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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 [...]

Prebiotics for better sleep?

Many of my clients have been asking me about prebiotics and their role in improving sleep so I thought I would write some more on this subject as insomnia seems to be an increasing problem. Some of you will have seen the BBC programme where Michael Mosley explored insomnia and gave some ideas of what to [...]

Power of Ten: top anti-inflammatory foods

Blogger Pippa Mitchell gives us her 10 ten foods to help fight inflammation: Oily fish: contain omega 3 fats. Wild salmon contains higher amounts of omega 3 than farmed. Other great choices include mackerel, sardines, herring, anchovies, halibut and tuna – try to eat fresh 2 to 3 times weekly. Cold pressed organic Olive oil: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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