nutrition and health

Arthritis – combination supplement with Vitamin D

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Dr Paul Clayton 2005 There are a lot of arthritic knees knocking about. According to Arthritis Research, more than 7 million adults in the UK – 15 per cent of the population – have long-term health problems due to arthritis and related conditions; and 550,000 of these have moderate to severe osteoarthritis in their knees. … Read more

Bone fracture risk reduced with Vitamin D

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Dr Paul Clayton 2005 Bone health is a growing concern. In Europe, osteoporosis causes around 1.1 million fractures each year, and our increasingly elderly population suggests that these figures will worsen in the future. The widespread use of calcium supplements has been almost totally ineffective, so we urgently need to look for more effective forms … Read more

Eye health – the role of lutein

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Dr Paul Clayton 2002 Paper after paper has confirmed the role of lutein (the carotene in spinach and broccoli) in protecting against macular degeneration, a major cause of loss of vision in the middle-aged and elderly. Now new evidence is coming in that cataract, the other main cause of blindness, can similarly be fought off … Read more

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) – an answer?

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Dr Paul Clayton 2005 In two cases, NutriShield customers had been referred to hospital about a year ago with Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). It’s a condition where the central part of the retina – the intense yellow spot called the macula – begins to degenerate. The macula contains the highest concentration of photoreceptors and … Read more