Archives » December, 2007

Chief Scientist of FSA discredits detox regimes without using any, err, science

Monday, December 31st, 2007

With the New Year beckoning and a general feeling that this time of year brings with it a tendency to ‘tox out’ on food and drink, I suspect some of you may be contemplating a bit of an internal spring clean in the form of a detox programme. However, I note that Andrew Wadge, […]

UK doctors warn of ‘resurgence’ in rickets

Friday, December 28th, 2007

The cold winter months (many of us will be experiencing these right now…) bring with them a risk of vitamin D deficiency – something which I have written about before (see article from 29th November 2006 pasted below). Low levels of vitamin D may predispose to a variety of conditions including seasonal affective disorder […]