Recent evidence suggests that good nutrition is essential for our mental health and that a number of mental health conditions may be influenced by dietary factors. One of the most obvious, yet under-recognised factors in the development of major trends in mental health is the role of nutrition. The body of evidence linking diet and […]
Whole Foods as Medicine
The influence of diet in causing and preventing physiological and psychological disorders is well established, as is the importance of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients in maintaining health. Nutritionists go one step further by using diet and nutritional supplements to treat and prevent illness. They look for nutritional deficiencies, food allergies and intolerances, and for […]
Vitamin Detoxification Therapy
In the broadest sense, vitamin therapy is the use of vitamins to prevent or cure disease. In contrast, vitamin detoxification therapy is detoxification with vitamins, primarily antioxidants. The use of antioxidants is generally recommended as an ongoing, daily regimen when well-being is in anyway compromised. Some vitamins, such as C and E, are antioxidant nutrients […]
The Mood Cure
Ross, author of The Diet Cure, here offers a prescriptive plan designed to relieve a variety of ailments from seasonal disorders, stress, irritability and depression. Ross believes that many of these annoying and, in some cases, severely disabling disorders can be relieved through a change in diet and nutritional supplements. Readers are asked to first […]