Supplements, doctors and the K connection

Doctors in general do not practise preventative healthcare. Almost all the so-called ‘age-related’ diseases take from 10 to 20 years to surface as tangible life-threatening illnesses – heart disease, cancer, diabetes, dementia. That’s equally true of life-diminishing illnesses like chronic tiredness and erectile dysfunction . Magic bullet drugs are too late Because doctors are faced … Read more

Health and fatness

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter Autumn 2015 We are getting fatter as a population, but we have not reached peak fat. If we let out our waistbands, and if our politicians cave in to the brazen attempt by the USA to drag our nutritional standards lower (via the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership TTIP), our … Read more

Vitamin D and limb strength

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter Autumn 2015 Vitamin D supplementation significantly increases upper and lower limb strength, a review of seven trials has found. Previous research on vitamin D has focused on supplementation and muscle strength in frail, deficient and elderly women. This latest review – compiled by researchers at Queen Mary University of London … Read more

Vitamin K and Calcium

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter Autumn 2015 Vitamin K, and especially vitamin K2, has an important role in maintaining healthy calcium levels in various tissues. Specifically, it is one of the keys to keeping calcium and magnesium in the bones, where it is wanted, and preventing these minerals from building up in the soft tissues … Read more