Using B Vitamins 💊 for depression, the power of sun-cream 🌞 and is organic better 🤨?
RIP Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧
My body has only just recovered from a gruelling charity bike ride 🚴🏾♂️ to write this week’s newsletter but it’s a good one ✅. Thanks to your support we cycled 200 miles in 25 hours and managed to raise over £500! 🎉
B Vitamins for Depression?
A fascinating new trial from the University of reading sheds light on the power of B Vitamins 💊
Over 300 participants were given either B6, B12 or a placebo once-a-day for a month. The authors found that B12 had a small positive effect over placebo but that B6 significantly reduced depression ⬇
It’s thought B6 works by increasing ⬆ levels of GABA in the brain 🧠 This is an inhibitory neurotransmitter which helps to us to feel calm and relaxed 😌
The doses used in the study were high so further studies are required to confirm its safety but it’s definitely a promising breakthrough!
Study: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hup.2852
The power of sun cream
There’s an image that’s been all over social media that I couldn’t ignore. It shows an elderly lady 👵🏼 who religiously used sun cream on her face but not her neck. As you can see the contract is startling!
Not only does SPF help against the potentially cancerous damage caused by UV-radiation but it also reduces the development of wrinkles caused by the sun ☀️
Is organic actually better?
We got an interesting comment on TikTok (make sure you’re following!) asking whether we needed to eat organically to obtain the same nutrients as our grandparents 🧓🏼👴🏼
There’s no clear definition but we can think of it as food 🥗 produced without the use of herbicides, pesticides and antibiotics 💊 These are all things we know can disrupt the healthy functioning of our body 🫁
However other than having higher anti-oxidant levels, the science is out on whether organic food is more nutrient-dense than non-organic 🤔
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Thanks for doing the Herbalution!
Dr Haris