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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

The chiropractic clinic
that helps you keep going …

Spinal problems? Check for Vitamin D

A research study from the Washington University of St Louis has discovered that nearly 60% of patients who are due to have spinal fusion surgery have inadequate Vitamin D levels. This is particularly alarming as Vitamin D, along with other nutrients, is vital to help rebuild new bone – an important requirement of spinal surgery. [...]

Effects of sugary drinks on girls’ health

I read this worrying research this morning highlighting that girls who frequently consume sugary drinks tend to start their menstrual periods earlier than girls who do not. Researchers at the Harvard Medical School followed just over 5,500 girls aged between 1996 and 2001 found that those who drank 1 ½ servings of sugary drinks daily started [...]

Strong bones and superfoods

Research published by Surrey University shows that eating a diet rich in potassium is bone protective and may prevent osteoporosis. The study published in Osteoporosis International showed that potassium salts reduce bone resorption – the process that causes bone to break down – thereby increasing bone strength. It was also found that excretion of calcium [...]

Can an avocado a day keeps the doctor away?

The Journal of the American Heart Association has published research showing that eating a daily avocado may help lower LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol. The fruit is a rich source of monounsaturated fatty acids which help to reduce the build up of LDLs thus helping to reduce the risk of heart disease. 45 overweight patients [...]

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 [...]

Tackling childhood obesity

In view of the news over the last couple of days about the Governments approach to tackling childhood obesity, I thought it would be relevant to re-visit a blog I wrote a couple of years ago on this subject: I read a really interesting article about how the Danes are approaching the treatment of childhood [...]

Dramatic rise in Vitamin D Deficiency in children

Startling figures from the NHS show that the number of children suffering from a deficiency in Vitamin D has increased from 1,398 cases in the years 2009/10 to 4,638 children in 2013/14. This is worrying information because Vitamin D deficiency in children can cause rickets, a condition that affects bone development in children, causing them [...]

Coconut oil and Alzheimer’s

Some interesting research about diet and Alzheimer’s disease has been published recently. A team of researchers from Holland decided to test whether adding coconut oil to the diet of 31 people with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s would benefit cognitive performance. The study was not controlled and included only a small number of participants but nevertheless, [...]

Artificial sweeteners and the risk of diabetes

A new study reported in the journal Nature suggests that artificial sweeteners may increase glucose intolerance and thus the risk of developing diabetes because they affect gut bacteria. In laboratory trials scientists gave mice water to which 3 commonly used sweeteners had been added.   The mice developed glucose intolerance – a condition where blood sugar [...]

Never too late to change

New research into Alzheimer’s caught my eye this week. Fill up on fish The first looked at age related loss of grey matter in the brain which occurs over decades long before clinical symptoms of dementia appear. It has been known that diet and lifestyle can affect overall health including that of the brain and [...]

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