The Hidden Costs of Low-Priced: Food Price vs Quality
Lower-priced products contain significantly more #additives, #sugar, and #salt, exposing a two-tier #foodsystem where access to healthier products is largely reserved for those who can afford them.
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Missing link in how the brain regulates appetite
A previously unknown communication chain regulating hunger & fullness has been identified. Findings could eventually aid targeting appetite-related conditions such as #obesity & #EatingDisorders.
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#Ozempic
Four in 10 UK parents ‘struggled to afford’ all the essential items needed for their baby’s first six months. There are too many families forced to focus on surviving not thriving. Read more via @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
🗣️ Henry Dimbleby explaining why school food has to change on @goodmorningbritain.bsky.social this morning!
We're working with @schoolfoodmatters.bsky.social @biteback2030.bsky.social and @chefsinschools.bsky.social to turn school lunches into a source of national pride.
🔗 schoolfoodproject.org.uk
Treating patients with lifestyle medicine may help reduce clinician burnout
In interviews across 5 health systems, healthcare professionals described:
> job satisfaction
💪 patient relationships
•Renewed sense of purpose
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#LifestyleMedicine #HealthcareBurnout
Caffeine helps restore memory function after sleep loss, study shows
#SleepDeprivation doesn't just make you tired. It selectively disrupts important #memory circuits. #Caffeine can reverse these disruptions at both the molecular & behavioural levels.
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🌿 Discover how lifestyle factors influence mental health outcomes
🧠 Learn how 2 integrate these approaches into real-world clinical practice
🔍 Explore the evidence—what works, what doesn’t, & where the gaps are
⚖️ Move beyond the false choice of “medication vs lifestyle”
#Wellbeing #PreventiveHealth
Join our upcoming live webinar:
Lifestyle Medicine: Options Beyond Pills for Mental Health & Wellbeing
📅 Live webinar + Q&A
🎥 Recording and handouts included if you can’t attend
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#MentalHealth #LifestyleMedicine #Nutrition #Healthcare
Beyond pills: what else can support mental health?
Lifestyle Medicine brings together sleep, nutrition, movement, stress, and social connection into a practical, evidence-based approach that works alongside conventional care—not in place of it.
#FABResearch
With Dr Kevin Williamson, #NHS Nutritionist and researcher in nutritional psychiatry.
📅 Thursday, 16 April | 6:00 - 7:30 pm (BST)
🎥 Includes full recording + handouts if you can’t attend live
Early Bird ends Sunday 12 April ⏳
👉 Book your place:
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#MentalHealth
🧠 Explore the latest research on diet and mental health
🥗 Understand how nutrition can fit into NHS care pathways
👥 Hear what patients and carers actually want from dietary support
⚠️ Unpack the real-world barriers - and how to overcome them
#Nutrition #NutritionalPsychiatry #FABResearch
Anxiety, depression and psychosis - growing evidence shows nutrition can play a meaningful role alongside standard care. But most clinicians haven’t been given the tools to use it.
Join our upcoming live webinar:
#Anxiety, #Depression and #Psychosis: How Nutritional #Healthcare Can Help
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With Dr Kevin Williamson, NHS Nutritionist & researcher in nutritional psychiatry
📅 Thursday, 16 April | 6:00 - 7:30 pm (BST)
🎥 Includes full recording + handouts if you can’t attend live
Early Bird ends Sunday 12 April ⏳
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#MentalHealth #Nutrition
And yet… most clinicians get barely any nutrition training.
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#PublicHealth #UltraProcessedFoods #WholeFoods #NutritionalPsychiatry #NutritionalPsychology #FoodForMood #FABResearch
New research shows:
• Dietary interventions can reduce depressive symptoms
• Gut health directly affects brain function
• Nutrient deficiencies can impact motivation, focus, and mood
#MentalHealth #Nutrition #BrainHealth #GutHealth #GutBrainAxis #Depression #Anxiety #LifestyleMedicine
Experts warn that social media driven trends & #DietCulture coercion contribute to widespread disordered eating by promoting unhealthy body ideals & pressure to restrict food, influencing attitudes toward food & self image.
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#DisorderedEating #BingeEating
The webinar will be delivered by Professor Philip Calder, a world-leading expert in nutritional immunology.
#Omega3 #BrainHealth #Inflammation #NutritionalScience #FABResearch #Nutrition #MentalHealth
📅 Wednesday 25 March 2026 | 6:00–7:30pm GMT
🎥 Can’t attend live? The recording will be available to everyone who books.
And:
• Why the long-chain forms of omega-3 are especially important
• The best dietary sources
Plus:
• How omega-3 fatty acids (and other essential nutrients) fit into the picture
• Their roles in immunity, inflammation, and mental health
We’ll also explore:
• How food and diet influence inflammatory processes
• The links between the immune system and brain function across the lifespan
Find out:
• Why inflammation is essential for survival and not simply a “bad” process
• Why it’s something the body needs to regulate carefully
In our upcoming webinar we’ll break down the latest research on EPA, DHA, and their role in inflammatory pathways linked to mental and neurological health.
👉 Book now:
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Omega-3s. Inflammation. Mental health.
There’s a lot of discussion about these topics, but what does the science actually show? 🧵
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Over the past decade, a no. of countries have introduced policies to limit the use of harmful food & beverages
Ranging from taxes on sugar, alcohol & tobacco, to bans on advertising. Many proved effective
What stands in the way of progress?
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#NoSmokingDay
At a time when global aid for malnutrition has been cut by 44%, threatening hundreds of thousands of preventable child deaths each year, interventions like this matter more than ever.
#Nutrition #HiddenHunger #FoodFortification #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #FABResearch
🌍 One of the most cost effective ways to save millions of lives is hiding in plain sight…
Large-scale #FoodFortification is a highly cost-effective intervention for reducing global malnutrition.
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Guidance varies widely around the world, and in many places it’s still unclear or missing altogether.
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#Omega3 #NutritionScience #BrainHealth #PublicHealth #EPA #DHA #FoodForTheBrain #FABResearch
🐟 How much #Omega3 do you need daily?
Despite it's well-known role in brain development, heart health, immune function & mental wellbeing, many populations still fall short of recommended intakes.
Guidance varies widely around the world, and in many places it’s still unclear or missing altogether.
📅 Wed 25th Mar 2026 | 6:00–7:30pm GMT
🎥 Can't attend live? The recording will be available to all who book.
🐟 Early Bird tickets available until Sun 15th March!
Whether you're a clinician, researcher, nutrition professional, or simply curious about the evidence — this is the session for you.
