Back in 2010, when a small human being popped into my world ( I say “small” and “popped”, but she was 9lb 4 oz, and my wife is 5ft 4 inches, so more like a 24 hour marathon followed by screaming and blood, but still….) Picture of my actual wife with the actual small human inside, hilarious! Anyhoo….once she arrived amongst a raft of things…
Sometimes, when things seem too good to be true, it’s because they are. Imagine a perfect couple. He is a famed actor, noted for his good looks and adored throughout the world, women want him and men want to be him. One lucky lady did get him, she is equally gorgeous and talented. Only it turns out they are both crazy, fuelled largely by drugs,…
Before we get into this week’s newsletter, hot off the press is another review of statins for the reduction of LDL cholesterol and it seems the authors may have been reading my work…… Note in the results section they split it up into reduction of all cause mortality reduction and myocardial infarction (because if you die of a drug induced cancer of some kind…
Well, it has been a heck of a week here at ACN, we are loving the influx of brand new members of the evolution of neuro-mechanical care! Remember enrolment ends tonight at midnight. Don’t get left behind with an outdated model, a wave of health and wellness is coming and you need to integrate the metabolic world into your neuro-mechanical practice. In other news, I…
Tragically, the universe has conspired to stop my mac from being repaired, so the next intake of practitioners ready to evolve into the next leaders in neuromechanical care will have to wait a little longer (it is not part of a clever sales pitch, I just cannot record 2 simple videos). On the plus side by the time you read this I will be in…
Did you know that folic acid and folate are different things? Folic acid is a synthetic, inactive product not found in nature. The term “folate” has a few different meanings but in general, it means the natural forms found in foods (not fortified, that is folic acid again) and the active form known as METHYL-folate (or more technically correct, 5-Methyl tetra-hydro folate, 5-MTHF to her friends). The…
Last Thursday was the end of all C19 restrictions in the UK, time to celebrate and feel some joy as the weight of oppression is lifted. And the beginning of war in Europe with Russia (or specifically Putin) attacking Ukraine. Pretty depressing all around, frankly. If we then throw in the soaring gas prices about to slaughter the budgets of everyone, I am concerned about…
Last week we talked about how statins can affect the body’s ability to make the crucial form of vitamin K2, MK4. As we discussed, the most common side-effect of statins is severe muscle pain and soreness, aka myopathy. The mechanism of statins is that they inhibit an enzyme called HMG CoA reductase, which is part of the mevalonate pathway. At the end of that is cholesterol…
Last week we talked about the beauty of vitamin D is and how it could just save your patients’ lives. At the end, we also touched on why the MK4 form of vitamin K2 is the one we really need. Note that both K1 and MK7 can both convert to MK4 (we will come back to this important but poorly understood conversion shortly). I will…
Well, here we are over two years into a worldwide viral pandemic, but when it comes to the prevention of death/severe C19 using safe, cheap and effective treatments, it sure feels like groundhog day. Yet another study on vitamin D confirms that pre-existing levels are pretty good at predicting who gets really ill and is at risk of dying and who gets it mildly. Given…