Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
I know I've done a few videos recently on how to read test results - see the Gut and Hormone ones here - but I thought I'd start a more general regular 'video slot' for you too. The first is about Long Covid and the question I received was: I had Covid 8 weeks ago …
Just to let you know I have started updating the Purehealth COVID Guidance document again for you. I've had a good scan through it and much of it still holds true for the advice I gave up until July. I've done lots of blog posts since, which you can find here too: https://purehealthclinic.co.uk/?s=covid (or just …
D'you know: I think I may have had COVID last January/February. I've been keeping my eye out for studies showing gut symptoms for COVID and experts now think about 1 in 5 (20%) of people may only show gut symptoms and none of the fever, cough etc: Review finds almost 20 percent of COVID-19 patients …
This might help, which I picked up from Medscape: Presentations of COVID-19 have ranged from no or mild symptoms to severe illness and mortality. Symptoms may develop 2 days to 2 weeks after exposure to the virus. Although symptoms may occur in various orders and individuals do not necessarily have any or all symptoms, a study …
Well it wasn't reported much was it, I nearly missed it?! Scotland and England ministers have decided - at last - to send vulnerable people free Vitamin D to help keep them topped up. Many studies over the last few months have suggested Vitamin D deficiency may well not be helping in people contracting and …
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Our role as partners in the restoration of individual’s wellbeing and the education of our friends and families, by the transfer of knowledge and related changes in behaviour is the social vaccine of sustainability and wellbeing – this may be a far better investment in your and your families personal future and our environment than any single …
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Great reminder today from Nutrigold about why zinc is just so important as a mineral. I always think zinc and magnesium are FAR more important in many ways than the usual calcium and iron you never stop hearing about. In these COVID times, zinc is particularly crucial - which is why it is recommended in …
Just added this to the COVID Guidance document for you: Glutathione It is well-known that levels of the 'master antioxidant' glutathione drop off as we get older. There is some research and suggestion now that glutathione levels might be key to Covid, as a preventative, managing severity and in recovery. Have a read of Dr …
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“Vitamin D could almost be thought of as a designer drug for helping the body to handle viral respiratory infections..... It boosts the ability of cells to kill and resist viruses and simultaneously dampens down harmful inflammation, which is one of the big problems with Covid.” Dr. Adrian Martineau, a professor of respiratory infection and immunity …
You'll no doubt have seen the news that giving some patients on respirators and oxygen the steroid drug Dexamethasone could help. I asked Christine (TGF supplement woman) to find grain and dairy free versions in case any of us with those sensitivities need it - hope not, but pays to be prepared! Here are her …
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