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Lucks Yard Clinic

The chiropractic clinic that helps you keep going …

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Ten tips # 2: Fermented foods

Fermented foods have become very popular in recent years although they have been around for millenia! Fermented foods increase the amount of beneficial gut bacteria so can help with digestion, but are also considered to offer anti-inflammatory, antioxidants and immune system benefits. Fermentation is a method of preserving foods and involves the breakdown of carbohydrates [...]

10 top tips to improve your health

Prof Tim Spector, author of The Diet Myth was a recent guest on Jim Al Khalili’s radio programme The Life Scientific. He argued the need to re-evaluate what we think we know about a good diet: the importance of diversity in the types of food we eat on a daily basis and the unique mix [...]

Fiona Hayers, Nutritional Therapist

We are delighted to welcome Fiona Hayers our new Nutritional Therapist who has joined the team at Luck's Yard Clinic. Fiona delivers individually tailored help to support you and your needs and she truly lives by her beliefs as well. Fiona says: 'health really comes from within and since the pandemic I have seen so many [...]

Super blue berries

Reseachers have reviewed over 1000 studies looking into the benefits of supplementing with anthocyanins  - a type of flavonoid found in almost all fruits and vegetables but are particularly high in berry fruits. Flavonoids are powerful antioxidants with anti-inflammatory and immune system benefits– which are considered to helpful in lowering the risk of cognitive decline. [...]

Looking after your skin

After many months of being cooped up indoors and a perhaps wobble in our eating habits, Pippa Mitchell has some timely and easy to adopt tips to keep our skin looking vibrant and healthy as we emerge out of lockdown ..... Keep your body clean from the inside out! What you need to do: Start the [...]

Sabrina Ghayour’s butternut, feta and chilli rolls

Ingredients 1kg butternut squash (unpeeled), halved and deseeded olive oil 2 teaspoons chilli flakes 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 fat garlic clove, crushed 200g feta cheese, crumbled 1 small packet (about 30g) of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped 1 x 320g ready-rolled all-butter puff pastry sheet 1 egg, beaten 1 teaspoon nigella seeds Maldon sea [...]

Looking after ourselves and others this Christmas

During this year we have all be told to follow so many rules, many of which have turned out to be open to interpretation and contradictory and downright confusing. I usually write a blog at Christmas on how to eat well but I think we have maybe all had enough of being given advice and [...]

Vital Vitamin D

Two recent studies, one from the UK and one from the USA have found an association between Vitamin D deficiency and the increased health risks associated with the COVID-19 virus. In previous studies Vitamin D has been shown to be important for the healthy functioning of the immune system and its ability to lower the [...]

Warming spicy lentil and coconut soup

You can alter the ingredients in this soup to your own taste.  It is lovely to add roasted squash or sweet potato or any other veg to make it more substantial. Ingredients 1 heaped tbsp coconut fat 1 medium red onion, sliced into half moons 2 garlic cloves, peeled and either sliced or crushed 2cm [...]

Eat a rainbow every day

What are Phytonutrients? Phytonutrients are naturally occurring compounds found mainly in vegetables and fruits. They have significant health benefits and just a small increase in your daily intake can have a dramatic impact on your overall health.  They have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic effects and a recent study in the Journal of Nutrition, has shown [...]

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