If your child/teenager, had significant mental health issues, and you felt that medication was something that might need to be used, you would expect it to have been tested to rigorous standards. After all, that is why drugs come with such a high price tag, the double blind RCT’s to ensure effiacy and safety. But back in 2001, you would have been wrong when your…
If there is one therapeutic style I really love finding out about for patients, it is ones that are really effective, easy to do and cheap. Like, apple cider vinegar for blood sugar balance and better digestion. Check out the study here with glucose response to 50g of white bread. Top line is bread only, three lines below is different doses of vinegar. B12 for…
FYI, Spore forming bacteria are a special group of bacteria that can survive extreme conditions by forming endospores, tough, dormant structures that protect their genetic material. They are essentially nature’s survival experts, able to “shut down” in harsh conditions and “wake up” when safe, which makes certain species ideal for robust, shelf-stable probiotics. Check out a high level overview: Note we are all about immune health, and if you’ll know we are obsessed…
I get sometimes asked, why our supplements are different to online/amazon supplements or shop bought stuff. The answer is the forms, doses and scientific evidence, which can be a nuanced thing (especially for patients). Whenever we can, we use patented ingredients with published evidence to prove they work – results not theory. That is why we use PYHTOSOMAL turmeric (Curcumin), which is the most scientifically tested turmeric on the planet. …
Potassium has none of the fame of its cousins magnesium or iron, but it is an essential mineral, you have to have it. The basic entry is 2000 mg, the recommended intake is 3400 mg, while the RDA is USA used to be 4700 mg before it was controversially lowered. While estimates of what paleo groups would have eaten vary from 8000-15,000 mg. Note the…
Once upon a time electrolytes were simply a buzz word in branding circles for making sugary water sounds more “sciency”. These days it is big business as people have slowly twigged that a eating too little sodium (an essential mineral, via salt), might not be the best idea. See below showing a U shaped curve on the risk of CVD, MI and heart failure. But one…
The basic protocol for prevention of statin side effects is CoQ10 as UBIQSOME x1 daily and x1 daily vitamin D3/K2 (increase Vit D dose for obesity): If they have more complex needs and health issues, they may need additional support throughout the whole energy cycle (more than just CoQ10). Hence, you can add on magnesium, One a day Essential Multi and Meta-Boost. That, by the…
Also, remember it is time to break out the WINTER IS COMING infographics. And use the done for you email/blog post of the same name from the GOOGLE DRIVE, just click the link and then click Blog posts/emails. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TnQhM6jRZLDH0ehwEUuE74tNdGtHZJzE?ths=true Remember, by the end of Winter, 87% of your patients are deficient (under 50 nmol/L) or insufficient (under 75 nmol/L). But that rises to 100% for…
In the early 1920s, a French microbiologist named Henri Boulard was travelling through Indo China (modern day Vietnam) when he noticed something unusual during a cholera outbreak. Local villagers, desperate to manage the severe diarrhoea caused by the infection, weren’t reaching for medicines, they were turning to fruit skins. Boulard observed that people chewed the rinds of lychee and mangosteen, or brewed them into teas, to help…
Tony Blair has quite the legacy. Leaving aside his penchant for starting illegal wars, one of his biggest changes was to flood GP’s surgery with money (1 billion to be exact). Around 2004 he introduced “payment by performance” via the quality and outcomes framework (QOF), a method for monitoring the quality and outcomes of medical intervention. This resulted in a 50% pay rise for GPs (with less…