WELLNESS

We have been bombarded in the last few years with Omega 3 products. Fish oils, algae oil, krill oil, Omega 3 added to our supermarket ready meals, our children’s yogurts and many other variations.

For health professionals of all types, vitamin D deficiency is firmly on the winter agenda. The body makes vitamin D when the skin is directly exposed to the sun, that is why it is often called the "sunshine" vitamin.

TV Nutritionist Amanda Hamilton today launches a new addition to her successful weight loss program by offering a three month “Goal Buster” program including a bottle of Udo’s Choice Ultimate Oil Blend, a blend of nutritional seed oils that provide the body with the ideal ratio of 2:1 Omega 3 and 6 essential fatty acids.

Your body needs a wide range of nutrients to function at its best, and the simplest way to achieve this is to ensure you eat natural foods from all the main food groups in the right proportions. Here are some expert tips from Nutritionist Amanda Hamilton to help you succeed

In recent years there has been much written about the need to supplement our diets with fish oils. We have been swept along on wave after wave of articles on the benefits of fish oil. However, whilst we have focused on oil supplements we have lost sight of the importance of getting our “foundation” oil intake right.

We had a great question recently on Udo's Choice Ultimate Oil Blend and the Weight Watchers Points system

The recent news headlines suggesting that Omega 3 may cause prostate cancer came from a scientific study (Brasky 2013) that seemed to suggest that high levels of the fatty acids EPA and DHA lead to a 43% increased risk of prostate cancer and 71% increased risk of high-grade prostate cancer.

Currently in the UK the words “Omega 3” are often associated with fish. Everywhere you look you see slogans encouraging you to “get more Omega 3 EFAs from fish and fish oils”. This recommendation seems harmless enough, but on closer inspection leaves some questions unanswered.