Deborah Walker - Nutritional therapy

11/08/2025

https://www.biocare.co.uk/news/adhd-in-childhood-nutritional-and-lifestyle-strategies-for-long-term-impact.html?utm_source=Atreemo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=trade-newsletter-Aug25

ADHD in children seems to be rising, but why? Explore the genetic, nutritional, and environmental factors with us and learn about how nutrition can support your child's symptoms.

28/07/2025

Fascinating.

Researchers at a Princeton University laboratory believe they've demonstrated that peoples' thoughts can have a miniscule but measurable effect on machines' output. Skeptics remain dubious. By Kim Zetter.

27/07/2025

Major study ties glyphosate to cancer

Background Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are the world’s most widely used w**d control agents. Public health concerns have increased since the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen in 2015. To further investigate the health eff...

18/06/2025

Soil Association have launched a campaign demanding that the UK government resist the influence of ultra-processed food industry and make minimally processed food accessible to all.

Campaigners at Soil Association submitted a Freedom of Information Request, and found that food giants had successfully lobbied the Government to back down on plans to promote healthy, minimally processed food. They found that over 1800 emails on the subject were sent between food lobbyists and the Department of Health and Social Care in just one year.

We're fully in support of their campaign - which is asking for people to sign their petition.

“As a nation increasingly dependent on ultra-processed foods (UPFs), it’s hugely disappointing to see the government abandon plans to support healthier eating, especially when that decision came after pressure from the same food manufacturers who profit most from UPFs," says Riverford Food Lead, Emily Lloyd.

"This feels like a step backwards at a time when people need more help to eat well, not less.

"We know that diets high in UPFs are linked to serious health problems. But the answer isn’t to blame people, it’s to make real, nourishing food easier to find, afford and enjoy.

"Backing retailers to promote fruit, veg and simple, wholesome food would have been a positive step in the right direction. Instead, it shows that the voices of big food manufacturers are still being put ahead of what’s best for our health.

"At Riverford, we believe food should be something people feel connected to. We try to make it easier and more joyful to cook from scratch, with seasonal veg at the heart of every meal.”

You can find out more about their campaign, and sign their petition here: https://www.soilassociation.org/causes-campaigns/ultra-processed-foods/tell-the-whole-truth-about-ultra-processed-foods/

27/05/2025

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/vaccines/115337

Changes are 'temporary and unlikely to be clinically concerning,' says researcher

14/05/2025

News from the farm: Trouble at the top

"If you assume that there is no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, then there is a possibility that you can contribute to making a better world.” – Noam Chomsky

The assumption that there is no alternative to self-interest as the organising force of capitalist society is a tyrannical fallacy, imposed on us by a small minority; those with money and power, who have got to the top, and find themselves able to make rules which serve them well, but society and the environment poorly.

Riverford’s ten-year journey to employee ownership was driven by the belief that there is a better way; that, given agency and opportunity, most of us, most of the time, do have an instinct for freedom and fairness, which is often missing or suppressed in conventional management structures. Co-owners contribute to decision-making through our Co-owner Council. Their broad perspective is essential, and always brings a well-measured, sophisticated generosity.

Last week, councillors Toby and Dave fed back the recommendations of our elected Remuneration Committee, which sets our pay. Striving for greater equality in pay is one of our founding principles, enshrined in three key commitments: that no one can ever earn more than nine times the lowest wage (for context, this pay gap is over 400 times for Tesco, and typically 25 times for a UK company of our size), that our annual profit share will be divided equally, and that we all have the same terms of employment.

In accordance with these principles, Dave pointed out that since 2021, pay has risen by 38% for our lowest earners, and only 15% for our highest earners. To my surprise, the committee members, who tend to be lower earners, questioned the fairness of this, given that most senior managers are now paid well below the market rate. Becks, an external director who sits on many other remuneration committees (all without staff representation), said that it was one of the most mature and balanced conversations she has been part of.

Defaulting to narrow self-interest is destroying our planet and society; we urgently need better governance. Is it that self-serving ambition gets you to the top? Or that humanity, hope, and the instinct for freedom are often sacrificed along the way? Employee ownership has taught me that the best decisions involve those who have hung onto those vital qualities, whether that be leaders, managers, or others.

14/05/2025

Add pomegranate to your breakfast as an alternative to help keep blood pressure balanced.

Considering the main component of cardiovascular disease and due to the high prevalence of hypertension, controlling blood pressure is required in individuals with various health conditions. Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) which studied the effects of pomegranate consumption on blood pressure have...

02/05/2025

It's Friday, and here is the research to justify a curry or at least adding turmeric into your life.

Curcumin possesses many properties which may prevent or ameliorate pathological processes underlying age-related cognitive decline, dementia or mood disorders. ...

02/05/2025

The not so humble carrot....

A 2023 study published in Nature Communications identified isofalcarintriol—a novel polyacetylene compound isolated from carrots—as a compelling longevity-promoting agent across animal models. By enhancing mitochondrial biogenesis, optimizing glucose metabolism, and improving resistance to metab...

11/04/2025

Interesting study carried out by Cleveland Clinic on their employees.

Major Cleveland Clinic study finds −26.9% effectiveness for influenza vaccine during the 2024–2025 respiratory viral season.

09/04/2025

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-biologists-ancient-neurohormone-appetite.html

A team of biologists at Queen Mary University of London has discovered that a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans has an ancient evolutionary origin, dating back over half a billion years. The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , reveal that this satiety-i...

09/04/2025

This research outlines how oral contraception is altering the gut microbiome and could be altering performance.

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00008.2025