Scientific Wellness Blog

Posted on Mon, 12 Mar 12

Sleep deprivation hardwires your hungry brain

Lack of sleep is a major risk factor for weight gain and obesity and a new study helps explain why, it changes the way your brain behaves.

Posted on Mon, 12 Mar 12

Nutrients that prevent brain aging

Studies of single or a few nutrients for the prevention of dementia have ignored how nutrients work, in combination. A new report has identified nutrient profiles that can help or harm your brain.

Posted on Mon, 5 Mar 12

Vegetarian diet improves mood and reduces stress

Switching to a vegetarian diet improved mood and reduced stress in a group of meat eaters, most likely because modern meat rich diets are to high in bad fats, linked to bad moods.

Posted on Mon, 5 Mar 12

Single high dose Vitamin D relieves dysmenorrhea

A remarkable new study has found that a single dose of vitamin D reduced period pain by 41% and eliminated the need for anti-inflammatory drugs.

Posted on Mon, 27 Feb 12

Eating mindfully reduces emotional eating and abdominal fat

By teaching people to eat mindfully and pay more attention to physical sensations such as hunger, fullness and cravings researchers have been able to reduce stress based emotional eating and abdominal fat independent of any dietary or exercise advice.

Posted on Mon, 27 Feb 12

Omega-3 for bipolar disorder

Studies of omega-3 for bipolar disorder have produced mixed results however a new analysis of the collective data has found that overall there is strong evidence of a beneficial effect.