by Dr Chris Pickard | Jun 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Goji berries, also known as wolfberries are available in most health food shops and are known for having high levels of antioxidants – the chemicals that prevent the human equivalent of rusting. A trial in China has found that having some of the dried fruit every day...
by Dr Chris Pickard | Jun 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
…about their bottom line, not you. I wish I knew why medical doctors and the government carry on trusting the drug companies. This year alone pharmaceutical giants have been sued for causing thousands heart attacks in Scotland due to the drug Vioxx (a side effect they...
by Dr Chris Pickard | Jun 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you’ve been taking this supposedly ‘harmless’ pill for just one year to allegedly protect your heart then you now have a 500% greater chance of getting Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s can be mild, or it can be severe, but even in the mild form it’s pretty nasty – a form...
by Dr Chris Pickard | Jun 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Well here are the first set of exercise videos – spinal hygiene and back pain! Spinal Hygiene 1 Spinal Hygiene 2 Spinal Hygiene 3 Spinal Hygiene 4 Spinal Hygiene 5 Spinal Hygiene 6 Spinal Hygiene 7 Spinal Hygiene 8 Spinal Hygiene 9 Spinal Hygiene...
by Dr Chris Pickard | Jun 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
Over the next month we’re going to be busy both learning and teaching at the clinic. We have two talks coming up at the end of the month – one on Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on the 30th, and the other on 23rd June “An Alternative to Statins”. “An Alternative to...
by Dr Chris Pickard | May 24, 2010 | Brain Health, Wellness Coaching
The Braverman Nature Assessment A number of years ago I read a fascinating book all about the brain – The Edge Effect, by Dr Eric Braverman. In it he describes the four major chemicals that control and regulate our brain, and how the balance of them effects our...
by Dr Chris Pickard | May 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Well, I made it back from Dr Dighton’s office in Loughton. What a nice man! And his assistant Noreen was lovely too. Before I start revealing all the details I have a message from my clinic manager to pass on – our Female Hormone Specialist – Judy Evans – is in on...
by Dr Chris Pickard | Apr 20, 2010 | How to Be Healthy
Well! With summer finally looking like it may approaching I’m getting more requests about what can be done for hay fever, so that will be today’s topic. I’ve quickly put this together as there is also concern over the effects of the recent volcanic ash cloud...
by Dr Chris Pickard | Apr 13, 2010 | How to Be Healthy
I want to do something positive today, so, I’m going to let you know how spending £4 billion could save £24 billion and prevent 74,000 premature deaths, but I do have to round something off about the MMR vaccine issue I wrote about last week. The full details,...
by Dr Chris Pickard | Apr 8, 2010 | Chiropractic, Osteoptathy, Spinal Health
Functional Spinal Health – Defending Wellness Care and Defining What Constitutes Worthwhile Research For the Future For the first 40 years or so of chiropractic it was not uncommon to treat people with infectious diseases, as chiropractic was seen as a cure for...
