When it comes to diet and health, diversity is king. But we are creatures of habit and tend to eat the same things again and again and again. We also have a epidemic of food phobia taken to religious extremes. Consider the battle between the carnivore diet (pretty much just meat, FYI it’s essentially an extreme elimination diet) and the recent trend for veganism (it comes…
One of the unique things about the way we Chiropractors work is the view we take. Literally. We see plenty of skin and often from angles the patient can’t see. So today’s newsletter is about the little-known, skin manifestations of a growing problem in the UK – diabetes. Did you know that since 2008 the cost of type I and II diabetes to the NHS has gone up…
Before we get into it this week, thank you to the lovely people at the McTimoney Chiropractic Association for inviting me to speak at the weekend on vitamin B12. I had a great time, answered a ton of questions & met up once again with the excellent Dr Chris Collaca DC PhD. Hopefully the MCA members will be saving and changing lives with the knowledge…
Did you know the primary fuel for the gut cells lining your intestines is a short chain fatty acid called Butyrate? Butyrate is also called Butyric acid and without it, your gut lining goes from a selective sieve to a leaky colander. It’s also a powerful anti-inflammatory both locally in the gut and systemically. So where do we get our butyrate from? Well, it’s the…
If there was one book all new graduates should be forced to read before being allowed to register & practice, it’s “Ego is the Enemy” by Ryan Holiday. I love it. Whenever I lecture, I start by saying all Chiropractors have two things in common. 1) We all have amazing life changing results with some patients. These are easy stories to whip out on stage, which gently…
Did you know that the first randomised controlled trial was done in 1747 by naval surgeon James Lind? Back then scurvy was a killer. On May 20, 1747 he divided the 12 sick sailors into six pairs, and provided each of them with a different supplement in their diet (with sailor response added for historical accuracy): cider – “get in there” vitriolic elixir (diluted sulfuric acid)…
Apologies for the tardy arrival this week’s insights. Thanks to the dedicated use of Calpol amongst my children classmates parents to keep their kids at school even when they have a temperature & are clearly infective, I spent Friday fighting off a round of viruses & bacteria. Fear not my immune system knows exactly what to do, it’s had millions of years to get the…
Many many years ago I was taught the four R’s of digestion. It went something like Remove (bad bugs) Replace (digestive acid/enzymes) Re-inoculate (good bacteria) Repair (the gut lining) And it is still used by me and many other practitioners to some extent, though our understanding out of the gut microbiome from when I started 2001 is completely different. But in 2007 I was sat in…
Firstly thank you to the Chiropractic Association of Ireland for inviting me to lecture last weekend. I had a great time lecturing in Dublin, a keen audience for information on the incredible benefits of vitamin B12. I also had the pleasure of meeting Dr Robert Melillo and seeing his talk. As a Chiropractor with a few years under my belt, I can smell Chiropractic bullshit…
By the time this you read this I will be nestled into the welcoming (if slightly damp) bosom of Dublin. I am lecturing at the Chiropractic Association of Ireland (CAI) this weekend on why vitamin B12 deficiency is creating an epidemic of missed diagnosis and mis-diagnoses. The three things I want attendees to know when they leave are: 3 Key symptoms of B12 deficiency: Persistent…