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Posts tagged with 'cereals'

New study highlights potential value of dietary change in depression treatment

21st February 2017

At the end of last month, a fascinating new research study was published in the open access journal BMC Medicine. The article is "A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression (the ‘SMILES’ trial)" and its abstract reads "Background The possible therapeutic impact of dietary changes …

Seven recent research studies: folate & depression; grain, cancer & weight control; protein & increased cardiovascular disease

16th August 2012

It's been a while since I wrote a blog post on diet. However there is a good deal of accuracy in the comment "You are what you eat". This is definitely an area it's crucial to consider for improvements in stress, health & wellbeing. So in previous posts, I have …

Common sense isn’t common

3rd January 2008

Common sense isn’t common, at least with healthy behaviours. The vast majority of us know that we should eat sensibly, be a reasonable weight, exercise regularly, not abuse alcohol, and avoid smoking. Do you know what percentage of people actually follow all this obvious advice? A survey (Reeves and Rafferty …