Lipids and Nutraceuticals: A Focus on Mental Health and Cognition October 2021 Mike Eyres and Laurence Eyres FNZIFST   Introduction Modern life is becoming increasingly stressful particularly in these times of COVID. This is resulting in an increase in mental health problems globally. There has been a huge surge in prescriptions for drugs for mental health including antidepressants, anxiolytics, and sleep aids. Whilst these prescriptions appear to be a necessary evil there are obvious dangers with these prescriptions and the resulting dependency that can occur…

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Oils and Fats Update Laurence Eyres FNZIFST Sepetember2021 Margarines and Spreads Just to recap, Margarine was invented in France by Hippolyte Mèges-Mouries in response to Napoleon III’s call for a cheap alternative to butter for French workers and for his armies in the Franco-Prussian war. The first margarine, consisting of beef tallow churned with milk, was patented in 1869. Since then, there has been a lot of change globally with the ongoing battle with butter and innovation techniques covering fat content, ingredients, flavour and nutritional claims. In…

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