Optimum Nutrition - Spring 2020 PREVIEW
Why your circadian rhythm is important for health and wellbeing | Age well to live well - what everyone over 40 (and younger) should know | The doctor who says our world is making us sick | Why junk food could be making your allergies worse | Making the most out of frozen fruit and veg | Could faecal transplants treat disease in the future? | Cannabidiol - should we say high to this new craze? | Plus kids' pages, recipes and more!
Why your circadian rhythm is important for health and wellbeing | Age well to live well - what everyone over 40 (and younger) should know | The doctor who says our world is making us sick | Why junk food could be making your allergies worse | Making the most out of frozen fruit and veg | Could faecal transplants treat disease in the future? | Cannabidiol - should we say high to this new craze? | Plus kids' pages, recipes and more!
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THIS ISSUE<br />
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Are you in time with your inner rhythm?<br />
Louise Wates finds out about the so-called ‘body clock’ and why it is important for everything that we do<br />
12<br />
34<br />
It isn’t all downhill!<br />
We find out why age-related disease<br />
is not inevitable and how nutrition and<br />
lifestyle can improve our chances for a<br />
healthier older age<br />
25 Little lives<br />
Recent research reveals why soothers<br />
could be disrupting our children’s sleep,<br />
and how the impact of a sleepless night<br />
goes beyond the next morning<br />
Different strokes<br />
CBD oil can be found in drops, to capsules,<br />
to a morning coffee. But should we all be<br />
using it? Alice Ball finds out about this<br />
new and growing market<br />
46 All about<br />
Faecal transplants are the go-to treatment<br />
for Clostridium difficile infection, but can<br />
they be used for any other conditions?<br />
Elettra Scrivo writes<br />
Contents<br />
16 Interview<br />
Dr Jenny Goodman talks to us about her<br />
new book Staying Alive in Toxic Times and<br />
why all chemicals should be tested for<br />
their impact on human health<br />
28<br />
Little lives<br />
Intergenerational socialising boosts<br />
children’s learning and emotional<br />
development, and health and happiness in<br />
seniors, writes Catherine Morgan<br />
40 World cuisine<br />
Owner of Caribbean restaurant Caribe’,<br />
Keshia Sakarah talks to us about the<br />
flavours and colours of food from Trinidad<br />
— and shares a recipe, too<br />
20<br />
48 Move it 50<br />
Nursing her own injury, Giulia Basana<br />
finds out about exercise-induced knee<br />
injuries and why putting your feet up may<br />
be the best route to recovery<br />
42<br />
Research update<br />
A roundup of recent research into<br />
domestic chemicals and their impact on<br />
health; on p.22 why research into allergies<br />
suggests it is time to junk the junk food<br />
30<br />
On your plate<br />
Three easy and mouth-watering recipes<br />
from The 28-Day Pegan Diet, by food writer<br />
Isabel Minunni and nutritionist Aimee<br />
McNew<br />
Food fact file<br />
Whilst we are told that fresh fruit and<br />
vegetables are the basis for a healthy diet,<br />
they are not always available. We find out<br />
about the benefits of frozen produce<br />
Graduate story<br />
Kate Cook tells us how a desire to do a<br />
‘little’ course in nutrition led to a new<br />
career running workshops and corporate<br />
wellness programmes<br />
04 Comment / news | 26 Kids’ pages | 45 Book therapy<br />
37 Product news | 38 Kitchen chemistry | 39 In season<br />
SPRING <strong>2020</strong> | OPTIMUM NUTRITION<br />
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