Plant polyphenols against heart disease

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter March 2014 “Why are we given so many drugs when better nutrition could make us so much healthier? The barriers to better health are no longer scientific, but political.” Increased intakes of polyphenols (from plants)appear to be highly cardio-protective, according to the results of the international PREDIMED (Prevencion con Dieta … Read more

Sugar and starch drive obesity and disease

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter March 2014 “Added refined sugars and starches in the daily diet are undoubtedly contributing to obesity and disease.” Sugar has been getting a bad press lately, with a series of books and articles telling us how it contributes to problems with insulin, weight gain and diabetes. I go along with … Read more

Melatonin as sleep-aid and anti-cancer

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter March 2014 Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland located near the centre of the brain. It has long been known to play a role in the regulation of circadian (daily) rhythms, and such things as sleep/wake cycles; many use it to re-set the circadian clock after long-haul … Read more

Omega 3 in wild and farmed fish

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter March 2014 “Wild fish are high in omega 3 because of the marine algae they eat; farmed fish contain few, if any, omega 3s.” According to the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), we are consuming an average of 17 kg of fish per person per annum (FAO#1), and the figures … Read more