Nut Milk - a healthy replacement for dairy

I have spoken to a few people about nut milks this week so I though it might be useful to post some links to recipes. We just use nuts and filtered water to make ours but you can get more adventurous if you like...


http://www.raw-food-living.com/nut-milk.html

http://search.mercola.com/Results.aspx?q=nutmilk&k=nutmilk
Rachael

Polly Jeans, Personal Training

Polly's new website is live!

pollyjeanspersonaltraining

If you are interested in making sure what you eat and drink is health promoting, making sure your diet is mostly alkaline is very important.  Here is a link to an alkaline / acid food chart you might find helpful

acid alkaline food chart .pdf 

Katie

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Pink Green Smoothies

Have you tried adding blackberriess or raspberries to your 'green' smoothies? Perfect, I have discovered, for little girls who love everything PINK! (Beetroot in freshly squeezed veg juice works perfectly too - sweet and PINK, yum)

We welcome families

Please see our family appointments web page for more details on our special offers for family appointments in Exeter and Braunton

http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/1006L/exeter-chiropractor/family-appointments.htm

New Chiropractors!

We are really very excited to welcome two new chiropractors to our Exeter team, Liz Ryder and Katie Thompson. We have been exceptionally busy in Exeter with our great team of chiropractors so we will be pleased to be able to fit new practice members in for consultations with less delay now we have a larger team.
Welcome Liz and Katie

Neil and Maddy's Amazing Challenge

Please follow Neil and Maddy's progress on their amazing journey and donate money to the chosen charities

http://cycle-summit.com/blog/

Maddy's Mission Statement

The biggest kick for me is seeing people, who are able to BE the amazing people we all are.
My life mission is to work out what is required to experience the full expression of life, and commit to walk the path of what I discover.
It is my hope that what I discover will also make it easier for others to express there amazingness. (By letting your own light shine I think you make it easier for others to do the same)
This mission has been as hard for me as it has been fantastic.
What I understand so far, is that the quality of expression of life through us, is dependent on the environment in which we place ourselves;
How we eat, move and think creates the environment, which determines how much energy our cells can accept and in turn give out to the world.
We have to eat, move and think in a way that is congruent with our amazing design.
A steeply increasing amount of things in todays world work against us being congruent with our design.
I am excited by this expedition because I believe that the preparation, training and taking part will offer in many different ways, a great aid to all its members to being congruent to our design,
and therefore help move all the team towards a fuller and more joyful(yippee!) expression of life.
(certainly by giving all who take part a huge dose of the essential nutrient of movement!!!)
It is this understanding and deep appreciation of what this expedition offers to us all, that could make me a really good team member (and because I am hungry for it and it certainly sounds very tasty!!)

I am committed to working hard to keep my own fire stoked, so that can I kick out lots of heat to help keep the other members of the team warm!
This is the biggest gift I can offer the team and to all the people I love; my true endeavour is to achieve this.
The biggest kick for me is seeing people, who are able to BE the amazing people we all are.
My life mission is to work out what is required to experience the full expression of life, and commit to walk the path of what I discover.
It is my hope that what I discover will also make it easier for others to express there amazingness. (By letting your own light shine I think you make it easier for others to do the same)
This mission has been as hard for me as it has been fantastic.
What I understand so far, is that the quality of expression of life through us, is dependent on the environment in which we place ourselves;
How we eat, move and think creates the environment, which determines how much energy our cells can accept and in turn give out to the world.
We have to eat, move and think in a way that is congruent with our amazing design.
A steeply increasing amount of things in todays world work against us being congruent with our design.
I am excited by this expedition because I believe that the preparation, training and taking part will offer in many different ways, a great aid to all its members to being congruent to our design,
and therefore help move all the team towards a fuller and more joyful(yippee!) expression of life.
(certainly by giving all who take part a huge dose of the essential nutrient of movement!!!)
It is this understanding and deep appreciation of what this expedition offers to us all, that could make me a really good team member (and because I am hungry for it and it certainly sounds very tasty!!)

I am committed to working hard to keep my own fire stoked, so that can I kick out lots of heat to help keep the other members of the team warm!
This is the biggest gift I can offer the team and to all the people I love; my true endeavour is to achieve this.

Maddy

Neil and Maddy's Amazing Challenge

Dear County Chiropractic practice members,
Neil and Maddy Finemore would like say a huge thank all those who have already offered them support and encouragement before they start cycling across France in seven days this Sat 31st July to Chamonix and then attempting to Summit Mont Blanc!
They are raising money for two Brilliant Charities Mind and Project Burito Ulu (Buying up rainforest to protect the Orangutans). A huge thank you for all the many generous cash donations received so far at County Chiropractic.
There is now a website http://www.cycle-summit.com where if you would like, you can donate online, read about the whole cycling team and follow Neil and Maddy's journey via their daily blog and map. Neil and Maddy ask that all who know them send them good thoughts everyday to get them to, and then up the mountain!!
Thank you for your great support to Neil and Maddy
http://www.cycle-summit.com/

Q & A and final measurements session for Neil’s health talk series

Just a reminder that the Q & A and final measurements session for Neil’s health talk series will be on Monday 19th July, between 7 -8pm.

Please bring you measurement details from the first session.

We have book a room at County Hall. The address is below:
The Sargent Room in the Coaver Social club which is set inthe grounds of County Hall, Exeter, Devon EX2 4QD, UK

You can find directions and a map on our website:

http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm

FREE STUFF!!! Learn about correct nutrition

FREE STUFF!!! Learn about correct nutrition. James from PFP will host a presentation about nutrition, an often misunderstood and always over complicated subject.
He will give real world simple tips and advice that will help improve your health and wellbeing…and increase fat loss, ‘that has got to be good’!!!
Base point, room 8Friday 16th July @ 1-2pOpen to everyone (including non Base point personnel)
Q and A welcomedAuthor of LEANER LIVING – definitive answers to nutrition & health.
James Buckingham www.precisionperformance.co.uk
info@precisionperformance.co.uk 07814 604 317

Homepathy Awareness Week

As part of homepathy awareness week Margot Maidment will be in the reception area of County Chiropractic to answer your questions on how homeopathy can help aleviate acute and chronic health problems and help you maintain your health.

Tuesday 15th June 1 - 3pm
Wednesday 16th June 6 - 8pm
Friday 18th June 8 - 10am

Meet the saturday clinic team on Saturday the 19th June any time between 11 and 4 pm

5000th New Practice Member!

Who will be our 5000th New practice member?
and recieve 3 months of chiropractic care on us!
The 5000th person to attend a new patient consultation here at County Chiropractic will recieve 3 months of complimentary chiropractic care - no matter how many adjustments they need. Who do you know who could do with that?

Call us in Exeter or Braunton to book your appointment
01392 208 496
01271 814 067

Green Smoothie audio link

Just in case you haven't yet heard about the Green smoothie audio link, we thought we would include the link on the blog.

It was created by Victoria Boutenko the Author of 'Green for Life' http://web.me.com/jameshq/Green_Thursday/Audio_Page.html Enjoy

Last chance to attend Free Health talks

County Chiropractic would like to invite you, and your friends and families, to our free series of wellness talks.

As the new science of Epi-genetics continues to emerge, it is becoming clearer and clearer that an individual's health status is not determined by bad luck, bad germs or bad genes. Rather, it is the choices that we make each day that have the biggest impact on our health and vitality. We really do have a say in our health. Specifically, it is our choices regarding how we eat, move and think that determine our susceptibility to chronic disease or our ability to stay healthy now and in the future.

For this reason we have developed the following series of talks to be held at The Matford Centre in the livestock Centre, Marsh Barton;

· Genetics, Lifestyle & Health – Monday 24th May

· Eat for life – Monday 7th June

· Move for life – Monday 21st June

· Think, Feel & Be for life – Monday 5th July.

All the talks will run from 7pm until 9pm, with light refreshments available at the venue. You can find more information by following this link http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm

You can be sure that there will be no strings attached - this is simply a health promotion exercise designed to support the community of Exeter.

We look forward to seeing you there. If you would like to attend any or all of the talks could you please email stevedrake@countychiropractic.co.uk to register your interest and help us have a better idea of the numbers we need to cater for.

Yours in health,

The County Chiropractic Team

Check out our article in the North Devon Journal
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Vegging-centre-s-smoothie-experiment/article-2014389-detail/article.html

Newspaper Article online!

Just in case you didn't catch the Green Thursday article in the Express and Echo you can see it online
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/news/Patients-feel-benefit-veg-smoothies/article-1958516-detail/article.html

Raw for 30

Hope everyone had a great long weekend
check out raw for 30, what an inspiring film for us all not just diabetics, I think we'll have a showing at the practice soon - or you can borrow it from our library in Exeter
http://www.rawfor30days.com/index4.html

Hello to all green smoothiers!

Hello to all green smoothiers!
How are you all getting on with your green smoothies? We have had some great feedback, some more weird and wonderful new recipes (found by accident but tasting great), some disheartened people and lots of good questions! …. Exactly what we expected!
This is what we are here for! If you start to feel disheartened by the greens, on the verge of quitting or need a bit of encouragement to get back on track…call or email us! We are all encouraging each other here at County Chiropractic - it’s difficult to take part in any ‘challenge’ without encouragement!
We have found a few teething problems, which I am sure many of you have found - chunky bits in the smoothie that just won’t blend, smoothies that are too think, too thin, too bitter, too sweet, too much… etc etc Trial and error is key! Everyone is different – some have more of a sweet tooth than others, some love kale, some hate it etc etc….
Our advice is to change the greens that you put in, the quantities of each green or fruit and the amount of water you use. If you are finding the kale too harsh, for example, cut the stalks off and just use the leaves. If you are finding it too bitter, use less and more of something else.
You WILL find the green smoothie that you love to drink, that you wake up looking forward to in the morning! Just keep going!
Here at County Chiropractic we have been finding the amount of kale a bit overwhelming and we have had a bit of feedback from other people agreeing, so some of you will be very glad to know that this week’s box, we have swapped 1 bag of kale for 1 bag of Chinese leaves. Keep going!
Good luck! And please contact either Rachael, Lucy or Violetta if you have any questions, need any advice or you would just like a chat and to compare notes or to share a new fantastic recipe you have come across!
Best wishes
Lucy
The favourites of the week that have been reported so far are: ‘BroccoFruity’ 200g broccoli, 1 cup red frozen berries, 2 bananas, 1 pint water (and a dash of soy milk to make it creamier)Described by Julie Avery as “refreshing and delicious!”

‘Kicking Kale’200g kale (minus the stalks), ¼ tblspn powdered ginger or ½ tblspn fresh ginger, ½ lime, 1 pint water, 1 apple, 1 banana, 1 kiwi
Described by Cheryl Jenkins (our very own shiatsu practitioner) as “sweet, refreshing, tangy and spicy”
‘Slush penguin’200g spinach, 1 cup frozen mango, 1 cup frozen pineapple, 2 slices melon and glass and half of water
Described by Paul Johnson as “very refreshing!”
‘Tropical green’200g mixed spinach & chard, 1 banana, 1 kiwis, 1 portion pineapple, 1 portion mango, 1 pint water.
Described by Leon Hermanson as “tropical!”

Well Underway!

I am so happy that most people are finding the smoothies easy, delicious and feeling the health benefits already!
I have had a couple of questions arise and I'm happy for you all to contact me anytime. Please remember if you feel you need to reduce the amount of greens until you get used to them, that's fine just write it in your diary. And if your blender isn't quite up to scratch if you take the leaves right off the stalks. You might get a better consistency without stalks.
If you keep your greens sealed in the polythene bags they come in from Rod and Ben's the condensation will keep them fresh.
This wednesday the 24th March is when we will be getting the Braunton people up and running so please contact me if you would like to join us in North Devon. You can email me at greenthursdaycc@gmail.com
Rachael

Green Thursday starts tomorrow

We at County Chiropractic are predictably very excited as the start of Green Thursday is so close now
We will be ready to begin welcoming you to come and have your measurements taken from 8.30am tomorrow and will be finishing at 11.30am.
Please remember that for your blood glucose test we need you to fast for 6 hours before.
We would also like you to bring a sample from your first wee of the day for pH testing.

When you arrive the first thing you will need to do is sign a consent form and recieve your number which you will then need at each of the testing stations

See you tomorrow
Rachael

Bugs Bunny

I like this one!
Blend very well

Bugs Bunny
150g mixed green leaves
2 stalks celery
1 medium carrot
2 inches cucumber
1 apple
1 pint water

County Chiropractic Exeter and Braunton Check Comet and Argos online for cheap blenders to make your smoothies http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002201&langId=-1&searchTerms=BLENDER

The more you spend the more powerful the motor will be -up to a point. We have a kitchenaid which is great

http://www.kitchena...id.co.uk/app.cnt/ka/en_GB/pageid/pgkaproddetail001/catid/7/subcatid/33See more


Small Appliances Blenders Comet
www.comet.co.uk

County Chiropractic Exeter and Braunton If you are thinking of buying a water filter to make your green smoothies even better for you, we highly recommend kernowrat. Very knowledgable friendly people http://kernowrat.co.uk/page49.html

Green Chef workshop

Violetta has organised a Green Chef level one course to be held on Sunday the 25th March and level two course on Sunday 28th April. This will be of real interest to anyone taking part in Green Thursday
www.thegreenchef.co.uk/workshops

Below is also a link to the Green Tips page on her website
www.thegreenchef.co.uk/green_tips

The new email to contact me or Lucy about anything related to Green Thursday is greenthursdaycc@gmail.com

I look forward to hearing from you
Rachael

Green Thursday draws closer...

Anyone interested in taking part in green thursday can email me directly rachaeldunn@countychiropractic.co.uk

The start date is the 18th March 2010

Green Thursday - Get Involved!

I may have already spoken with some of you about our upcoming experiment - now dubbed 'GREEN THURSDAY'. Here are some more details about what is involved and how to get involved. The aim is to show people how easy it is to make very healthful additions to their lifestyle that are enjoyable! We hope to reach and inspire not only our practice memebers but the wider population of Exeter with news of our project. Together we can help people make a real difference to their lives.


The experiment will begin on the Thursday the 18th March and run until Thursday the 15th April. All you will be required to do is drink a green smoothie every day for the duration. Each smoothie must contain at least 2 portions of green leafy vegetables and whatever else you like. I promise that when you add the fruit of your choice these smoothies are delicious. We will provide you with recipes to get you started and will be here to answer any questions and give you support along the way.


On Green Thursday - the 18th March, we will have an open morning at the practice where everyone who is taking part will need to drop in to have their blood pressure, heart rate, weight, pH of urine and blood glucose measured. We will also all be filling in questionnaires about mood, energy, sleep, food cravings etc. All of this will be repeated again at the end of the experiment and we hope to see some subjective and objective changes in people's physiology.


We are being supported by Violetta Cope a.k.a The Green Chef (www.thegreenchef.co.uk) and Rod and Ben's (www.rodandbens.com ). We hope to be able to offer a subsidised fruit and greens box that participants could collect from the practice each Thursday during the experiment.


If you would like to get involved or have any questions you can email me at rachaeldunn@countychiropractic.co.uk or call us on the usual numbers: Exeter 01392 208 496, Braunton 01271 814 067
I would love to think that if a group of people are willing to go for it we can get some great results!

Rachael

Walking naturally

People often ask me why I spend so much time bare foot. It is much more natural for the biomechanics of the foot to land more gently and cautiosly on your feet. Our mid foot can become quite weak because when we walk or run with shoes on we strike hard on our heels and don't use the muscles of our mid foot very well which can lead to flat feet. Children need to learn to walk properly and innately - barefoot, take their shoes off at every available opportunity!

Apart from the biomechanics there is the pleasure of the extra sensory input, when you get used to the different sensations they all become enjoyable from soft grass, squelchy mud and even stones, and only a regular barefoot walker knows the joy in walking on painted road lines after a long walk on a hot stoney pavement! (and you thought I was a little bit crazy before?)

Try checking out this link for some great video footage and see why we should all spend more time barefoot
http://www.barefootrunning.fas.harvard.edu/3RunningBeforeTheModernShoe.html

Rachael

‘Eat for Life’

This week sees the second in Neil Cox' series of free health talks at St Lukes school Exeter. ‘Eat for Life’ will be held on Thursday, 4th February 2010 - 18:15-19:45.

The feed back from last months talk has been great and we have even more people booked in to this second talk. You need not have attended 'genetics, lifestyle and health' to benefit from 'eat for life' so all are welcome.

We hope to see you there this Thursday
http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm

Non stick chemical linked to thyroid disease

This latest research from the University of Exeter highlights the importance of reviewing the amount of man made chemicals in your home. Please talk to your chiropractor and find out how you can begin to replace this or any other potentially dangerous chemicals that are used in and around your home.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7036451/Non-stick-chemical-linked-to-thyroid-disease.html

You might also like to read the article in our latest e newsletter about cleaning green for your health and the environment

http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor.asp?chiropractor=10379S&X=658345:82787:901

We invite you...

County Chiropractic would like to invite you and your friends and families, to our free series of wellness talks. As the new science of Epi-genetics continues to emerge, it is becoming clearer and clearer that an individual's health status is not determined by bad luck, bad germs or bad genes. Rather, it is the choices that we each make each day that have the biggest impact on our health and vitality. We really do have a say in our health. Specifically, it is our choices regarding how we eat, move and think that determine our susceptibility to chronic disease or our ability to stay healthy now and in the future. For this reason we have developed the following series of talks to be held at St. Luke's School in Pinhoe;
Genetics, lifestyle and health - Thursday 21st January

Eat for life - Thursday 4th February

Move for life - Thursday 11th February

Think, Feel & Be for life - Thursday 4th of March.

All the talks will begin at 18.15 and last for 90mins. You can find more information by following this link http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm
You can be sure that there will be no strings attached - this is simply a health promotion exercise designed to support the community of Exeter. We look forward to seeing you there.

We invite you...

County Chiropractic would like to invite you and your friends and families, to our free series of wellness talks. As the new science of Epi-genetics continues to emerge, it is becoming clearer and clearer that an individual's health status is not determined by bad luck, bad germs or bad genes. Rather, it is the choices that we each make each day that have the biggest impact on our health and vitality. We really do have a say in our health. Specifically, it is our choices regarding how we eat, move and think that determine our susceptibility to chronic disease or our ability to stay healthy now and in the future. For this reason we have developed the following series of talks to be held at St. Luke's School in Pinhoe;
Genetics, lifestyle and health - Thursday 21st January

Eat for life - Thursday 4th February

Move for life - Thursday 11th February

Think, Feel & Be for life - Thursday 4th of March.

All the talks will begin at 18.15 and last for 90mins. You can find more information by following this link http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm
You can be sure that there will be no strings attached - this is simply a health promotion exercise designed to support the community of Exeter. We look forward to seeing you there.