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Beautiful (nutritional) theories and ugly truths

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 […]

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The King of your body?

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 […]

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Fish oil gives your heart atrial fibrillation?

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) […]

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The truth about fish oil (and what works better)

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 […]

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EDS, Histamine and Collagen – Keeping It Simple

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 […]

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EDS and Histamine

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 […]

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What Dementia and Osteoporosis Have in Common

As we enter a lovely long family weekend, parents remember when your children as having a massive meltdown over nothing, it is a hypo-glycemic crash from all the chocolate their grandparents gave them and then went home. The grandparents are secretly paying you back for the meltdowns you had, you’re welcome. On the plus side […]

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Folate vs Folic Acid – WTF is MTHFR

Folate, folic acid, pretty much the same thing right?  Wrong, oh so wrong. Luckily for you, we have a video lasting all of 2 minutes and 40 seconds, to explain it all. This is also on the IN Health supplements educational page. And if you want to know how to use the METHYL B HERO […]

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B12 Deficiency in Kids – Are You Missing It?

If there is one thing in clinic with babies and kids that makes me nervous, it is when they are floppy with low tone. The implications are not good, but one thing that is more common now than before as a cause, is our old friend vitamin B12 deficiency. The reality is people’s diets are […]

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Why the Mouth is a Window to the Cells

Vitamin B12 is the toughest thing to lecture on because there is no definitive way to rule it out as an issue. Blood tests can rule it in, but not out. The symptoms can be so varied from persistent vague pain, numbness, tingling to fatigue (usually in the absence of anaemia) to health issues and […]

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