Monthly Archives: March 2020

Poor Diet: Making You Dumb And Sad?

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Poor diet is associated with a number of detrimental health effects. To date, most of the focus on the health effects of poor diet has been on the physical effects. These include weight gain, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer. However, … Continue reading →

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Caffeine: Anxiolytic or Anxiogenic Agent?

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Caffeine is often considered to be an anxiogenic compound. In other words, caffeine is thought to be responsible for generating feelings of anxiety in individuals. One of the strategies often suggested to be useful in the treatment of anxiety is … Continue reading →

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Dacryodes edulis: Mood Elevator

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Robert Barrington
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Ginseng and Depression

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Robert Barrington
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The Three Best Ways To Improve Vitamin D Status

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin D is important because it is converted to the hormone 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the liver. The 25-hydroxyvitamin D is then further converted to 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D in the kidney, and this form is also hormonally active. The active firms … Continue reading →

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Fruit and Vegetables: Fresh, Frozen or Tinned?

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Fruit and vegetables are high quality healthy foods. Eating more plant foods in the form of fruits and vegetables can significantly improve health, and may in particular protect from cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other modern Western lifestyle diseases. Eating … Continue reading →

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Dairy: A Source of Slow Release Carbohydrate

Posted on March 25, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Dairy food is associated with good health. In particular, consumption of dairy foods such as milk and yoghurt are associated with lower body weights. It is not fully understood why dairy foods may be so healthy, but one possibility is … Continue reading →

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Ocimum Gratissimum Essential Oil

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Ocimum gratissimum is a herb with central nervous system effects. These effects are not fully understood, but appear to give leaf extracts of the herb sedative, relaxant, anxiolytic and antidepressant effects. It is thought that the essential oil of the … Continue reading →

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Ocimum gratissimum: A Herb With Antioxidants

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Ocimum gratissimum is a herb that is used in traditional medicine for its antimicrobial activity. A number of studies suggest that the herb also possesses central nervous system effects, and in this regard may have anxiolytic effects. Chemical analysis of … Continue reading →

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Silver (Ag)

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Robert Barrington
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