Food & Nutrition

Many of us are likely to remember the public outcry over the egg and Salmonella crisis. Can you believe it is almost 30 years since Edwina Currie made her infamous…

Media reports focussing on a new scientific review last week suggested that organic meat and milk could offer more health benefits than conventionally produced products. How strong is the evidence…

Could a nutrition supplement reduce the likelihood of some types of autism? It is estimated that around 1% of the population in the UK may have autism spectrum disorder, with…

Regular readers of my blog will be aware of the importance of an adequate vitamin D status in the older adult, as well as throughout a person’s lifetime. So those of…

Poor nutrition is commonly experienced by people with dementia. So it was with interest this week to see a new initiative from the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for the…

Department of Health The UK Chief Medical Officers’ updated guidelines for alcohol consumption have been published. You can find them here. The guidelines warn that drinking any level of alcohol…

Readers of the nutrition blog may wonder why this week’s subject is the new Patients Association Report, Survey of medicines related care of residents with dysphagia in care homes. The…

At the end of last year, the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN), a charitable association that raises awareness of malnutrition, published its Nutrition Screening Week Care Home…