Imagine being offered a heart related drug with the promise of reducing heart attacks/CVA and thus death, but it increases your arterial calcification. Would it seem to be something of an oxymoron? Well, our old friend statins are once again trying to gaslight the whole world into believing your liver just cannot stop making those naughty lipoproteins carrying around fat, which we call cholesterol. Sure,…
We all know that things we can abbreviate into three-letters are always best. Just think of most of the good techniques: SOT, NET, TBM, NSA, ABC, AK. See, three letters. Today, we pass that mantle onto alpha-lipid acid or ALA. ALA really is a multifaceted molecule, from anti-oxidant to blood glucose stabiliser, to heavy metal chelator, it can play many roles in many conditions. We…
First, I will be at the Lions of Chiropractic on Saturday, on stage at 9.15 talking all things magnesium, the good, the bad and the myths. I will then be on a trade stand for the rest of the day, please come & say hello. Second a correction from last week: I made a joke about “the King” being Elvis and not Charles. I want…
Question: I also mentioned this paper https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3229745/pdf/586_2011_Article_1886.pdf Worth a read. What did happen to the Bio in Bio-psycho-social? It is almost like the medical profession (and some Chiropractors/Osteopaths) have no interest in functional derangements in the neuro-mechanical system as a source of pain………. There is a sub-group of patients with metabolic dysfunction driving pain, depression/anxiety and fatigue, of that, there is ample evidence. By understanding…
How is this for a quote to ponder for healthcare professionals of all disciplines: Not only is Huxley spot on with the quote, and those mutton chops are on point !! What a dude !! Last week we talked about how alpha-lipic acid (ALA) was an amazing free radical, recycling glutathione and mopping up free radicals to stop oxidative damage. But let’s get into the…
Charles finally got the crown and claimed the title of King. Not the King obviously….. In the world of anti-oxidants, many people use glutathione as the “master” or king of anti-oxidant. Made from glutamate, cysteine and my personal favourite amino acid, like ever, glycine. The issue with taking glutathione orally is it’s a tri-peptide that is broken down by digestion. You can take it liposomally,…
Back in the day, when I first started dabbling in nutrition more seriously, I gave out ALOT of fish oil. I heard about the omega 3:6 ratio (or EPA:AA ratio more correctly), and how it was the balance of inflammation. Cue me and many others, piling 2.5g – 10g of fish oil (EPA & DHA) daily into my patients (and me). The results? Did patients’…
Whether it is a newspaper, or a drug company or a supplement company, they all love a sensational headline. From the wonder drug to cure all, to the supplement that will change everything, deep down, we all want a silver bullet to sort everything out (with very little effort on our part). Thus, we are all prone to falling for clever marketing poking our vulnerable…
We had a lot of love for the bendy folk after last weeks newsletter, so let’s follow-up on that. This is a 23 year old semi-pro jump cyclist who came back in again recently after a fall from his bike and some nasty back pain. Remember he is a biological male, spends a lot of time bent over a bike with hands gripping very tightly…
Many of the greatest medical discoveries were found by clinicians recognising patterns of symptoms linked via a root cause. They had no RCT with a placebo control to go by and no “published peer-reviewed evidence,” but they saw reality. That then may trigger a case study or case series and then onto a full research study it to “prove” it, but the results are there…