Fatigue is the number one condition I come across in-clinic; it's almost as if people expect it now, it's often presented as a 'given' and normal to have it. It isn't. There are tons of causes of fatigue and we could be here all day, but let's focus on one: poor mitochondrial function. Think of …
Gut Tips#4: Are Probiotics Enough?
OK, so here is Gut Tip #4 for you if you are following the series. Many people take probiotics to help their bacteria balance, to establish a good 'microbiome', in the gut. However, sometimes I see that, even when someone has taken billions of bacteria daily for weeks or months, the bacteria balance is still …
Hypersensitive to Everything!
A useful little snippet of video here today for you which nicely illustrates two points. First, this person with ME/CFS describes how she became hypersensitive to any form of stimulus, be that noise, light, food etc, and was controlled by anxious, racing thoughts and a sense of 'existential dread' all the time. That was me …
Iron Anaemia Not Resolving? Try Vitamin A
I see many people who have low iron and who can't seem to get their iron levels up even when on supplements. Most of the time this is because they have been given rubbish iron as ferrous sulphate, which drives me nutty because you have to take shed-loads of this constipating form to actually get …
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The Kind Of Morning I Like!
I've had a lovely morning today. Nice emails, success stories and a donation: makes all the work worthwhile when you hear it's hitting the mark. First, I helped a lady yesterday with her chronically-poorly daughter just by giving some ideas in an email for her to think about. She replied: Crumbs. I feel as if …
Scottish Bid For Better #Thyroid and #Adrenal Care
I had a fascinating talk with one of you the other day (thank you Lesley!) about the lack of diagnostic and treatment help for adrenal and thyroid conditions on the NHS. Lesley told me about a brave couple of women who have put a petition before the Scottish parliament to help doctors identify and treat …
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New Active #B12 and #Anaemia Tests
As you can tell, I am catching up with stuff I haven't been able to do with my Adrenal Plan writing hat on! Hot on the heels of the new NeuroHormone tests, I have also changed the Vitamin B12 and Anaemia tests, which I know again that some of you have been waiting for me …
Single Salivary Cortisol Testing Now Available
Just a quickie as I know some of you have been asking about this and you may not have noticed it in my last post: we can now do single cortisol samples!! Sometimes you need to see what your cortisol is doing at specific times of the day or night. You can do single saliva …
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#Hormone Tests: #Neurotransmitters, #Adrenals and Sex Hormones
As I was writing your Adrenal Plan, I noted the massive link between brain neurotransmitters, adrenals and hormones. You can measure all of those separately, but I have found a way of doing them all together for you. The test will assess your hormonal status, adrenal function and neurotransmitter balance. The difference with this test that I haven't …
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New #Adrenal Plan Released!
Ta-dah!!! At long last, after six months of research and writing, not to mention over a decade of clinical experience with adrenal fatigue patients, I have just released your new Adrenal Plan. I am SO chuffed to have done it. It is one thing to know in your head as an experienced nutritionist what to …