At some point in your career, if you suggest patients should take any nutritional supplements, eventually you will hear something like this: “I get all my nutrition from food” “I don’t take supplements because I eat a balanced diet.” “Supplements are not absorbed.” “Supplements give you expensive urine.” The variations are endless, but the theme is the same. Now, before we get into the concept…
Last week we talked about blood sugar and how we can use a classic old school remedy, apple cider vinegar, to blunt our sugar responses. This week, I will use one of our critical Core commandments that I refer back to again and again (and again) in the course. Trying to make sense of symptoms, blood tests, and “diagnoses” without considering our evolutionary history is nigh on…
As we gently move towards autumn and our shadows start to get longer, I am once again using my Sperti UVB vitamin D lamp and feeling good for it. Last year, I went the whole winter and autumn with no vitamin D supplements except for doses here and there. This year will be no different, but for those of you and your patients that do…
Welcome back to school after a six-week break from routine! I am sipping my yerba mate with pineapple while enjoying some fond memories from Devon. We had a great time, bodyboarding, trampolining, climbing rocks, plus we found a gluten-free cafe specialising in cake and doughnuts. It has been quite a roller coaster, and that is just my blood sugar levels. In hindsight, wearing a continuous…
As you read this, I should be in the warm (and windy) embrace of the north coast of Devon, Woolacombe specifically. So I have a few announcements to make…… In October we will be launching three new products, two magnesium and a one a day multivitamin & mineral. There are also another three in the pipeline. These are once again bespoke for my specifications. All…
Last week we went further into blood chemistry analysis, and this week, we are talking sugar. Just a few days ago, I was tucking into gluten and dairy-free salted caramel cake, celebrating my 44th birthday. It was just heavenly. It is mainly cashews, coconut and chocolate, which are all plants, so it is pretty much as good as eating salad in my book. So it…
Last week we started talking about functional blood analysis and the need to always get the patient to request GP notes on your behalf. Yes, this can be useful for nutrition and improving results from care, but it can also be life saving (and save you a costly insurance claim and a whole lot of guilt). Two weeks ago, a 77 year old lady came back…
One of things I frequently hear from patients is “the GP ran some bloods tests and said they are all normal”. Now the issue here is, we have no idea what they tested for and what the actual levels were. NHS blood tests can give a wealth of information if you know what you are looking for and how to interpret them. That is why I always…
One of the easiest non-treatable chiro/osteo/physio things to diagnose with confidence is gout. If they turn up with a red, swollen, big toe joint barely able to walk, it is going to be towards the top of the list. Truly low hanging diagnostic fruit. And allopurinol is a relatively safe drug to be taken long term, although given gout is a remitting, relapsing issue, I…
Earlier this month we celebrated my Mother’s 80th birthday. It was a classic British summer affair, with heavy rain and wind and yet we persisted with a BBQ. The cake was a dairy free, high fat keto style, because these days Mum is all about high fat, low carb action. In fact, by following a HFLC diet plus doing a 16:8 intermittent fast daily (you…