Posts tagged with 'diet'
The 5 minute 'Health' read - Lifestyle: recent research (December)
3rd December 2023
I read a fair amount of research and thought some people might be interested in recent studies that I've found helpful. I plan to write a blog post pretty much every week, highlighting helpful material that has emerged in the previous couple of months. I'll rotate through six topic areas …
Best diets in 2023: Mediterranean diet wins again
5th January 2023
Medscape has just commented: "It's officially 2023, and if history repeats, millions of Americans are likely vowing that this year will be one when they drop those unwanted pounds for good. After all, weight loss usually lands one of the top spots on New Year's resolution surveys. And just in …
How to live well: 3rd meeting - willpower, wooping, diet & dependencies
19th September 2018
"Be regular & orderly in your life so that you may be violent & original in your work." Gustave Flaubert "Fall down seven times. get up eight." Japanese proverb These are notes on the third evening of the ten-session "How to live well - a shared exploration" training. Notes on …
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 …
Biological treatments update for psychotherapists: introduction & medication
20th November 2016
I'm running a workshop today on "Biological treatments for psychological disorders: an overview & update for therapists". You can download the 100 plus slides by clicking here. The overall outline of the day is illustrated in this slide: After introducing both myself and the seminar's aims, I did an exercise …
Zinc and depression
9th December 2014
Last year I was intrigued by a paper - "Zinc in depression: A meta-analysis" - from Toronto University's "Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group" where the authors brought together 17 relevant studies and concluded "Depression is associated with a lower concentration of zinc in peripheral blood. The pathophysiological relationships between zinc status and …
Are dietary supplements a dangerous waste of money?
9th January 2014
"The truth is rarely pure and never simple" Oscar Wilde Being a doctor, I tend to get occasional health queries from family members. Recently my brother emailed me saying "I have been taking multivitamin supplements for a while (also fish oil). Does the (linked) article mean that I am wasting …
Effective weight loss: a wake-up call and a personal story
31st May 2013
I was talking to an old friend recently and I remarked on how well he was looking. He said he had lost two stone in weight and his waist circumference had gone down from 42 to 34 inches. Wow! I was very interested to hear how he had done it …
Twelve recent research studies on diet, psychological symptoms & wellbeing (2nd post): magnesium, zinc, folate, fish & selenium
24th March 2013
I wrote a post a couple of days ago entitled "Twelve recent research studies on diet, psychological symptoms & wellbeing (1st post): overall dietary quality & depression". I said that glancing back over recent research studies that I have noticed & downloaded to my personal database, I was struck by …
Twelve recent research studies on diet, psychological symptoms & wellbeing (1st post): overall dietary quality & depression
22nd March 2013
Glancing back over recent research studies that I have noticed & downloaded to my personal database, I was struck by a whole series on the effects of diet on psychological state. I've listed twelve that caught my eye in the last several months - this first of two posts details …