Looking at countries like Japan and South Korea where they have very low levels of Covid-19 deaths as well as very low levels of adult obesity, you will see they have prioritised public health across a range of lifestyle orientated measures, including population weight, and it has paid off in the pandemic today and in …
Natural Painkillers: Nice Guidance Changes for Chronic Pain
In the news recently, NICE changed the guidelines for people with chronic pain: In a major change of pain treatment policy, the National Institute for health and Care Excellence (Nice) say that in future, doctors should advise sufferers to use physical and psychological therapies rather than analgesics to manage their pain.Sufferers should not be started …
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Covid and the Brain: Neuroinflammation? Blood Brain Barrier?
I think I said right at the start of this in my Covid factsheet that I would be tempted to make sure there was no blood brain barrier (BBB) breach or neuroinflammation (NI) ongoing after Covid infections. I was worried that some people were having hallucinations etc. Ongoing NI can cause all sorts of problems …
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Vaccines – The Elephant in the Room
Will Covid vaccines work? What happens with new variants? How will we protect ourselves from future pandemics? Excellent article from Patrick Holford for you today on these topics, and more. I wholeheartedly agree with much of what he says, not least asking why the UK government is not taking any notice of other countries' approaches …
Go For A Spring Walk
Now the weather is warming up a bit and we're shortly to be allowed out more, I was looking for places to walk locally. Where would be nice for a couple of friends or 6 of us to meet up for a saunter and a picnic? As usual National Trust comes up trumps. Our top …
What does the DUTCH Test Do?
I'm always being asked this, so here's an answer from DUTCH I came across recently for you. You can see more info on hormone testing here, and order a DUTCH , or other hormone tests there. WHAT DOES DUTCH TEST? 4 GROUPS OF HORMONES, METABOLITES, & OTHER BIOMARKERS MARCH 2, 2021 BY WYNTER KAISER (adapted …
Extended Ask Micki Support
Just to let you know I've added an Extended Ask Micki service into Support for you for those questions that are a bit more complex and I need time to look through results or think! Here's info on the Ask Micki service.... If you have a question on your test results or you're not sure …
I’ve Had It With This Illness!
Yep. I confess I'm mad as heck, at the end of my tether, spitting feathers-angry just at the moment. Sometimes you have times like that with a chronic illness, don't you? Well, I do. Why do I - and so many of us - have to be so ruddy sensitive to stuff all the time? …
How to Increase Your CAR – Cortisol Awakening Response – And Help Stabilise Your Blood Sugar
I mentioned this in my DUTCH Test video and the Hormone Test Results Guide. I saw this info on it today and thought it might be useful for you to see why it is so important.. The Cortisol Awakening Response From the moment your eyes open in the morning, your cortisol levels should rise by …
FDX Man Ultra Test
Just done my first results for this new test from FDX. Whoa! SO worth doing! Not cheap by any means, but it checks a LOT of things and those are then analysed algorithmically to produce a report. I couldn't resist making it available for you. It is SO important in terms of preventative medicine. If …