– Letter from Marilyn

– In The News: Recent progress in the world of health

• Stay Cheery to Ward Off Illness
• Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Beats Diabetes
• Folic Acid Improves Memory
• Stay Active to Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk

– Natural Deodorants

• Why antiperspirants are bad for you …
• … and what to use instead

– Quick Tip: Honey & Avocado Face Mask for Dry Skin

• A simple face mask to replenish skin vitamins

– Gut Reactions

• How Leaky Gut Syndrome causes bloating, constipation, diarrhoea, toxic overload, blood sugar imbalances, and weight gain

– Menopause SOS: Instant solutions for hot flushes, mood swings and more

• Plus how to keep a clear memory and sleep better at night

– Water: Should You Really Drink 8 Glasses a Day?

• How much your body can make for itself
• Why you need water
• When (& how much) you should drink

– Eat Yourself Thin (21 Fat Burning Foods)

• 21 Foods that shield your cells from fat and promote weight loss

– Cartoons: Fat Clothes

– Cartoons: Lions

– Libido-boosting Herbs

• Natural ways to increase your sex drive and potency
• Herbs that help both physically and emotionally

– Healthy Words: Insipring Quotes

– The True Power of Good Nutrition: Case Studies from the Clinic

• How ‘Belinda’ discovered she had osteoporosis and how she started to correct it

– Your Guide to Healthy Snacking

• Reasons and Recipes to let yourself snack

– How to Triple Your Bone Building Power

• Why one particular type of exercise is 3 times better than the rest

– 10 Top Tips to Get Your 5-a-Day

• Simple ways to make eating healthily both easy & fun

– Toxin-free Living: 12 Ways to Protect Yourself

• Which chemicals and ‘secret ingredients’ to watch out for
• Which plants actually absorb toxins for you

– 10 Ways to Lift Your Child’s Mood

– Ask Marilyn:

• Star Question: Help with vomiting and abdominal pains around my period?
• Portion sizes for children?
• Is Soya useful in the menopause?
• How many eggs should I eat?

– Ingredient Spotlight: Watercress

• How this simple vegetable helps slow down the ageing process

– Monthly Meal Idea: Butternut Squash Filled With Goat’s Chese & Watercress

– Coming Next Month (April 2007)

Look out for more answers from Marilyn, the latest news, case studies from the Clinic, Monthly Meal Ideas and also:

• Spring Clean Your Life: How to beat stress, detox your life and refresh your home
• Mid life Waist Gain and How You Can Shift It
• Food for Thought: How to eat to boost your brain power
• The Real Reasons You Can’t Sleep
• How Much is Too Much? Your guide to portion size
• The Super Herbs Your Body Really Needs

And, as always, much, much more …

Dear Reader,

It has been exciting reading your comments and feedback and I’m glad to hear that you are enjoying the information and nutrition news.

Do let me know if you have any burning questions on nutrition or your health and especially if you read something in the news that seems to contradict the previous advice that the scientists have published. This is always frustrating and can leave people confused as to what to eat or drink particularly when even the researchers can’t agree amongst themselves.

If you have a favourite recipe that you think other women would enjoy, then do send it in, of course you will be mentioned, and I will do the Spotlight on one of the ingredients.

I wanted to publish Natural News because it means you can get nutrition and health information every month and also to highlight what is the latest research and news. Books are wonderful but by the time I do the research, then the writing, then the manuscript goes to the publisher and gets printed we are talking between one and two years before it gets published. So research and information which can be really exciting can take so long to get to reach the people who need to hear about it.

In December 2006, I had an article published in Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynaecology called ‘Nutritional Supplements in Pregnancy – commercial push or evidence based?’ and the article shows that taking certain vitamins, minerals and fatty acids in pregnancy can have a staggering effect on the health of  the mother and baby including prevention of pre-eclampsia, miscarriage, preterm birth, low birthweight, gestational diabetes, cleft palate and lip, post-natal depression and the long term health of the baby including intellectual development. But unfortunately, information like this can sometimes end up stuck in the academic world and not get to the women who need to know. Natural News is a way of remedying that.

Kind regards,

Marilyn Glenville PhD