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Nutritionist
Meet Dr Pamela Mason
Dr Pamela Mason is a qualified pharmacist and nutritionist. Prior to receiving her MSc and PhD in Nutrition from Kings College London, Dr Mason was a practising community pharmacist for 10 years.
During the early 1990s she worked at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on the British National Formulary. Dr Mason is a nutrition and pharmaceutical consultant for several organisations.
She also teaches nutrition to pharmacists and regularly writes for the Pharmaceutical Journal and other specialist publications. She has published four books on nutrition and dietary supplements.
She has been answering Saga visitors’ questions for six years, “The questions I receive are really interesting and help to keep me in touch with the nutritional problems that people face in their daily lives”, says Pam.
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Q: My doctor says I may have recently developed IBS. I see from information given to me that probiotics such as lactobacillus plantarum and bifidocterium breve bro may ease symptoms. Please could you tell me which products contact these bacteria? Read Dr Mason's answer
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