Lowering lipids causing more dementia? WDDTY did a recent piece about the importance of high-enough lipids to protect the brain - are statins behind the increase in dementia? I wouldn't be at all surprised. A reader recently sent me this fascinating case study/article about using B1 and B2 for mitochondrial CFS. A good reminder (thank …
The Healing Plan – Back on the Shop
Just to say I have now got the original Healing Plan back on the shop for you. This book is one of the most important ones I have written. Over the years, in personal and clinical practice, I have discovered a BIG truth about chronic illness, especially hypersensitivity type ones where you have become over-sensitive …
Ask Micki Video: 5 Top Tips for Calming Anxiety
Pam from the South West asks: "I am feeling anxious with the pandemic and now Christmas on top. What can I do to calm my anxiety down?" In this video, I'll take you through my top 5 tips to calm acute and long-term anxiety. We'll go over why the vagus nerve and amygdala are important …
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Quote of the Week: Autoimmunity
I couldn't have put this better myself: Managing autoimmunity goes well beyond nutritional supplements and a restrictive diet. Instead, you must focus on treating the whole person and all the various factors that are a part of their life.— DR Datis Kharrazian One thing Dr. Kharrazian continually sees are people who are always looking for the …
Keep Calm & Boost Your Immunity 20: Supporting Recovery
I am aware that whilst some people get only mild cases of Covid-19, others really go through the mill with it and the recovery process can be lengthy and arduous. I was considering how we might be able to aid recovery in some way and a few things have occurred to me, so I thought …
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Keep Calm & Boost Immunity 18: Resilience – How’s Yours?
Our ability to weather storms like COVID-19 is crucial to our ongoing mental and physical health. It's called being resilient. This is one I've struggled with over time. Thanks to my ACE disorder, my symptoms come back with a vengeance with any major stress, mostly probably because my amygdala - the old part of the …
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Sort Your Mind Out This Year!
Sometimes don't you think: 'Oh, I wish someone would just tell me what to do to get myself back on track in life!' Well, maybe this year is your lucky one. Why not start the decade following a programme to increase your mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing? All of those will then inevitably impact on …
Gut Tips #3: What’s Causing Your Bloating?
Here's #3 in the Gut Tips series for you. Here's #1 and #2 for you if you missed them. Working out what is behind your bloating can give you a good idea of how to treat it. This is how I always think of it: If you have trouble after eating protein/meat-rich meals, you likely …
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Brain Retraining – Why It Works
If we hear the word 'sweet' our taste sensor areas in the brain register 'sweet'. If we hear the term 'grasp', our motor sensor areas activate. How fascinating is that? This is why I always say that the brain can't tell the difference between an actual thought or belief and a real action. It is …
It’s Not All in Your Head – Or Is It?!
If you suffer from one of what I call the 'hypersensitivity syndromes' like ME, chronic fatigue, multiple sensitivity to food and/or chemicals or fibromyalgia (or all of them together which is pretty common in my personal and clinical experience so I tend not to differentiate between them much nowadays), then you will have heard the …