This week we have been enjoying some relaxed time off with the kids and on Tuesday we headed to Marwell zoo. We had a right old time, and finally got to see the snow leopard, who is normally nowhere to be seen, aka hiding in their cave thingy wishing for actual snow. This time he/she (couldn’t tell, let’s say it’s a her), was in fine…
If there is one thing me and our cat, Caesar, have in common, it is we are both huge fans of offal. Here he is post raw liver. If I am cutting up some liver or kidney, he will know about it and will be all over me, pawing up the cupboards, meowing. Here he is not wanting to be left out by jumping into…
Well, last weekend we had our first ever ACN live event, Core Concepts in Chiropractic Nutrition Live on the beautiful Tuckon river, at the Captain club in Christchurch. Yes we did lots of learning. And we enjoyed the river side location And we enjoyed some gluten and diary-free cake with kombucha on the side. Next year we will head to Birmingham and are planning some…
At long last it is here !! From Monday you can order your Evolved Collagen. A few weeks back, we took a look at glycine and its effects on the immune system. https://lessons.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/glycine-the-missing-link/ And before that talked about HOW collagen works. https://lessons.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/collagen-two-routes-to-better-joints-and-skin/ Two ways: Giving the body aminos to build and stimulating the cells to produce. And we are using glycine to maximise the production…
“What harms insects also harms people” are wise words spoken by the German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze. She was speaking about the banning of the weed killer glyphosate (branded as Roundup by Monsanto) in Germany from 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/04/germany-ban-glyphosate-weedkiller-by-2023 And she has a good point. For many, many years now, the world of functional medicine/nutrition has been concerned that the weed killer might be exceptionally bad…
O-Mg we are about to get a double helping of magnesium as we seamlessly transition our Magnesium Plus product into Magnesium DUO plus. What is the difference? Previously we had 150 mg of pure Magnesium Citrate, now we have 75 mg magnesium citrate and 75 mg of magneisum glycinate (150 mg total obvs). Now, why would we do this? Well, remember the citrate or glycinate…
This is all about our new vitamin D product, now some of you might be thinking blah blah blah vitamin D, heard it all before. So, try the quiz below and lets see if you are a good as you think you are. Have a go, then you can read the rest of the email, answers at the end, be honest with yourself. 1: Normal…
Glycine is about to go mainstream, and here is why: – When you are low in glycine, your immune system is “primed” for an over reaction to provocation into a sustained inflammatory response. Check it out, they expose immune cells to a toxin from bacteria called LPS, the immune cells react and begin to depolarise i.e. they are going to start producing inflammation fast. But…
I am still on holiday and enjoying the sun kissed beaches of Southbourne, celebrating Iris turning 13 !! Thus Glycine and its amazing functions will have to wait. For now, let’s revisit a thought I had back in 2019…… Can you imagine living being a hundred years old and meeting up with the same friends for the last 90 years? On the island of Okinawa,…
By the time you have read this, I will be celebrating my 46th year. Time does seem to speed up as you get older, one minute you are a cute little toddler. Loving life making your best lego spaceship EVER!! Next thing you are a gangly teenager. And I can vividly remember turning 30 and thinking, “how did that happen?“. But happen it did and…