For those holistic souls who see good nutrition as an essential requirement for both physical and emotional/mental health, it is self-evident that a dearth of the Omega 3 essential fatty acids, DHA and EPA, could affect mental capacity and well being. DHA is, after …
Conventional Medicine
May induced childbirth increase the risk of autism and ADHD?
The benefits or disadvantages of natural childbirth over induced does not really come within Foodsmatter's remit but I was so shocked by these two studies, highlit by Natural News, that I wanted to give them a wider airing. My first shock was the discovery that around 25% of …
In memoriam – Dr Harry Morrow Brown
Sadly, but not unexpectedly, Dr Harry Morrow Brown finally lost his battle to keep his heart ticking last week. He was 96. I first met Harry and Freda nearly 30 years ago at the Oxford Food Symposium. How come? Well, Freda was interested in food so they thought they would …
FMTs (otherwise known as poo) to be treated as a drug
Over the past several years there has been a growing interest in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation – the 'transplantation' of healthy-bacteria-filled faeces from a well person's gut into the guts of those suffering from a range of inflammatory digestive and bowel conditions whose …
Djokovic and gluten – again…..
Novak Djokovic has just published his autobiography (entitled, somewhat predictably, Serve to Win) charting his rise from a injury-dogged, ache-plagued asthmatic to a level of fitness and endurance reached by few, even among the elite sporting community. No, I have not yet …