Firstly, before we get into today’s newsletter as part of our ongoing commitment to evolving the IN Health range for better results and better value we are introducing a ONE LITRE pump bottles of Chiro Ice, to replace the now discontinued 300 ml bottles.
These treatment-room-sized bottles are available as a case of 2 bottles and our trade price for this is £90.00 incl. VAT, which works out at £45.00 per litre.
This offers a great saving when compared to the 300ml bottles which worked out at £56.16 per litre.
We have also ensured that these pumps are fitted with an extra long tube which curves into the bottom of the bottle so you can really squeeze out every last drop of Chiro Ice, zero wastage at the bottom.
Also brand new and available our new pocket/handbag friendly, 90ml roller bottles. This means patients no longer need to get their hands minty.
These nifty little bottles are available as a case of 10 for sale in your clinic.
Trade price for a case of 10 is £ 67.50 incl. VAT and our RRP is £ 8.70.
Both are available at the start of next week.
If you are going to commit a crime and end up in court, a little tip for you……. ask for your court hearing to be first thing in the morning or straight after lunch.
This will give you the best chance of getting a light sentence, maybe getting away with a community service order or making parole.
You see, when it comes to making decisions, we have a limited amount we can make before we default to the easy option.
In the case of the judges in the study, at the start of a session judges were 65% more likely to give a favourable ruling to the offenders than at the end, when it dropped to nearly zero.
It didn’t matter what the crime was, the key thing was the time of day.
So what’s going on here, and how does it affect us Chiropractors?
Making decisions is tiring, the more you make, the more tired you get, just like doing reps in the gym.
It’s especially bad as your blood sugar levels start to drop – remember your brain is a glucose eating machine.
If you really think about this, you know this has affected you in clinic and in your personal life.
Ever planned a wedding or bought a car?
The sales people are very, VERY aware of decision fatigue, so they give you so many options to choose from and then, as you start to fatigue, you default to the normal/standard choice (which will be more expensive than you need or want) or you simply give in and say yes to everything.
In clinic at the end of a long session, you have been running late, its very, VERY easy to miss something, maybe not to quite assess as objectively as you might, maybe not quite as thoroughly as the first few patients.
I can still remember the new patient I saw with headaches that were better with neck rolling, woke up as he slept on his front, and I could reproduce with pressure into the upper sub-occipitals.
But he actually had a dissecting carotid artery……luckily I referred him out and chose not to adjust his neck as I wasn’t happy it was actually a mechanical issue.
Or beware that maintenance care patient who turns up at the end of the day, with pain that is not quite the same as they have had before, similar but not the same.
So how can we mitigate this with two things:
– Manage your blood sugar levels
– Use protocols
Make sure you are getting enough fat and protein with your meals to give your system a chance to maintain your blood glucose levels.
It is important to eat the protein and non-starchy veg (stuff grown above the ground) first, and carbs/sugar last.
If you really struggle mid-afternoon, try some raw apple cider vinegar (ACV) with your meal.
Good for blood sugars and helps with digestion by increasing acid in the stomach and as a bitter.
I also love the biltong sticks by The Curators, 8g protein, 7g fat.
Those plus a piece of fruit, and you are good to work hard.
You could also try C8 MCT (Medium chain triglycerides) oil from coconuts.
C8 molecule is absorbed without the action of bile high in the small intestine, and within minutes the liver has converted it into ketones.
The basis of the Atkins and keto diets is that your cells will preferentially burn glucose, but if glucose in the blood drops consistently low, it will start to mobilise its fat reserves into ketones.
This is evolution in action as we would have had periods of feasting and famine.
The ability to switch between glucose and our fat reserves as ketones as fuel kept us alive.
The trouble is these days, we have feasting every day but never the famine.
This principle is why intermittent fasting works so well, it tunes into our ancestral roots. I personally do a 16:8 fast regularlly, and it is very sustainable (much more than 5:2).
So the beauty of C8 oil is you can get ketones in minutes that burn like sugar for energy, with no sugar or insulin spike, plus it takes no time and no bits between your teeth.
If you are still struggling, consider trialling D-Ribose, a cheat way to get energy.
You can read about that here 👇
In Core Concepts in Chiropractic Nutrition we recognise the 80/20 rule.
80% of your patients have the same 20% of good nutrients missing or bad things they need to avoid, remove or replace (FITSS = Foods, Infections, Toxins, Stress & Sleep).
So we use that to make protocols with consistent advice on diet and supplements with 20% tweaking to personalise it, less decisions to make.
Thus, we have a phased supplement system.
I designed the IN Health supplement range based on the latest cutting edge science, focusing on the nervous system, mitochondria and inflammation.
If you are a neuro-mechanical specialist, this is for you.
Think less, less decisions, do more, get better results, simple.