio-economic groups because low income earners have the most to gain from using them.The paper also called for greater education ... more Fish Oil Supplementation Can Lengthen Life of the Elderly [News Release] Researchers from Norway and France have found that elderly people who consume plenty of omega-3 acids, found in oily fish such as salmon, not only performed better in cognitive function tests than those who do not, but also demonstrated greater longevity than those who don’t regularly consume fish.Norwegian researchers stud ... more Age-defying athlete breaks Guinness World Record Last Saturday, personal trainer Marc Battistella, aged 42, from Australia, proved that age is just a number when he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest aerobics class.Columbian Duberney Trujillo set the world record in February 2005, with a 24-hour long aerobics class.The attempt started at 11am last Friday with ... more Inflammation in Irritable Bowel Disease Inflammation in Irritable Bowel DiseaseDiet is thought to be one of the most important factors in the cause of diseases of the large bowel, including colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Whilst the role of individual fatty acids in human colorectal cancer risk is not clear, the amount and type of fat appe ... more Omega-3 EPA ‘Is As Effective As Prozac’ For Depression [Article] A growing number of observational and epidemiological studies have suggested that major depression is associated with reduced dietary intake and/or cellular levels of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Indeed, it has been previously shown that individuals suffering from major depression are more likely to have low levels ... more |
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