Monday July 7

Concerned about B6?

"If you're worried about high dose B6 my suggestion is to swap over to a European product with lower levels of B6. European regulators limit how much B6 is allowed in multivitamin preparations and some of these are available in Australia in supermarkets at levels below the daily recommended dose."

Roger Lord, Senior Lecturer (Medical Sciences), Australian Catholic University

Effects of trauma

"Tara-Lyn Camilleri's article on the effects of trauma and how we should understand them as changeable responses shaped by context was really interesting. It gives hope for those who have come from trauma that if they can change the environment that surrounds them, they have enough plasticity to make a change. Perhaps that means generating the strength in your mind to begin that journey!"

Robyn King

For-profit childcare

"We need to move away from the for-profit childcare model. We've seen it with the aged care sector - only harm can be done when profit is the goal."

Mary Snodgrass