Protein: The Goldilocks Nutrient

You remember the story of Goldilocks and three bears?  The porridge is too hot, then too cold, & she needed it just right.  Same with protein, which gives us the amino acids that we need to build:  Also used in the energy cycle, green boxes circled in red are amino acids. I could go on, but you get the idea, this is critical, hence some…

The Antibiotic that Gives You a Stroke?

Snapping an achilles is something I would hate, the crack of the tendon, the total disability, the long recovery, no thank you. But imagine walking along and suddenly rupturing both achilles tendons. Now that would be truly awful. But that would not happen without massive trauma or a prescription for a fluoroquinolone antibiotic like ciprofloxacin. These are powerful antibiotics, used for UTI’s, prostatitis and hard…

The Power of Butter and Butyrate

Did you know the primary fuel for the gut cells lining your intestines is a  short chain FATTY acid called Butyrate? Butyrate is also called Butyric acid and without it, your gut lining goes from a selective sieve to a leaky colander. It’s also a powerful anti-inflammatory both locally in the gut and systemically. I could go on but you get the idea.  So where…

Statins: Reducing cholesterol or inflammation?

Firstly, quick shout out to the team at Goose Chiropractic & wellbeing Clinic in Dinnginton for an excellent seminar on Saturday.  Great day of lectures to DC and CA’s alike.  If you missed the collagen seminar on Wednesday night, do not fret, below is the recording. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/9kmsBJZOJ_5fetmVZ4zhWfzXilNJ7Y7w2XEc7aPMp-UvjiM58S0f9zYUhol7yJ0y.OeeLtuCnzD69nYFJ Passcode: cjAK=d2b It runs approximately 40 minutes with lots of wide ranging Q&A’s at the end. Now to…

Overdiagnosing Mental Health Issues?

Topic: Collagen: What is the truth about supplements? And why glycine is KEY for healing and health. Still thinking that marine collagen is directly replacing your collagen? Is this how it works?  Have you grown chicken wings yet?  Exactly. Stop living in nutritional la-la land and join us in reality Please click the link below to join the webinar: ttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81931656889 Last week we talked about…

Out of the (drug) Frying Pan into the Fire

Once upon a time, ladies and gents of a nervous disposition could attend a GP and be ushered out the door with a bag full “anxiety pills” aka valium, one of the benzodiazepines.  They certainly take the edge off, but they are a smidge habit-forming, and you can’t take them forever (ideally).  So the NHS has a plan, and it is fool-proof.  They have started giving out…

The Diet That Gives You Migraines

If you are on Facebook, did you know we have a private group you can join?  Click the link & join us:https://www.facebook.com/groups/951709135808937 Also, if you are a clinic with 3 or more practitioners, did you know we offer in house zoom CPD to get you started with nutrition? Please email me back, and we can arrange times to suit and get you started. We will…

Why the NHS Ignores Kidney Disease (& the simple thing to help)

I have noticed an alarming trend in patients. They have some bloods done at the GP and they have impaired kidney function. Urea is high, eFGR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) is low, and yet the GP’s seem remarkably unbothered and do…….nothing. This is in not just aged people, but also young ones too. At first I couldn’t work out why? But consider what would they…

Why I Hate Pandas

Trigger warning: This newsletter contains sarcasm and irony. I do not condone hatred of furry animals (or vegans). Did you know I can see into the future? It is a blessing and a curse, I can see the future potential good and the potential bad with ease. It might be something to do with my dopamine genetic tendencies from my polymorphisms on the dopamine receptor…

Why Inflammation Makes You Stiff

Have you ever noticed that your patients with inflammatory conditions (AS, RA, PMR etc) are unusually stiff? Chances are you have and if you are like me, you would have thought it was the joints. And depending on how far down the line they are, that might be true. However, ask a patient with AS how they feel at lunchtime compared first thing in the…