Here is a useful well-referenced article that lists the nightshades and explains a lot more about them for you. Consider it particularly if you suffer from chronic pain, especially muscle and joint pain as nightshades are very linked to arthritic-type conditions.: The Link Between Nightshades, Chronic Pain and Inflammation Here, for ease, is the full …
The Importance of Magnesium: It’s Not Just About Calcium!
I must talk about magnesium in some way or another most days. Quite often, it is to explain that magnesium is actually far more important to us than calcium when people are worrying about their calcium levels and taking shed-loads of it, but that is a whole other blog post! (See here, for example). So, …
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Top Supplements and Therapies For #Arthritis Pain
Just what can help the ongoing chronic pain of arthritis? Arthritis UK have just launched a couple of reports that might help us answer that question. You can download both reports in full from here. Note that actually the title of the report is rather negative in that they suggest they have found a lack …
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Glucosamine, Chondroitin and Fish Oils Show Lower CRP Inflammation Marker
  We all know about glucosamine helping to lower the pain of arthritic joints and that fish oils are, by their very nature, anti-inflammatory. But, I do like to see a measureable marker reduce on test results. We know it works, but it's nice to see it on paper sometimes isn't it? So, here are …
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Two New Approaches To Chronic #Pain
Two interesting new approaches to pain have come across my desk this week so I thought I might share them with you in case you or someone you know suffers long-term debilitating pain. Spinal Cord Stimulation for Nerve Pain First, a new hospital procedure being done in Leeds Spire involves implanting a spinal cord stimulator …
Greg Rutherford Swears By Magnesium For Recovery
  Apparently Greg Rutherford, our Olympic Gold Medal Long-Jumper, uses the magnesium I use and have recommended previously to you, to aid his muscle recovery. So, all you sports enthusiasts and muscle pain/weakness problem people, take note. See here where I wrote about this spray for helping fatigue and fibromyalgia - same principle. You can get …
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