For many years I did not eat a single piece of food containing complex carbohydrate/starch/polysaccharides. Not a single sodding mouthful. Meat & salad. Repeat. I ate fruit as it’s a single sugar unit as fructose and some glucose, depending on the fruit, but starchy food was a big no no. For me this was painful. I loved crisps and pizza and chips……who doesn’t on occasion?…
Treating patients with a diagnosis of fibromyalgia and/or chronic fatigue syndrome can be at best daunting, at worst depressing. There are many, many root causes involved in both these conditions. But at the heart of both and indeed arguably all health conditions are inefficient mitochondria. The number one source of free radicals/oxidative stress is your metabolism. You have to burn glucose (or ketones if you…
This is a special 20 minute webinar on how our genetics create a tendancy to certain issues, but how we can help overcome those with a healthy lifestyle. Patients are often all too easily lead to believe because their family has a history of condition/disease XYZ, they can’t avoid it, it’s inevitable. I am living proof with the right diet, supplements & lifestyle, you can overcome your genetic…
“I tell my friends you’re the nutrition police” “mmmmmmmm, okaaaaaaaaay…” I’m never quite sure how to respond to this kind of comment. I don’t go around pointing out issues in people’s diet or lifestyle, that would be rude. But on occasion friends tells me about a health issue they have and how it’s affecting their lifestyle. If they are/have tried different lifestyle changes & it’s…
Back in 2007 I was on a week long functional medicine intensive training seminar in Atlanta with the Institute for Functional Medicine, and during one of the breakout case study sessions one of the MD’s began talking excitedly about Vitamin D. In fact he was really REALLY excited. Discover the 3 Top ‘Writer-Downers’ In This Email: Why calcium carbonate is the most commonly prescribed calcium…
Welcome back and today we are going to explore why “Let them eat chalk!” is not in your patient’s best interests… Discover the 3 Top ‘Writer-Downers’ In This Email: Why calcium carbonate is the most commonly prescribed calcium by the NHS Why most patients hate taking it The superior, better tolerated alternative you should stock starting today I’ve received lots of comments from yesterday’s email…
Can you imagine living being a hundred years old and meeting up with the same friends for the last 90 years? On the island of Okinawa, they have a very high percentage of centenarians (their age is over 100). The three big killers in the west – heart disease, stroke and cancer – occur in Okinawans with the lowest frequency in the world. On…
Are you wearing blinkers? My big hairy friend Uno is and he’s got that in common with Medics and Chiropractors alike. I have a theory about the IQ of medical doctors and Chiropractors. If you measure the average IQ of medical doctors and compared it to the average IQ of Chiropractors. It would be a clear win for the medical side. And yet medical doctors (and…
Before I get into today’s content I just wanted to give a quick shout-out and thanks to the 13 brave pioneers who joined the Beta version of my Core Concepts in Chiropractic Nutrition program. I originally intended to have 15 participants but then realising the amount of support I was going to be providing during this Beta phase I decided to cut it down to 10. And…
In an ideal world all my patients would be pain free with perfect, pliable, connective tissues. Their range of motion would be full and uninterrupted. They would be a frisky bunch of devil-may-carers, full of vim and vigour. In short… they would be the embodiment of the Chiropractic wellness dream. But this isn’t an ideal world… And although a proportion of my patients do reach…