Posted on 23. Jul, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
Have you visited storyofcosmetics.org yet? If not, you should! Learn about how major loopholes in U.S. federal law allow the $50 billion beauty industry to put unlimited amounts of chemicals into personal care products with no required testing, no monitoring of health effects and inadequate labeling requirements—making cosmetics among the least-regulated consumer products on the market. Think twice before putting on that lipstick, you might be putting on lead! Whilst aimed at the US market there are obvious paralells with products available in the UK.
Posted on 01. Jul, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
The Emerson Quality ProgramSM (EQP) is a one-of-a-kind quality assurance program for the nutritional supplements industry, providing practitioners with manufacturer-specific quality information to assist in confidently recommending the best products.
Nordic Naturals was awarded the gold standard, the highest rating available for meeting the following standards and requirements.
- Compliance with current GMP’s, acceptable third party audit, raw material supplier qualification and raw material testing for identity and purity as evidenced on CoA.
- Use of most appropriate testing methodologies, potency testing and validated risk-based approach to testing adulterants and contaminants.
- Testing of every batch for identity, potency, microbiological and other applicable contaminants, a stability program, in place, plus demonstrated evidence of research and product development, clinical trial support and sustainable environmental practices.
Bringing forward a new definition of fish oil quality as it relates to purity, freshness, taste, dosage, and sustainability, Nordic Naturals’ leadership has also shifted the model of how to conduct business truthfully and authentically.
Nordic Naturals incorporates ethical and socially responsible practices with regards to environmental consciousness, corporate transparency, philanthropic partnerships, and education—all of which are integral to fulfilling our mission of correcting omega-3 deficiency around the world.
Nutri-Link is pleased to have been distributing the professional line of Nordic Naturals products since 2003
Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
Our MD has contibuted a substantive chapter on the immune system from a gastrocentric perspective in this newly published text book. The role of the gut in health has long been appreciated by non orthodox practitioners, but modern science and research is bringing it straight into the 21st century, with its effects on autoimmunity, depression, skin health and others. This book can be purchased from Amazon.
Research shows that biochemical imbalances caused by nutritional deficiencies are a contributory factor in chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, auto-immune conditions and cancer. This handbook for practitioners explains how to identify and treat such biochemical imbalances in order to better understand and manage a patient’s ill-health. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 22. Apr, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
What should I eat? is a common question faced by Nutritional Therapists and other health care practitioners. Working this out can take many hours of a practitioners time. The excellent software ‘FoodPharmacy®’ allows practitioners to prepare a detailed food plan to meet the unique requirements of each individual patient. All the relevant protocols are supported by cited studies and relevant laboratory research. This saves you time, creates less stress and can be converted into 26 different languages! Nutri-Link are able to provide a useful 10% discount on this software, learn more about the way this works from our dedicated FoodPharmacy® page.
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
On Saturday the 10th April Dr Jay Lombard a US certified Neurologist presented a Functional Medicine Approach to Mental Health at the Royal Society of Medicine in London on behalf of Nutri-Link’s education division. Over 110 practitioners were given a measured, research based approach to integrative thinking and clinical application of nutrients in the management of neurological and psychological disorders.
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Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
Blogging – the provision of information in small or large amounts on the web is incredibly popular, there are millions of them! However whilst some are of excellent quality others are, well, – perhaps in need of some TLC. By selecting a range of trusted blogs, you can create your own newspaper, collecting information across your interests, and screening out all the stuff you just don’t need.
Nutri-Link and in particular Michael Ash blogs every week in the NLeducation site, you can find his latest missives on the front page, just scroll down.Or look at the resources section to check it out. You will be amazed at the amount of information, videos, media, audio and other goodies that are there free for use.
As part of the science blogging community Michael reviews peer reviewed science papers and relates them to Nutritional Therapy, or other aspects of life he finds interesting. It is possible to follow these quite easily by using the RSS feed, or Google Reader, or if you use firefox as your browser we recommend Feedly a great application for keeping track of all those bits and pieces you find interesting.
Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
In the section related to the ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Community‘ our Managing Director and editor of our educational blog and web site Michael Ash was given a highly commended award in this years – 2010 CAM awards.
The CAM awards continues CAM’s commitment to recognising the practitioners’ and students’ who use CAM to make a real difference to their community, or simply excel in their field of work.
Michael ran a very successful integrated health care practice for 25 years, before selling in 2007 to concentrate on nutrition research, lecturing and developing Nutri-Link. He personally writes most of the articles and reviews for NL education and selects expert speakers from around the world to present their research and clinical experiences at the International Conferences he organises each year. He was also highly commended by CAM Awards in previous years for his Clinical Practice in the Outstanding Practice Award.
Interested in the work he does? why not visit the www.nleducation.co.uk web site and check out the resources section, or go to Research Blogging and type in his name in the search bar. Here you will find the latest blogs or articles written about peer reviewed research that supports the use of nutrition of food concentrates or bacteria in the management of health and well being.
Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
There have been questions about the validity and need for us to consume water from bottles rather than the tap. A number of companies have simply extracted water from taps, placed into bottles and then resold for a profit. Others genuinely look to extract their water from unique sites and offer an alternative to tap water that we may feel is worthwhile. However, there is a cost outside of the financial one and that is an environmental one.
Here at Nutri-Link we installed a tap filter to replace the bottled water we have supplied for years and immediately reduced our costs and use of bottled water. The team at Free Range Studios has put together an animation that explores the costs of water and just like their previous projects, it provokes thoughts and contemplation. So whilst water is essential and most of us do not get enough, do check out this film to ‘provide liquid for thought’. The Story of Bottled Water.org
Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
Many of us are eternally grateful for the discovery by Sir Alexander Fleming that he discovered the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with colleagues Howard Walter Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.
But like many drugs they have been overused and over prescribed, antibiotics kill bacteria only and the use of these for viral infections, as well as prolonged use and antibacterial resistance have been discussed in many newspapers and journals. Michael Ash BSc.DO.ND.DipION has written an informative review exploring the science behind a single dose or single course of antibiotics and the detrimental effects on the microbiota – the bacterial colonies that share our gastrointestinal tract. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by Michael Ash in News
The contribution to the health of the planet by everyone will vary according to personal circumstances. Some will be energetic contributors and others benignly apathetic. Here at Nutri-Link we have a well established policy for environmental care and are also supporting the WWW Earth Hour project and invite you to do so to.
Its quick and easy to add your commitment to demonstrate a global determination to look after the future of our planet.
On Saturday 27 March 2010 at 8.30pm, WWW want a billion people around the world to switch off their lights for one hour – WWF’s Earth Hour. Show you care about climate change. Whether you’re in Kent or Cumbria, Lancashire or Lanarkshire, Antrim or Anglesey… see how your part of the UK measures up on their interactive 3D sign-up map. And find out how many more sign-ups it takes to top our chart in the exciting run-up to Earth Hour! Learn More>>
WWF’s Earth Hour 2009 took the world by storm as it travelled east to west and hundreds of millions of people switched off their lights. Earth Hour was embraced by people in over 3,000 cities and towns, nearly 1,000 landmarks and more than 83 countries around the world.
