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Berries are beneficial for the brain

by Fleur Borrelli BSc Nut Med, BA Hons, MBANT, NTCC

Berries contain plant chemicals known as polyphenols.  These are found in vegetables and fruit as well as coffee and cocoa.

Recently one category of polyphenols (anthocyanins) found in strawberries, raspberries and blueberries have attracted attention for enhancing cognitive function in the elderly.  Whilst it is still early days for any conclusive evidence, there is no harm in eating a handful per day, fresh or frozen.

Four reasons why sports people should take glucosamine sulphate

by Fleur Borrelli BSc Nut Med, BA Hons, MBANT, NTCC

Below are four reasons why sports people should take glucosamine sulphate:

1. Glucosamine sulphate works mainly in the joints where it stimulates key structural components of cartilage.
2. As we age we lose the ability to manufacture sufficient levels of glucosamine sulphate and so cartilage loses the ability to act as a shock absorber.
3. There is no food source of glucosamine sulphate - it is manufactured from the shells of crustaceans.
4. Studies show that glucosamine sulphate produces better long-term results than NSAID’s in relieving the pain and inflammation of osteoarthritis.

Performance cycle

by Marygrace Anderson BA, DCH, DHP, CNCH, NCH, GHR Reg

It is important to remember that in order to make any change you need to take action.  The best way to do this is to spend time and prepare.  Then you need to execute it.  Lastly, you need to review it.  It's a performance cycle that you can use if you are an athlete, wanting to reduce your weight, set a goal to change jobs, or over come a fear.  It looks like this:

Really if you are going to do something, do it right.

The mystery of frozen shoulder

by Fleur Borrelli, BSc Nut Med, BA Hons, MBANT, NTCC

Frozen shoulder is a painful condition that disallows you to move your shoulder around as normal. It causes damage to nerve tissue primarily which means it can be bothersome at night as nerves are susceptible to a drop in blood pressure. Another problem with it is that it does not provoke a normal physiological inflammatory reaction i.e. it does not go through a normal healing process.

Why?

Whenever I see this condition in clinic, it is often accompanied by an inflammatory process elsewhere in the body. Could it be that immune resources are directed towards dealing with a more central issue rather than an external one? Bearing in mind the benefits Nutritional Medicine can have in treating systemic inflammation, the implication is that it may also help support the recovery of frozen shoulder.