Ray Griffiths
Ray Griffiths MSc is a Registered Nutritionist and Lecturer and hails from the South of England, living in a 16th century cottage on the borders of Essex and Suffolk. He has been researching and practicing nutrition for over 20 years and lecturing for over 10 years. Ray's MSc dissertation was on the role that mitochondria play in Parkinson's disease. His lectures and webinars have covered diverse subjects such as: cancer and nutrition, chronic fatigue, cardiovascular health, neurodegeneration, MS and ageing. Ray has a background in Broadcast Engineering and likes to apply a similar style systems philosophy to nutrition and biochemistry - using this approach to challenge and greatly expand existing ideas and concepts. Depression: the Mind-Body Diet and Lifestyle Connection 350 million people world wide are currently suffering from depression One in six will be affected by a depressive disorder during their life time Can our life style choices affect our mood People with depression four times as likely to have a heart attack than no history Hx Heart attack chances another higher Depressed more likely to abuse drugs or alcohol seem to be artificially drawn boundaries between the mind and body. Sometimes sx are seen as psychosomatic and some dismiss as a lesser issue Yet body and brain interact. Gut and brain interact with strong connections How do all the different things discussed on this show affect and interact with depression
