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In case you did not see it, this week the suicide of 21 year old student Georgina Owen, likely due to B12 deficiency causing delusions, was reported after the coroner’s verdict.  https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15830411/university-student-took-life-vegan-diet-delusional.html This is tragic on so many levels, and so utterly preventable.  Let’s take a look at how B12 affects mental health and brain function.  B12 holds a key role in 2 vital enzymes…

Most practitioners are familiar with the concept that chronic inflammation,(or as we call it, the sustained inflammatory response) and chronic stress (or as we call it, the sustained sympathetic response) are deeply interconnected.  Remember, this is all adaptive. From an evolutionary point of view, when you are inflamed, you would have been fighting off an infection. And therefore, you would need to modify your behavior. …

Magnesium is standard for my patients, and has been for the last 5-10 years.  And with good reason, suboptimal/low magnesium makes: And is thus linked to a plethora of conditions and symptoms. How common is it for the general public, or indeed patients presenting in clinic with symptoms, to be deficient in magnesium or suboptimal?  This is a slightly nuanced question because identifying magnesium deficiency…

If you have been in clinical practice for more than 10 years, one of the benefits is that you start to see patterns emerging.  And pattern recognition is something that all clinicians who want to strive for mastery should observe very closely, as it allows you to create bespoke personal plans within the context of common patterns.  This is the nuance of clinical practice, we…

Every spring, I see a steady stream of patients struggling through the same familiar symptoms: itchy eyes, sneezing, congestion, and fatigue.  Plus a whole bundle of side effects, like drowsiness from the medication.  Hayfever, or seasonal allergic rhinitis if you are feeling technical, is often dismissed as a minor inconvenience, yet for many patients it represents a significant inflammatory burden that impacts sleep, cognition, and…

Quick reminder that once you are logged into IN Health supplements as a PRACTIONER, you can click on the EDUCATION VIDEOS and get free CPD on a variety of topics: And much more.  Have you ever had patients complaining of being tired persistently? Achy? Putting on weight easily? Bilateral Carpal tunnel syndrome?  And been convinced it was their thyroid, only to have them return with…

Short one this week as we are still on holidays.  I am busy reading research and looking a range of immune support supplements, including our own ZINC ACETATE lozenges (these are very hard to manufacture, and we have to get R&D done abroad).  If you are not using these already they are the best thing I have ever used for colds.  “Zinc acetate lozenges shortened…

Yes, creatine has been used in sports and by “meatheads” in the gym for decades, and for the last 5-10 years in functional medicine, but now we are all catching up and here are a few things you might not know about creatine. “These outcomes suggest that a high single dose of creatine can partially reverse metabolic alterations and fatigue-related cognitive deterioration.” “Creatine supplementation also shows promise…

In case you have been missing it, the number people getting diagnosed with ADHD (kids but especially adults), is going up at an alarming rate.  I now regularly have adults coming in and out of the blue announcing they are on ritalin post a diagnosis of ADHD.  Note, the data below is up to 2018, and since then IME, the diagnoses have gone berserk.  Adults:…

In the modern world of social media and media giants with agendas, chiropractors are not just treating patients, they are navigating a landscape saturated with lies, half truth and truth without context. Social media, headlines, and even mainstream health messaging are often driven by simplicity (and click bait) rather than accuracy. This creates a fundamental problem, best explained by Brandolini’s Principle: The effort required to…