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Survey Reinforces Need for Further Understanding of Dietary Deficiencies and the Ability of Adults to Achieve Optimum Nutrition through Food Sources Alone

A survey of the beliefs of 3,000 American, British and German adults on the role of diet for optimal health, and consumption of key micronutrients including Omega-3 and Vitamin D, found 72 percent reported having a "healthy" or "optimal" diet and more than half (52 percent) believed they consume all the key nutrients needed for optimal nutrition through food sources alone. However, the prevalence of chronic diseases in these countries suggests respondents may be overestimating how healthy their diets are.

10 Sep 2015 - Eurekalert - Eating a lot of fish may help curb depression risk -- at least in Europe

Association equally significant among men and women, pooled data analysis shows

9th Sept 2015 - Huffington Post - ADHD and Diet: The Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Dutch prisoners enrolled in dietary supplement aggression study

Violent offenders in the Netherlands will receive micronutrient and omega-3 supplements as part of an intervention to reduce aggressive behaviour among prisoners.

Dietary Fat and the Human Brain: Redefining Food for Thought

31 Aug 2015 - Nutraingredients- EU folate fortification failure caused 8,400 neural tube defects in 11 years

31 Aug 2015 - Nutraingredients - Gut bacteria play vital role in benefits and harms of different fats: Mouse data

27 Aug 2015 - FoodNavigator - Stop counting calories and start promoting nutritional value, urge researchers

When it comes to cutting levels of obesity-related heart disease and death, it’s time to stop counting calories, and start to make simple changes that improve the nutritional value of diets, argue public health experts.

Low vitamin D linked to schizophrenic brain dysfunction

Vitamin D deficiency may be linked to the dysfunction of the hippocampus – a region of the brain thought to play a role in schizophrenia, say researchers.

Nutraingredients - The link between psychosis and malnutrition

First-time psychosis sufferers are far more likely to be deficient in micronutrients and protein than the general population – and more intervention studies are needed to explore strategies against this, say UK researchers.

Robert Lustig: the man who believes sugar is poison

The maverick scientist has long argued that sugar is as harmful as cocaine or tobacco – and that the food industry has been adding too much of it to our meals for too long. A convert hears more about his theory

Omega-3 Treatment Shows Long-term Psychosis Prevention

The findings from this long-term follow-up study of young people at very high risk for psychosis, who were treated seven years ago for just 12 weeks with either long-chain omega-3 fatty acids or placebo, are nothing short of astounding.

14 Aug 2015 - Nutraingredients - Kids with poor diets score poorly on cognitive tests: Finnish researchers

The worse the diet quality of children, the worse they score on cognitive tests - especially boys, research finds.

A simple daily pregnancy pill could boost population IQ and save the NHS money

Supplements save public health money: Review

Using food supplements in care homes and the wider community could spell big public savings, say the researchers behind a review of 19 papers

04 July 2015 - NY Times - The Myth of Big, Bad Gluten

AS many as one in three Americans tries to avoid gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Gluten-free menus, gluten-free labels and gluten-free guests at summer dinners have proliferated.

22 Jun 2015 - Nutraingredients - B vitamins may slow cataract occurrence & development: AREDS data

Increased dietary intakes of B vitamins are associated with reduced incidence and decreased risks of developing different forms of cataracts in older people, says new data from the Age-Related Eye Disease Study Research Group.

Trans Fat May Impair Memory

16 June 2015 - BBC News - US orders ban on 'unsafe' trans-fats

Trans-fats are unsafe to eat and must be banned from the food supply within three years, US regulators have said.

16 June 2015 - FoodNavigator - FDA revokes GRAS status of partially hydrogenated oils