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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

Holiday health tips

We hope to come back from our annual holidays feeling relaxed and rested and ready to take on new challenges. But the reality is sometimes the opposite!   The stress of organising a holiday along with packing and getting to your destination is enough to cause tension in the neck and back and induce headaches. Long [...]

Coeliac and Gluten awareness week 2016

Its Coeliac and Gluten Awareness week from 9th to 15th May and Coeliac UK wants to reach the half a million people living in the UK with undiagnosed coeliac disease in the UK. Their aim is to halve the length of time to confirm a diagnosis, which is currently on average, 13 years, and reduce misdiagnosis of [...]

Super Blues

The description Superfood is ubiquitous these days with a new one being written about every week. There has been a lot of research into the health benefits of blueberries and now new research from the University of Cincinnati has revealed has revealed that this dark blue fruit has a protective role against Alzheimer' Disease. A small [...]

Natural Immune Boosters

Even though we have been experiencing unseasonably warm weather, coughs, colds and flu abound at this time of year and can drag on for ages, lowering energy levels and disrupting our lives and generally make us feel below par. Rather than reaching for the usual medicines which may only mask the symptoms, a more natural [...]

Free sugar app

I liked this piece from the BBC health website about a free app which tells you the sugar content of food and drink. The app allows you to scan barcodes on food and drinks and reveals the total sugar content in cubes or grams.  I think the idea of ‘cubes’ is visually more user friendly [...]

Cut sugars to cut cravings

For many years fats in the diet were considered unhealthy but we now know that sugars are culprit when it comes to increasing rates of diabetes, obesity and other metabolic health conditions. So, have you ever wondered how long it would take to alter your desire for sugary or sweet foods? Well, according to research [...]

Can probiotics help fight obesity?

According to Diabetes UK we are the ‘fattest’ country in Europe with over 1 in 5 adults categorized as overweight and 1 in 15 as obese.  The number of obese adults is set to rise to over 26 million in the next 20 years – a rise of 73% which would result in an extra [...]

Feeling Faint?

Fainting among teenagers is not an unusual occurrence and we have probably all got a story to tell of a schoolmate fainting in dramatic fashion during a school assembly or before an exam. A vasovagal attack is the most common cause of fainting and occurs when there is a rapid drop in heart rate and [...]

Brain boosters (and what to avoid)

I read an article in one of our national newspapers the other day about how to boost and protect your memory and improve mental performance. We currently live in an era of information overload especially with technology at our fingertips 24/7 so I think this is nice little reminder of how to keep our brains [...]

Why you need Vitamin D

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition is proposing that everyone should consider taking Vitamin D supplements to counter the lack of sunshine. Currently only at-risk groups are advised to supplements and these include under 5s, pregnant women and over 65s. Considering the lack of sunshine in the UK this summer this is timely advice. National [...]

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