​Just like a car needs fuel to make it run, your body needs the right kind of nutritional fuel. The key to healthy eating is balance, variety and moderation. The right balance of foods will make sure that your body gets most of what it needs in terms of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and fibre to stay healthy

You are what you eat
The closer a food is to its natural state the better it is for you. Unprocessed foods provide original nutrients that prevent deficiencies and keep your body in peak condition.

Did you know that healthy eating:

• Lowers the risk of disease
• Increases productivity and energy levels
• Improves moods, memory, learning and concentration
• Improves immunity, growth and repair and so makes you stronger

What are healthy foods?

• Vegetables including root vegetables and green leafy vegetables
• Fruits
• Meat, fish and eggs
• Nuts
• Seeds
• Foods in their natural state ie raw and fresh
• Lightly cooked food ie steaming vegetables and slow oven roasting meats

Reinvigorate your diet

Top Tips for Improving your diet

• Changing your eating habits should be a gradual process. Don’t try and make drastic changes overnight. Set small, realistic goals to be achieved weekly or monthly.
• Start by adding good things to your diet before removing bad things. Once you’re used to eating and enjoying the good new additions in your diet, you’ll be better placed to start the process of removing the bad things.
• When you’re ready to start removing bad things from your diet, do it one food (or drink) item at a time, and slowly get into the habit of not eating those things.
• Eat regular meals – skipping meals can lead to out-of-control hunger, often resulting in overeating.
• Many of us skip breakfast and replace it with some sort of chemical stimulant like caffeine, nicotine or chewing gum. If you can’t stomach the thought of breakfast try and at least have something light and nutritious like a piece of fruit.
• Grocery Shopping – plan your menu in advance to avoid unnecessary shopping trips. Make a list and stick to it. Don’t go shopping when you are hungry. Buy lots of fresh produce - lean meats and fish, if you are unable to buy fresh fruit and vegetables choose frozen over canned as they retain more of their nutrients.
• Snack swaps – cut down or swap unhealthy snacks for fresh fruit and berries which should help to curb your craving for sweets. Swap your TV snacks for crisp raw vegetables or nuts.

Restful sleep is one of the pillars of health and getting a good night’s sleep should be at the top of your to-do list. Everyone knows there’s nothing like a good night’s sleep for feeling refreshed and alert in the morning. Sleep is important to maintaining your health; without it you become more susceptible to health problems. Failure to obtain quality sleep may lead to poor alertness, lack of attention, reduced concentration, decreased work and academic productivity, and even car accidents.  

What About the Kids?
Checking your child’s posture should become part of your routine. Poor posture is always something talked about with adults, but what about the kids?  It has now become an epidemic and many don’t realise what kind of effects it can have on long-term health.

The 2019 RBS 6 Nations is in full-swing with the final weekend of matches heating up. Every year the intensity of the rugby in the championships goes up a notch and collisions from Cardiff to Rome could be heard ringing around the continent.

Ok, perhaps not quite this loudly but what’s apparent to us is each year rugby becomes tougher and the hits are bigger. This is just true on the international stage and in domestic competitions but right across the board through age-group and club rugby. The impact this has on the body, particularly a body that isn’t fully developed, is huge and significant.

​If you’re like many long term migraine sufferers you’ve probably swallowed literally
thousands of pills but not once have you had the bones and nerves of your spine checked for
problems.

​Most people are aware of different foods that trigger off an attack of migraine – the common
ones that most people are aware of are things like red wine, chocolate and caffeine are
known to be big problems - but a lot of people overlook the range of non-food triggers which
can actually be as big a problem as those problem foods.

Over 6 million people in the UK suffer from migraines every year - That's over 100,000 people absent from school or from work every single day. And most of these people don’t even know why they are having migraines in the first place!

Otitis media is the term used for a group of inflammatory disorders of the middle ear.

A Child presents to our clinic with low back pain. Case history shows his parents need to  drain his ears of ear wax every single night. He has missed a lot of time off school due to  ear infections over the past few years. Treatment to date has been antibiotics and ear  draining. After getting adjusted his parents noticed there was a huge decrease in ear wax build up and now only need to drain his ears every 2 weeks and it is still less than the  previous daily build up. If he didn’t have back pain he may still be suffering with his otitis  media, all because the evidence is “unclear”.

What is “Clear” is Chiropractic is not a treatment for any symptom, Chiropractic makes  your body work better. Chiropractic makes you heal better. Chiropractic allows you to  reach your potential.