In the UK, they are telling it like it is:  junk food and the wrong fats can have a stultifying impact on the brain, its development and its functioning.

"Food can have an immediate and lasting effect on mental health and behaviour because of the way it affects the structure and function of the brain," Sustain's report says. Its chairman, Tim Lang, said: "Mental health has been completely neglected by those working on food policy. If we don't address it and change the way we farm and fish, we may lose the means to prevent much diet-related ill health."

Read the full report here.

Read the Vitamin Lady's article on a Healthy Dietary here.

As you may know from my January Newsletter, my daughter has become very interested in Ayurvedic medicine, to the point of starting her training in the Spring.

In view of my condition, the large tumor detected in my abdomen in September, she has suggested that I undergo a Panchakarma cleanse, and I am due to start on January 24th, and will be leaving for the preparatory stage Thursday 19th.  It appears that as a part of the process, my access to the Internet will be limited;  which means that, while The Vitamin Lady as a business at its headquarters will be unaffected, I may not be able to respond personally to your questions for while.

I do hope to find the time to blog about the experience here, so come back and check on me.