What vitamins should I take?

Dr Paul Clayton Most people consider a vitamin supplement for two reasons. First, to make sure they are not deficient in any important vitamin or mineral. The second reason is to help reduce the risk of long term health problems. Important research shows that achieving the first (preventing deficiency) does not necessarily achieve the second … Read more

Beta glucans and polyphenols fight allergies

Dr Paul Clayton’s Health Newsletter March 2014 Spring is not yet sprung … … but it’s coming, and so are the allergies, and so are new ‘solutions’ for those allergies. One of the latest is Allergease, a lozenge developed and launched by the American company Medicus Research. Allergease contains a hodge-podge of herbal ingredients including … Read more

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