By Patrick Holford Did you know the length of your shadow can tell you if you’re able to generate vitamin D from sunlight? If your shadow is longer than your body - you can’t produce vitamin D from sunlight. If you are in winter and live in a country of higher latitude (like the UK),...
Our Research Team is committed to using your anonymised data to find out what's really driving, and preventing cognitive decline and mental health issues across all ages. We then use the fruits of this research to improve our educational offerings and share our findings with you and your...
Romina MelwaniRomina is an experienced certified Nutritional expert and Mycotherapist practitioner. She is also the founder of The Nutrition Collective, a high impact educational community and platform for healthcare practitioners. Her passion for nutrition and integrative medicine led...
What is HbA1c? HbA1c stands for Hemoglobin A1c, which is a specific type of protein that glucose becomes attached to. Glucose is a simple sugar that is absorbed into the bloodstream when your body breaks down carbohydrate foods. When glucose is absorbed, some of it becomes attached to the...
Keeping our brain’s structure and neural network healthy may seem like a mystery at times, but often the best advice is simple: ‘use it or lose it!’ The exercise and stimulation your brain gets from an active physical, social and intellectual lifestyle is vital to keeping it healthy. Just...
We now know that today’s diet, lacking in brain-friendly fats and other nutrients, yet high in sugar and ultra-processed food, is likely to be shrinking our brains, dumbing us down and triggering a big increase in mental health problems. But it isn’t just nutrition that is creating the...
----- By Patrick Holford Life is a balancing act between making energy by combusting glucose or ketones with oxygen, which generates ‘oxidant’ exhaust fumes and dealing with these 'oxidant fumes' which harm the body. Skin goes crinkly, age spots develop all due to oxidation. That’s...
There is no need to have declining energy, memory, motivation and mood. There is no need to struggle with anxiety, stress or sleep issues. In this online recorded masterclass, you’ll learn everything he’s learned in 35 years exploring optimum nutrition for mental health. Including how to...
Is coffee good or bad for you? On the one hand is contains polyphenols that act like antioxidants, but on the other hand even two coffees a day raises markers of inflammation, including homocysteine which is an established indicator of dementia risk. A major study involving almost...
Autism is one disease where there is a very high ‘inherited’ component. In studies with genetically identical twins, if one twin has it, the odds of another having a diagnosis is about 60%. But it's not in the ‘in the genes’ since we share the same ‘environment’ as our...
