Stress is a human adaptive response involving complex, yet fascinating physiological and psychological mechanisms. Stress has been designed for our daily survival as species, however, when stress becomes the only response we can lean on to live our lives we may find ourselves trapped in a...
About Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) OCD has been classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the top ten mental health disorders negatively affecting quality of life1. It is characterized by persistent, unwanted thoughts and compulsions, significant enough to disrupt...
Bulimia is an eating disorder characterised by eating large volumes of food (bingeing) and then compensating for this by purging (using laxatives, vomiting, diuretics, fasting or overexercising to “purge” the calories). Bingeing is hugely different to simply indulging or consciously and...
Every eating disorder varies person to person, and Anorexia Nervosa is no different. Anorexia is defined medically as a “loss of appetite.” This may be due to unconscious biological reasons (such as caused by anxiety, athletes’ triad or illness which can reduce appetite) or psychological...
Introduction Eating disorders, from anorexia to bulimia to binge eating disorder, involve changes in appetite and disordered eating; providing a surplus or deficiency in essential body dietary nutrients, which can cause short and long term effects. Each disorder is patient specific, and they...
Introduction Vitamin B5, also called pantothenic acid pantothenate, has been found to work closely with other B vitamins as well as on its own in regards to brain function (Mikkelsen et al., 2016). The main function of the vitamin in the body is to be a precursor for the synthesis of acetyl-CoA...
1 Introduction B12 is essential for brain health, and physiologically active in the body in the forms of Methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin , while cyanocobalamin is the main commercially available synthetic form. Adenosylcobalamin (AdoB12) is cofactor for methylmalonic coenzyme A mutase...
Our latest blog explores specific nutrients and dietary patterns that are most supportive of female brain health across the lifespan. Premenstruation The age at which periods begin varies from female to female. Therefore it is highly beneficial to establish a varied diet from an early age,...
1.Selenium Overview 1.1 Bioavailability and Efficiency Selenium (Se) is a primordial non-metal that occurs naturally in metal sulphide ores found in the Earth’s crust. Soils above granite bedrock are naturally low in Se; soils associated with coal seams and mining waste, black shale and...
Introduction 18-30 is a life stage full of transition and change, characterised by the independence and autonomy which comes with being an emerging adult. The brain continues to develop until the mid or even late twenties, particularly the areas of the brain responsible for reasoning and...
