Apologies for the tardy arrival this week’s insights. Thanks to the dedicated use of Calpol amongst my children classmates parents to keep their kids at school even when they have a temperature & are clearly infective, I spent Friday fighting off a round of viruses & bacteria. Fear not my immune system knows exactly what to do, it’s had millions of years to get the…
Many many years ago I was taught the four R’s of digestion. It went something like Remove (bad bugs) Replace (digestive acid/enzymes) Re-inoculate (good bacteria) Repair (the gut lining) And it is still used by me and many other practitioners to some extent, though our understanding out of the gut microbiome from when I started 2001 is completely different. But in 2007 I was sat in…
Firstly thank you to the Chiropractic Association of Ireland for inviting me to lecture last weekend. I had a great time lecturing in Dublin, a keen audience for information on the incredible benefits of vitamin B12. I also had the pleasure of meeting Dr Robert Melillo and seeing his talk. As a Chiropractor with a few years under my belt, I can smell Chiropractic bullshit…
By the time this you read this I will be nestled into the welcoming (if slightly damp) bosom of Dublin. I am lecturing at the Chiropractic Association of Ireland (CAI) this weekend on why vitamin B12 deficiency is creating an epidemic of missed diagnosis and mis-diagnoses. The three things I want attendees to know when they leave are: 3 Key symptoms of B12 deficiency: Persistent…
For many years I did not eat a single piece of food containing complex carbohydrate/starch/polysaccharides. Not a single sodding mouthful. Meat & salad. Repeat. I ate fruit as it’s a single sugar unit as fructose and some glucose, depending on the fruit, but starchy food was a big no no. For me this was painful. I loved crisps and pizza and chips……who doesn’t on occasion?…
Treating patients with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia and/or chronic fatigue syndrome can be at best daunting, at worst depressing. There are many, many root causes involved in both these conditions. But at the heart of both and indeed arguably all health conditions are inefficient mitochondria. The number one source of free radicals/oxidative stress is your metabolism. You have to burn glucose (or ketones if you…
This is a special 20 minute webinar on how our genetics create a tendancy to certain issues, but how we can help overcome those with a healthy lifestyle. Patients are often all too easily lead to believe because their family has a history of condition/disease XYZ, they can’t avoid it, it’s inevitable. I am living proof with the right diet, supplements & lifestyle, you can overcome your genetic…
“I tell my friends you’re the nutrition police” “mmmmmmmm, okaaaaaaaaay…” I’m never quite sure how to respond to this kind of comment. I don’t go around pointing out issues in people’s diet or lifestyle, that would be rude. But on occasion friends tells me about a health issue they have and how it’s affecting their lifestyle. If they are/have tried different lifestyle changes & it’s…
Back in 2007 I was on a week long functional medicine intensive training seminar in Atlanta with the Institute for Functional Medicine, and during one of the breakout case study sessions one of the MD’s began talking excitedly about Vitamin D. In fact he was really REALLY excited. Discover the 3 Top ‘Writer-Downers’ In This Email: Why calcium carbonate is the most commonly prescribed calcium…
Welcome back and today we are going to explore why “Let them eat chalk!” is not in your patient’s best interests… Discover the 3 Top ‘Writer-Downers’ In This Email: Why calcium carbonate is the most commonly prescribed calcium by the NHS Why most patients hate taking it The superior, better tolerated alternative you should stock starting today I’ve received lots of comments from yesterday’s email…