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…
Quick reminder you can join us for CORE CONCEPTS IN CHIROPRACTIC NUTRITION Just click the link, read the stuff, check out the testimonials, pick if you want the DIY version or the DIY plus 8 weeks of webinar support (called ACCELERATOR) which starts on Wed Sept 10th 1.15 – 2 and every 2 weeks after that. You can always upgrade for the next accelerator in Jan-April…
How’s this for a catchy set of headlines? The pain killer in question is GABAPENTIN. Used for nerve pain and indeed brother to PREGABALIN, these days used as an alternative to valium/benzodiazapine, which we discussed last year: https://www.academyofchiropracticnutrition.com/out-of-the-drug-frying-pan-into-the-fire/ These headlines were based on a recent study: Note linking GABAPENTIN with DEMENTIA isn’t new: But note the recent research is specifically about GABAPENTIN in patients with CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN. So, let’s go back to…
Quick reminder we have the OPTIMAL PREGNANCY TRIO now live. Remember only 5-10% of the general public are getting enough CHOLINE asit is only found in significant amounts in eggs and liver. Are you eating 6 eggs daily or x2 big pieces of liver a week? Not enough choline = not enough ACETYLCHOLINE, which in the peripheral nervous system is the chief neurotransmitter of the parasympathetic nervous system, responsible for…
If there is one thing that puts serious fear straight into the minds of my older patients (probably sixties plus) it is the thought of getting dementia/Alzheimer’s. And with good reason, it is an awful way to die. Sadly, by the time you are getting overt symptoms, it may be too late, certainly if you wait for the NHS to deliver its symptomatic-based care. With…