It always amuses me, that in almost every vitamin E study conducted by the mainstream, the researchers use a synthetic form of vitamin E. This type of vitamin E is rubbish and should only be used EXTERNALLY because it's a molecule shape that the body cannot digest properly. However, if the researchers GENUINELY wanted to test Vitamin E's potential to prevent prostate cancer, they would have used d-alpha or the full spectrum of tocopherols and tocotrienols. Using the proper form of vitamin E, would have produced VERY different results...

Earlier this year, an American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food advisory committee decided that no written warnings are needed on products that contain artificial food colourings... However, they do go so far as to admit that food additives and synthetic food colourings may worsen ADHD in "certain susceptible children". They added that these behavioural problems "appear to be due to a unique intolerance to these substances and not to any inherent neurotoxic properties." Here's how I understand what they've said: We know this stuff can cause harm, but we're not going to label food products to tell you it's in there, because the real problem lies with the children and not the products!

The DASH diet (the diet used during the study) consisted largely of fresh vegetables and fruits, lean protein, whole grains, low-fat dairy, and a very low salt intake. But it was ALSO low in sugar/fructose. So, while people on DASH diets showed a reduction in high blood pressure, it was not as a result of low salt intake, but because they ate less sugar and refined carbohydrates! Here's how the DASH-sodium researchers missed the point completely: Sugar and refined carbohydrates play much more havoc on your health than salt will ever do. They raise your insulin levels, which in turn raise your blood pressure. They also promote storage of body fat, causing obesity, diabetes and heart disease!

Nuts are packed full of protein and are a good source of healthy fats, not to mention all the vitamins (including antioxidants) and minerals they contain. Unfortunately, many people aren't deriving any of these important health benefits, choosing instead to follow mainstream advice and follow a low-fat diet, which means nuts are out because of their fatty nature and high calorie content...

The fact remains that diet fizzy drinks aren’t a healthy option or a silver bullet for weight loss. For the first million years or so of pre-human and human existence, water was adequate to quench our thirst... and it certainly doesn’t hold the danger of increasing your risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and obesity... Some people may argue that most of the studies on diet fizzy drinks are flawed, because researchers have not considered one important fact: Those drinking diet fizzy drinks are likely to drink it not because they are health nuts but because they have a certain health condition. They are either overweight or diabetic. Thus, they are at risk of having strokes, heart attacks and cancer regardless of the type of beverage they consume...

Regular readers of our daily alert will already know about the numerous health benefits of berries, especially their powerful natural antioxidant properties. It seems that the flood plains of the Amazon Rainforest are the ‘secret garden’ where the most potent berries grow.

the camu camu berry grows in the flood plains of the Amazon Rainforest and is quickly gaining recognition, especially for having the highest naturally- occurring concentration of vitamin C on the planet – more than 50 times the level found in oranges.

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener which, once consumed, breaks down into three components – aspartic acid, phenylalanine and methanol. Aspartame has been passed as fit to consume by more than 100 countries around the World, but there is evidence that each of Aspartame’s chemical components can have toxic effects on health.

Alli is a reduced dosage variation of the prescription drug Orlistat or Xenical. Under-use of the drug will have no meaningful effect, although abuse of the recommended dosage may result in unnecessary and increased digestive discomfort.

The main ingredient of this ‘diet miracle’ is Orlistat, better known as Xenical in the US. If you are a regular reader of our alerts, you will know that we previously wrote about the side effects of Xenical. But with Alli taking the UK by storm and it being the first pharmacy-only weight loss aid licensed throughout Europe, it’s perhaps a good idea to look at the damaging side-effects of this ‘miracle diet pill’...

The spotlight is on coffee. New studies reveal that coffee drinking lowers risk of stroke, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia. It even improves social skills and depressive symptoms. Other recent research has shown that drinking coffee reduces the risk of diabetes.

Professor Regan’s Diet Clinic, a TV programme broadcast recently as part of BBC2’s acclaimed Horizon series, concluded that supplements are totally unnecessary for people eating a balanced diet. The expectation is perhaps too great to hope the media would drive a positive (and honest) message forward especially when it comes to the public’s health. Instead, they choose to jump on the old cricketty-crocketty bandwagon. This time it is: Supplements are bad for you.