ADHD: FSA Recommends Phasing Out of Food Additives

Association between the consumption of certain food colours (dyes) and children’s behaviour.
On 14 April 2008 the Food Standards Agency announced its decision to recommend to Ministers the phasing out of six colours in food and drink in the EU.
These six colours - sunset yellow (E110), quinoline yellow (E104), carmoisine (E122), allura red (E129), tartrazine (E102) [...]

Rheumatoid Arthritis Ring Splints Effective in Controlling Deformity of Finger Joints

Research by academics at the University of Southampton in collaboration with occupational therapy clinicians into the effectiveness of wearing a particular type of silver ring to alleviate symptoms of arthritis has won an award.
The research, which was carried out by academics in the University’s School of Health Professions and Rehabilitation Sciences and the School of [...]

Vitamin D Deficiency and Muscle Weakness

Very severe vitamin D deficiency leads to muscle weakness. But less was known about milder vitamin D deficiency and muscle weakness or risk of falling.
Now, according to an analysis by ARS-funded scientists and their colleagues, older adults who get supplemental vitamin D in their diets are less likely to slip and fall down.

Diabetes: Kidney Damage Reversed

A low carbohydrate diet may be appropriate to avoid the risk of kidney failure to already failing kidneys according to Swedish researchers.
An obese patient with type 2 diabetes whose diet was changed from the recommended high-carbohydrate, low-fat type to a low-carbohydrate diet showed a significant reduction in bodyweight, improved glycemic control and a reversal of [...]

Foods That Lower Blood Pressure

Protein is a natural food to lower blood pressure. A diet with greater protein lowers blood pressure more than a diet high in carbohydrates.
Replacing Some Carbohydrates with Protein and Unsaturated Fat May Enhance Heart Health Benefits: The types of food eaten in an effort to cut down on saturated fat may make a difference in [...]

Vitamin D Deficiency - A Leading Cause of Diseases

Vitamin D deficency can lead to cancer, osteoporosis and bone fractures. Viatmin D, the classical vitamin related to bone health, improves bone strength mainly by increasing intestinal calcium absorption and reabsorption of calcium by the kidney. Several intervention studies demonstrated in humans that vitamin D can improve bone status as measured by bone density. (Int [...]