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)….
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%…
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…
Quick reminder about our EVOLUTION of CHIROPRACTIC event. EARLY bird fee of £450 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 But that view is becoming increasingly outdated.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….
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…
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)…
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 👇️…
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. …
First up, happy birthday to me, I turned forty-nine on Monday, but for the last 16 years, I have not been able to milk it as Iris selfishly claimed the spotlight by being born four days after me. Hard not to be outshone by your fabulous children, isn’t it? Happy 16th birthday to someone far smarter, better looking and more mature than me. As your…
Whilst I love getting deep into research (this is what’s at my side as I write this article), there is nothing quite like a challenging case to get the dopamine flowing. That is, of course, if you are taking the time to reassess your patient objectively and subjectively on a regular basis. Don’t be afraid to ask your patient how they’re feeling, it’s just feedback,…