Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
Yes, I can’t quite believe it but the TrulyGlutenFree site is one year old today! It’s only a weeny site so far, but then I have done hardly anything to get it out there yet. I like to think we get ‘quality’ visitors who have found the site because they really need help with gluten …
Corn is becoming the real ‘baddie’ grain in patients so far, especially with migraines and headaches – and yet no-one seems to give it a second thought in FreeFrom world, with manufacturers using it willy-nilly in ‘gluten’ free foods. Check out this exchange of emails at FoodsMatter with Rosie bemoaning the prevalence of corn to …
Why is it that most gluten sensitives and coeliacs are not diagnosed even though they are tested? Might it be because we are looking for the wrong thing? Currently, coeliacs are only tested for one fraction of one type of gluten – 33-mer gliadin. If you happen to have a problem with that particular fraction …
Order now to save money before price rises from Genova Diagnostics come in on 16th August. Get in quick if you are due to have repeat tests or have been thinking about getting something done. Genova haven’t actually increased prices for five years so we’ve done well. Some tests are going up more than others, but the …
Many of you were interested in the piece I wrote about thyroid health recently so I thought I’d mention a bit of a trend I’m noticing with patients. There seem to be quite a few people who have an underactive thyroid (either diagnosed with blood test or basal temperature test) who are having great difficulty …
My aim, as always with Purehealth, is to make sure that people trying to get themselves well can access guidance, supplies and lab tests that will truly help. After 30 years in natural medicine, 20 of those as a clinician, I am now focusing on writing down my knowledge and experience into books, guides and …
I have been playing with the new shop again and have now uploaded all the tests and consultations so that you can purchase them along with your ebooks and factsheets online! Go here to have a peek! Note too there are NO delivery charges – I am too good to you… So, if you need …
I reproduce one of Dr John Briffa’s blogs for you here as it is a great, if slightly technical so bear with it, explanation of why many people present with the signs of underactive thyroid, but are not treated as blood tests come back ‘normal’. I see this all the time and, as you know, …
Bit more on tests whilst I’m at it. BTS has just raised its prices due to the Euro, but happily not by too much. Also, there is a new stool test which will look for all bacteria, yeasts, moulds, pH etc as usual, but also digestive residues to see if you are breaking down fats, …
It’s a shame that we only tend to get the nutcrackers out at Christmas, because freshly shelled nuts contain loads of nutrients. Take walnuts, for example. Making them part of a balanced diet can help counteract the damage to arteries caused by fatty food as they contain a nutrient called arginine that helps the body …
