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  • Why Vitamin D Still Matters: Mismatch Theory

    Once again, we appear to not be learning from lessons of the past, as people are still grossly vitamin D deficient. Check this out from the BBC: This is Amaka 👇️ Amaka was in the middle of making dinner at her university house in Liverpool when she started shaking. “I couldn’t really see in front of me,” she says. Her housemate took her to A&E…

  • Have You Got “Ferritin Face” ?

    Does low iron really make you “ugly“?  Well, according to TikTok, yes.  And now the BBC are adding their input.  Well, the answer is yes and no.  The photo above, is before after low iron as per a ferritin test. But it is also before with shadows across the face (and possibly some make-up too) and after, without, so it’s slightly hard to be sure. …

  • The Ultimate Nutritional Power Couple

    If you open any glossy magazine, you are sure to find examples of what the tabloids love to call “power couples”. Take your pick Posh and Becks? Jay Z and Beyonce? George and Amal? Kermit and Miss Piggy (we know where the power comes from in that couple…..) Call me nerdy, my personal favourite power couple is vitamin D and vitamin A (in the retinol form)….

  • Are We Still Under Nourishing Pregnant Women?

    A couple of years ago I wrote about research that, frankly, should have received far more attention. Researchers looked at women in high income countries, including the UK, before they became pregnant. Despite living in affluent countries with plentiful food, more than 90% were low or marginal in at least one key nutrient. With a massive 82% low or marginal in B2 (riboflavin) and 85%…

  • Histamine: The Missing Piece in Migraine?

    If you have been following ACN for a while, you will know that I do not believe there is one single “migraine cause”. We start with the foundations.  We look at mitochondrial function, inflammation, key nutrients and the neuro-mechanical contribution. Patients may work through the Basic Migraine Bundle:  Progress to the Advanced Migraine Bundle:  And, where appropriate, complete our migraine Reset Diet. You can watch…

  • Creatine: It’s Not Just for Building Muscle

    Quick reminder about our EVOLUTION of CHIROPRACTIC event. EARLY bird fee of ÂŁ450 until Oct 24th https://patientcentred.co.uk/evo-26 The feedback we had was OUTSTANDING: For years, creatine has been thought of as a supplement for bodybuilders and athletes. But that view is becoming increasingly outdated. Creatine is involved in one of the most fundamental processes in human physiology: recycling energy.  ATP aka energy, is Adenosine TRI-Phosphate….

  • The Certainty Trap: The Map Is Not the Territory

    There is a quote from Carl Jung that I absolutely love: This is brilliant, particularly for chiropractors, because we can become incredibly good at theory. We can debate biomechanics, neurology, subluxations, pain science, rehabilitation, inflammation and nutrition. We can attend seminars, read papers and construct increasingly sophisticated explanations for what is happening to our patients. But ultimately there is a patient standing in front of…

  • Iron deficiency – More Common Than You Think

    Quick shout out to those lovely people at the CAI, here I am keeping it casual chatting about how iron deficiency can affect production of dopamine (and thus noradrenaline, adrenaline) and serotonin. Thus, leading to chronic pain/fibromyalgia, ADHD, brain fog, depression/anxiety, restless leg syndrome, fatigue and more.  Now all of this is usually occurring in the absence of anemia.  We use FERRITIN as our (reliable)…

  • Dairy vs Oat: The Blood Sugar Battle

    By the time this goes out I shall be on route to Ireland to visit those lovely people at the CAI, ready for a chin wag all about IRON on Saturday and Turmeric Sunday.  If you there please pop by my trade stand and say hello.  If you missed it, here is the IRON and Turmeric PLUS webinars, free CPD.  Iron in clinical practice 👇️…

  • Why Patients Have Short Memories (and what to do about it)

    Those of you who have been through the ACN seminars might remember: It was always partly tongue in cheek. But it turns out there may be some rather interesting psychology behind it. I recently bumped into an old friend I hadn’t seen for many years. The friendship hadn’t ended impulsively, it was a slow decline. I realised he just consistently made me feel bad.  …