The Clinic Notes Digest seems to be working really well and people tell me they like the format. I always have so much interesting natural health news and views to share with you, my luvverly Purehealth followers, but I feel like I don’t want to dominate your inboxes too much either!

So, I thought I might reprise the Purehealth Digest for you – a weekly-ish newsletter with all the interesting titbits I’ve seen and think might help, inspire, educate or amuse you or your friends/family/colleagues. Here we go with the first one; let me know if you like it or if you prefer the one-subject posts and separate categories? I write this for you – so do let me know what you like and what helps most. Enjoy x

Time-Sensitive! Get Regenerus tests before price goes up in Feb!

Just a quickie to alert you to the fact that many of the tests via Regenerus will be going up at the end of the month. Some by quite a lot. Others, happily, have come down a bit.

If you are thinking you want a P88 allergy/intolerance test, a GPL Mycotox, a SIBO breath test or a WomensKey or MensKey (both UTI tests), I suggest you get them now as they are going up the most, and quite considerably. I will be trying to source them cheaper elsewhere if I can, but that will take time. The new prices are on the shop (sorry I changed them when I was feverish with cold virus and never thought, doh!), but if you order direct at RG using this link before the end of the month, you should get the old price. https://regeneruslabs.com/?sca_ref=303654.Xq3FIcsCOI

Medichecks January Sale

I notice that Medichecks has 20% off all blood tests in January. Please use this practitioner link if ordering as it gives me a tiny bit of commission. I’ve also added Medichecks back onto the lab list as some of you asked me to so you could support me – bless your hearts x

Cough and Cold Remedies

There is such a lot about, everyone seems to have a bug at the moment – including me! – so I thought this post I did back in 2019 might help.

Nine Useful Homeopathic Remedies For Winter Chills

This prevention protocol might also prove useful:

Quote of the Week: Infection Prevention Protocol

Thyroid Tests

I have updated the Thyroid Tests for you and added a new one from Viva. The new Thyroid Profile includes everything usual without Reverse T3, which can sometimes bump the price up and is not always needed, especially if you are retesting to monitor progress. In general, I’ve given you the most comprehensive thyroid tests available and some simpler ones so you should find what you need. My advice is always to test as comprehensively as you can to start with so that treatment can be targeted effectively, then use a simpler one for progress. The middle range are the Genova or Viva ones – both still FAR superior to normal mainstream testing, which drives me batty, frankly, as many people are told they are fine, but are really not! If in doubt, start with the free basal temperature test – it can be really useful. If it looks dodgy, then test. I may do a thyroid test video for you sometimes and go through how to interpret the various markers – let me know if that would be useful?

Bone Repair Protocol & Histamine in Heart Disease

Interesting snippet in the upcoming WDDTY journal re bone repair after osteoporotic fractures.

They also discuss the possibility that histamine could be one of the factors causing heart disease – since we know cholesterol is not as important as once thought. Interesting.

Marcelle Pick, founder of the famed Women to Women clinic, has put together a healing programme that speeds up fracture repair that includes high-dose quality vitamins including vitamin C (10,000 mg daily), vitamin D (up to 15,000 IUs), and zinc. 

What causes heart disease if cholesterol has little to do with it?  There was a theory back in the 1980s—and which has been resurrected recently by Japanese researchers—that histamine is the main driver of atherosclerosis.  We usually think of histamine as a hyper response to an allergy, but there are four types, and one is associated with heart health.  Taking the theory through to its logical conclusion, over-the-counter antihistamines would help reverse heart problems—and so they have proven to do, at least in some studies.

WDDTY

One Hot Chocolate A Day For Hormonal Women

Oh dear, what a shame – a study found that one hot chocolate drink a day can help negative moods and possibly fatigue in peri and post menopausal women. Note this is not your horrid sachet of crap processed hot chocolate, but a decent, high-flavonol content variety. Look at something like this. It’s not surprising it helps – just look at the amount of potassium, magnesium and calcium in one scoop!

For those of us who can’t yet tolerate chocolate/cocoa (boo hiss!), you would do well to get a mix of other high flavonol foods. Sadly, cacao/chocolate is streets-ahead of other foods, but this, quite detailed, article will give you some ideas. In general, I would get foods from each type going in daily. Think: teas, apples, berries.

Here’s Aduna’s recipe:

Ingredients:

4 tsp (20g) Aduna Super-Cacao Powder
1 cup (250ml) milk (we used almond)
1-3 tsp maple syrup (to taste) (could use other sweetener of choice)
dash of vanilla extract (optional)

Add the milk to a small pan over medium heat. Whisk in the Super-Cacao Powder and maple syrup and heat until just simmering. Remove from the heat and add the vanilla, if using. Pour into a mug and enjoy!

I used to use my powder in a smoothie – and this is nice in hotter weather, again the recipe is from Aduna:

1 tbsp Aduna Super-Cacao Powder (+ extra for sprinkling)
1/2 frozen banana
1 tbsp nut butter
1/2 tbsp hemp seeds
1 tbsp chia seeds
1 1/2 cups of milk of choice
4 ice cubes

Add all the ingredients to a high-powered blender and blend until smooth and creamy.

I also used to just sprinkle the powder in my almond porridge or on the top of coconut yogurt. (Cocos natural is TGF by the way – few of them truly are!).