Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 25 Sep 13

Vitamin B supplements probably are not needed by a British man, who loves Marmite so much that he’s changed his surname to match the spread. Saire May - now Saire Marmite - said he wanted to “show his devotion and passion” to the breakfast condiment. 38-year-old Mr Marmite says he eats more than a jar a week. “I like the smell, the taste, the texture. I think I pretty much like everything about it,” he added. He also collects Marmite paraphernalia, with his collection including special Marmite cufflinks, limited edition jars and a World War II recipe book. A new study published in the Nature Neuroscience study has described a new method of tackling anxiety - by exposing people to various smells while they were asleep. Subjects were trained to associate two images, linked to smells, with fear, according to a BBC report. During sleep they were exposed to one of the aromas, and when they woke they were apparently less frightened of the image which was connected to that smell. afternoon sleeps are important for young children - and not just because it gives their parents a break. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts have found that a nap helped kids aged three to five remember their pre-school lessons better. The scientists studied forty toddlers, and found that the benefit of having a post-prandial snooze persisted into the next day, according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They concluded that naps are “critical for memory consolidation and early learning,” with the children recalling significantly more information after a sleep than they did when kept awake.

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