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In menopause awareness month, we discuss the hormonal shifts women face in their early 30s and onwards. Most experience menopausal symptoms like hot flushes and weight gain. But why? It might not be the reason you were expecting...
Older women have a higher risk of Alzheimer's than men and researchers may have found one reason why. It seems that the disease causes could be different in men and women. Essentially, researchers have found that women had much lower levels of the essential fatty acids in their blood. For women, the disease seems to …
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This week: weight loss, off work with stress, adrenals, hormones, grain-free alcohol options and more. Enjoy x Struggling To Lose Weight? How Much Fruit Are You Having? Photo by Jonas Kakaroto on Unsplash A recent article reminded me that high fructose corn syrup – endemic in the US, but in foodstuffs here too, especially fizzy …
I see so much meno-guff around, which might help a bit, but the trick is to get right deep down into the biomechanics of the hormone shifts and prevent them from sending you hormone-doo-lally. I missed World Menopause Day on 18th October as I was away at a funeral, sadly, but here I am now with my …
This surprised me as I really wasn't aware of it. I'm in the middle of writing the new Hormone Plan (or whatever it turns out to be - 10,000 words so far!) and I keep being reminded of really important stuff, noting it down diligently in my practice notes - which are becoming VERY LARGE! …
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I've been doing my advanced functional medicine Hormone course the last week or so (hence the dearth of posts, sorry!) I've sort of avoided it as I've suffered with my hormones my whole life - thanks PCOS - and hormones are flippin' complicated! One thing I have learned is just how much impact PCOS has …
Happy 2024 everyone! Hope you had a restful festive break and are now raring to with all the opportunities a new year brings. What do you plan to do professionally this year with your clinic work - do tell, maybe you'll inspire someone else?! Dr Crista was talking about the importance of killing mould in …
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Next in my new year changes series. You can read them all here. 10 Minute Morning Weight Training and Exercise Gosh, I am SO unfit compared to how I used to be! This is partly menopause hormone change and weight gain, but partly being too sedentary! In my 20s and 30s, I was as fit …
Hello, I have just set up this new category: Clinic Notes, primarily for practitioners. Focused on practical stuff I see that you can use immediately in-clinic to help improve your practice and get more people well. If you’ve ever wanted someone to just get to the ‘clinical pearl’ quickly and save you time, these posts …
Good article for you today from Nutrigold on the best way to support your bones. This is their Bone Support Formula, but I actually prefer one with hydroxyapatite calcium in it as it is closer to the calcium form in bone itself. I recommend that and others in my free Osteoporosis Factsheet, where you can …