“Food talking to your genes”: Nutrigenomics in favour of enhanced personalised nutrition
We are sharing this post from nutritioninsight.com NutritionInsight is the go-to source for news about nutrition and diet trends, providing a huge range of detailed nutrition health articles, scientific nutrition articles and nutrition research articles. “Food talking to your genes”: Nutrigenomics in favour of enhanced personalised nutrition 14 Mar 2019 — Within the personalized […]
A funny thing happened on the way to the bakery!
A funny thing happened on the way to the bakery! Millions of sheeple the world over were arrested by the gluten police! You might logically ask what masochistic streak in me would make me post such a headline! I’m bound to be shot down in a volley of gluten-free breadcrumbs! The answer? Real as […]
Heart To Heart: A Logical Approach To CVD
Getting to the cause Cholesterol is clearly on the radar of GP’s as a primary treatment strategy for CVD with Statins successfully marketed as the number one go to. Yet a growing body of research points in another direction – to redox imbalances and inflammation as primary upstream causes of CVD. The Superoxide assault The […]
It’s time to let your cells dwell well!
Good Health Begins with Our Cells Our modern-day epidemic of chronic diseases has taken yet another ugly twist, presented by the dilemma of ‘overabundance’ — too many wrong choices and too few right ones. Although it’s fair to say that developed countries no longer face the stress of war or starvation, our cells still continue […]
Antioxidants – time to reconsider the principles? Part 3
In this series, we break down all you need to know about antioxidants, with Part 2 last week looking at where the antioxidant story began. This week, in Part 3, Cell-Logic’s Senior Scientist Dr Christine Houghton explores the new ‘Nutrigenomics’ era and the changing trends in nutritional medicine. Enter the ‘Nutrigenomics’ era We now understand […]
Antioxidants — time to reconsider the principles? Part 2
In this series, we break down all you need to know about antioxidants, with Part 1 last week covering their basic features. In Part 2 this week, we look at where the antioxidant story began. Where the Antioxidant Story Began In the 1950’s following research into the effects of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, Dr Denham […]
Antioxidants — time to reconsider the principles? Part 1
For around six decades, we have indulged in a passionate love affair with ‘antioxidants’. It seems we just can’t get enough of these seemingly miraculous compounds that are claimed to prevent disease, prolong our lives and keep us young. Although that love affair has been souring for more than 20 years in scientific circles, the […]
Sulforaphane: Powerful food molecule that turns up your body’s defence shield
Growing up, we would have heard our mums say that veggies are good for us. Depending on which end of the veggies “love-hate” spectrum we were, many of us would have then tried to do the right thing by including a portion of greens on our plates during mealtimes. At the back of our minds, […]
How to avoid being hijacked by the flu this season
It’s the first day of June today — the official start to winter in the Southern hemisphere. While many associate the winter season with hot chocolate and cosy fireplaces, it is also known for its sharp rise in the incidence of flu cases, which if nasty enough, can even cause us to be away from […]