The research was conducted by researchers from Auckland University in New Zealand and published in the magazine Intelligence.

Scientists analyzed the nutritional consumption and intelligence results of kids born in the mid-1990s.

“We discovered a number of dietary factors to be considerably associated with intelligence measures, the particular scientists said. “The connection between margarine intake and IQ scores was the most consistent and novel finding.

After adjusting with regard to other reasons which might influence IQ, such as socioeconomic level, the researchers discovered that children who ate margarine daily obtained three points lower on IQ assessments by the age of three-and-a-half compared to kids with reduced margarine consumption.

By the age of seven, the typical IQ scores of some margarine eaters were six points below those of their peers. This happened only in children who had been born underweight, suggesting that disadvantaged brains may be far more vulnerable to diet-induced problems.

Because the study was correlational, scientists have been unable to determine what precisely triggered the IQ difference between the two groupings of children. They suspect, however, that the reason may be transfats, also known as partially hydrogenated fats.

Created by introducing hydrogen atoms to unsaturated vegetable fats, transfats have a lengthier shelf life and are more solid at room temperatures compared to natural vegetable oils. In the mid-1990s, margarines had been produced with up to 17 percent transfats. In recent years, however, researchers discovered that not only do transfats have no dietary value, they additionally significantly boost the danger of coronary heart attack and death in individuals who consume them.

The majority of margarines now comprise around 1 percent transfats.

Sian Porter associated with the British Dietetic Association noted that whilst margarine appears to be more healthy compared to butter, dietary consumption of both should be minimised.
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Vitamin D continues to be poorly understood compound. Getting the right form is very important.  This video may well change your life.

Help for Parkinson’s patients

Aasma Day

A daily cocktail of food additives can lead to dramatic improvements for people with Parkinson’s Disease, a retired dentist believes.

Andrew Carmichael, 68, who lives in Ashton, Preston, has been researching the theory that gut health and brain health are connected.

Andrew, who has a broad medical background, has discovered the Parkinson’s Imman of the Preston branch of the Parkinson’s Society between 2003 and 2008, has been trialling the PIP mix on a number of patients.

The father-of-five and grandfather-of-seven said: “There are drugs which do improve Parkinson’s, but a lot of them have side effects so I looked at a non-drug solution to slow down some of the problems.

“The University of Central Lancashire has been extremely helpful in allowing me to use their library and Internet research facilities to carry out my research into this way of dealing with Parkinson’s Disease.”

Andrew has tested the PIP mix on about 50 patients.

He has seen improvements in about 20% of cases and says the changes have been dramatic.

He said: “The patients are effectively taking a mixture of food additives such as palmitoyl ascorbate, which is accepted as a safe food additive, folic acid, trehalose, lemon fish oil and a probiotic drink every day.

“The mix is now available in a single dose.

“The idea is that by improving a person’s digestion, you are improving their absorption of nutrients and this reduces inflammation in the brain which is one of the causes of Parkinson’s.”

Andrew says that while the PIP mix is not a cure for Parkinson’s Disease, it can lead to considerable improvements.

He said: “One of the patients who has taken part in the trial is a music teacher who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the age of 42 and had to give up teaching a few years later.

“I met him when he was 52 and he was walking with a stick.

“Since taking part in this programme, he is now back to teaching pupils stringed instruments, can play himself and is back to taking part in competitive sports.

“Another patient who has benefited from the trial is a 75-year-old who three months ago was in a chair and was unable to do almost anything.

“Within two months of taking part in this programme, he was able to go back to indoor bowling.”

Andrew has funded the research himself and with the help of donors. So far it has cost £6,000.

He is now registering the Parkinson’s Improvement Programme as a charity so he can apply for research funding.

Anyone wanting more information can contact Andrew at:
andrew@brainhelp.info

This morning during a discussion a lady asked why she felt hungry when she tried eating a diet that contained raw fruits and raw vegetables. The primary reasons are firstly psychological and the second, and more likely, cause is that the raw vegetables are not making the stomach full because they are low volume and largely water. While thinking about this I wondered if there was a simple test that might help people choose the vegetables that will result in a feeling of fullness. The answer was relatively simple.

Simple test for vegetables that will make you feel full.

If you can crush a fruit or vegetable with relatively light pressure from a rolling pin on the palm of your hand then the chances are that it will not give you that full feeling that you are looking for.

Good examples

Red cabbage and fennel salad

1/4 red cabbage sliced finely

1/2 fennel bulb sliced finely

4 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil

2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

Pinch of sea salt

teaspoon trehalose to taste

Instructions

Add the sliced red cabbage and fennel to a bowl. Mix the olive oil and lemon juice with the sea salt and trehalose and shake to mix.

Pour the dressing over the red cabbage and fennel and toss lightly and enjoy.

For an added variation sprinkle some pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds or crushed nuts on-top. Alternatively why not add some very finely sliced carrot sticks

Last week a friend of many years dropped by and was obviously in a bad mood when they arrived – he even admitted it. When asked why he was so grumpy he recounted how his Doctor wanted him to return in a weeks time to be tested for Diabetes. Understandably he is in the high risk group:

• overweight
• over 65 years old
• carrying a large belly
• eating all the wrong foods
• on several drugs already for high blood pressure and other things

To cut a long story short I told him about some results we’d had with a  new programme to help people who were diabetics and so for we’ve seen 100% success with this strategy and to cap it all it’s effectively free. I told him about Caroline, a lady in London, who had blood glucose spikes in the region of 27 (should be 5.5-6.5 normally). After a week on this programme her average readings were down to 12 and 3 weeks later her average blood glucose levels are in the 5.5-6.5 region daily.

This friend suddenly became very attentive and decided to have a look at what I was suggesting.

After just 24 hours he was feeling brighter and more hopeful – his energy levels were up and he was sleeping better. That was Tuesday last week – I’ve just had a message from him that his weight has fallen by 9lbs in just 5 days (way too much normally) which suggests that something is happening. He is sticking to the programme and loving it. I’m absolutely convinced that when he goes for his blood check this week they will find evidence of historically high blood glucose levels but actually levels that are very ‘normal’. This programme is so simple and doesn’t require any money other than a small one-of fee to get some educational material to get going.

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This is one of the most compelling video messages of our time. You may not like Jamie Oliver but what he is saying is what I and a few other pioneers have been saying for the last 12 years. Food is the cause of illness. Poor nutrition will kill more people than any world wars. Obesity is killing us – and telling the truth is not politically correct. I’ve had it with being politically correct.

A review of a brand new Juicing beauty …

The Hurom Slow Juicer

The moment We were first introduced to this juicer, I was smitten! Knowing that this Hurom Slow Juicer came from the same manufacturer as the original gear juicer company in Korea, it immediately grabbed my attention because of their established track record.

This particular juicer is very similar to the actual Omega VERT VRT330 with very slight variation. Both come from the exact same manufacturing plant in Korea but are being promoted under several models.

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Human brain functions best with proper exercise, diet, sleep

Depending upon what technology prevailed supreme at the time, the human mind has been likened to a telegraph, a Television and a personal computer.

But it really is additionally a three-pound, flesh-and-blood human organ, and with One hundred billion neurons, a very demanding one at that. Even though it contains only 2 percent of the body’s weight, it consumes 20 percent of it’s oxygen and a most of its blood sugar.

It makes sense that a biochemical factory that complicated will work best with correct attention and nourishing, even in young and healthy university students.

The human brain begins out having some built-in advantages. Not only is it covered with a sturdy skull, but a set of cells regarded as the blood-brain barrier keeps most bacteria and some other harmful chemicals out of the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes the brain and spinal cord.

The brain also gets first call on a lot of vitamins and nutrients, Evans, a University of Michigan neuroscientist who wrote the book “BrainFit for Life: A User’s Guide to Life-Long Brain Health and Fitness.

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For years now I’ve been watching the food industry and this US made film is due to be released shortly. It is US focussed but the truth is in there.

As you saw in the previous post, the problems caused by poor nutrition can literally destroy a nation. They reach into every area of society: The economy, education, health care, global competitiveness and even Democracy itself.

And yet, instead of treating these nutrition problems with a sound nutritional program, the United States of America has chosen to ignore the problem and treat people with chemical prescription drugs.

This widespread use of prescription drugs to mask the symptoms of nutritional imbalances causes the following problems that further erode the strength of any nation:

Public Safety: Medicated drivers are unsafe drivers. In the United States today, as much as one-third of all traffic accidents involve medication-impaired drivers. Instead of being alert with the help of healthful foods, our drivers are mentally compromised by meds.

Impaired Cognitive Function: This impaired cognitive function continues at work, too, where medicated workers make mistakes, suffer reduced productivity and ultimately fail to perform to their full potential.

Deterioration of Democracy: Along with impaired cognitive function comes the inability to vote intelligently, causing voters to repeatedly elect disastrously unqualified representatives to Congress (and other offices). This, in turn, erodes the bedrock of Democracy as dishonest or unqualified politicians betray the future of the People for their own personal gain.

More Disease: Medications used to treat one disease today end up causing more diseases in the future (virtually all medications cause some level of liver and kidney damage, and many promote brain and heart damage at the same time). For example, common over-the-counter painkillers cause the deaths of several thousand Americans each year just from gastrointestinal bleeding

Huge Increase in Health Care Costs: During all this, the monopoly pricing of medications causes health care costs to continue skyrocketing, further threatening the financial stability of the nation.

Environmental Destruction: After all those medications pass through the bodies of consumers, they end up in the sewage systems, where they are eventually dumped into rivers and other waterways. (Most drugs, such as HRT drugs, are not filtered out by water treatment systems.) These potent chemicals pose a huge threat to aquatic ecosystems and contribute to the destruction of coral reefs and ocean life.

Do you see where all this is heading? Higher costs and lower productivity. Increased rates of disease and decreased economic productivity. Environmental destruction. It’s not difficult to extrapolate this pattern and see where such a nation might be headed. The accelerating downfall of the United States of America and the UK are textbook examples of how a nation rapidly deteriorates under the influence of excessive medication and disease-promoting processed foods.