SOME NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS CAN BE HARMFUL FOR YOUR MENTAL & PHYSICAL HEALTH

The latest news on certain nutrient supplements helping to treat depression may be enlightening to some……but unfortunately the research results should be treated with caution. Rather than rushing out to buy these supplements I urge you to consult a Naturopathic Medicine practitioner or doctor, particularly one that specialises in genetic conditions, nutritional medicine and mental […]

BREAKTHROUGH NEWS FOR PROSTATE CANCER

Vitamin D may keep low-grade prostate cancer from becoming aggressive  Taking vitamin D supplements could slow or even reverse the progression of less aggressive, or low-grade, prostate tumors without the need for surgery or radiation, a scientist will report today. If a tumor is present in a prostate biopsy, a pathologist grades its aggressiveness on […]

LOW VITAMIN D LINKED TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

MedScape Medical News September 28, 2012   Yet another study has linked low vitamin D levels with significant health issues — in this case, poor cognition. In this latest systematic review of the literature, people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) had lower concentrations of vitamin D than those without AD, and better cognitive test results were […]

MATERNAL VITAMIN D IS IMPORTANT FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND LANGUAGE

MATERNAL VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS MAY HELP LANGUAGE   According to Michael Woodhead (6 minutes, 14.2.12): “Vitamin D deficiency during early pregnancy is associated with an almost two-fold higher rate of language impairment in the offspring, a study from WA has shown. In a long term follow up study of children born between 1989 and 1991, […]