The Natural Practice

13/02/2025

Best food to serve on valentine 🙃

Age is no barrier to passion - our expert shares the 9 best aphrodisiac foods.

30/01/2025

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25/01/2025

How to stay well in winter

Tips for supporting your immune system and staying well this winter

01/11/2024

Scientist explains cumulative effect of plastic on our health

07/09/2024

50% of cases of dementia worldwide can be prevented or delayed by improving 14 modifiable risk factors

Newly identified modifiable risk factors add to what we already know about preventing or delaying dementia.

27/08/2024

Are you feeling low ? Have a tomato 🍅( or any other fruit containing lycopen )

Carotenoid phytonutrients are found predominantly in yellow, orange, and red fruits and vegetables, and a study in the United States measured how much was in the blood of nearly 2,000 people. Higher carotenoid levels among study participants were associated with lower risk of depression symptoms, and the higher the levels, the better they felt.

Lycopene, a specific kind of carotenoid, is the red pigment predominantly found in tomatoes and also present in other fruits, such as watermelon, pink grapefruit, guava, and papaya. A study with a thousand or so older men and women found that those who ate the most tomato products had about half the odds of depression. Why not include tomatoes and other lycopene-rich plant foods in your diet?

Higher consumption of fruits and vegetables in general, as well as folate-rich beans and greens, may lower the risk for depression.

Whether you’re feeling anxious, sad, or angry, have lost interest in activities that once gave you great joy, or just need to talk with someone, never hesitate to seek professional help.

Watch the video "Antioxidants and Depression" at https://buff.ly/2LNu7I7 and see our Depression topic page at https://buff.ly/2x9SYAe to learn more.

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23/08/2024

Soya milk 🌱🥛 in recent study showed reduction in total Cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, reduction of inflammatory markers and systolic and diastolic blood pressure .

21/08/2024

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You’re eating lots of veg? Great! Is it organic? Even better! 🔪

But hey, life doesn’t get any less complicated these days. What are you chopping your veg on? Because if it’s a plastic chopping board you may, especially as it gets old and worn, be chopping tiny quantities of plastic into your food... oh dear.

Plastics are petrochemicals that mess with our hormones; they are oestrogen mimics, like pesticides. Better get an old-fashioned wooden chopping board. But when you wash it, please dry it thoroughly, so it doesn’t go mouldy... or you can, I’m told, get a quartz chopping board, but that may well be beyond the budget. Wood will do!

19/08/2024

Inspirational 76 y old and her secrets to healthy ageing
( cycling , weight lifting and VEGAN diet ) 🍏

Jane Thurnell-Read, 76, only really started weightlifting in her 60s but has since become a regular gym-goer. She claims it's never too late to start your fitness journey

18/08/2024

Take care of your microbiome 🦠🦠🦠

19/07/2024

09/07/2024

Rain ☔️ or not go for a walk !
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51157ep524o?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2A807N2CpBeuePNIbJTMyDhU6AhouSfjShar4fXlH9zf88ZJ1_GKc0WLQ_aem__XfSuB5PziFPdQCDaYGjtQ

Your might not always fancy a walk in a downpour, but scientists believe it can lift your mood.

05/07/2024

Chop and STOP 🧅🧅( and garlic 🧄)

03/07/2024

More about gut health 🍏

18/06/2024

Another great advised from Dr Rupy

15/06/2024

What are your favourite exercise ?

The benefits of movement for prevention of dementia are crucial. Some studies show that the area of the brain responsible for storing memories - the hippocampus - can actually grow in response to exercise (1&2*)

Another study of 120 elderly people showed this hippocampul tissue growth in the brain was connected to being able to achieve better memory scores simply from walking for 40 minutes just 3 times a week for a year. The brains of the comparison group shrank over the course of the year. (3*)

How could this happen?

Increased blood flow to the brain is a crucial benefit from moving our body, but exercise also helps neuronal growth and enhances connections between neurone by stimulating an important gene called the BDNF gene (brain-derived neurotrophic factor). (9*)

BDNF stimulates the growth and differentiation of neurone and synapses. It thrives in the areas of the brain that are important for learning and memory.

Studies:

(6): Pajonk, F.-G., Wobrock, T., Gruber, O., et al., 'Hippocampal plasticity in response to exercise in schizophrenia.' Archives of General Psychiatry, 67(2), (2010): 133-43

(7): Erickson, K. I., Voss, M. W., Prakesh, R. S., et al., 'Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory.' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 108(7), (2011): 3017-22.

(8): Dery, N., Pilgrim, M., Gibala, M., et al, 'Adult hippocampal and neurogenesis reduces memory interference in humans: opposing effects of aerobic exercise and depression.' Frontiers in neuroscience, 7 , (2013):66.

(9): Xu, V., 'BDNF (I)rising from exercise.' Cell Metabolism, 18(5), (2013): 612-14.

07/06/2024

If the Blood Pressure is high start with dash diet 🥗