Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
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 …
Little tip for you today I saw from Colabs Silk pillowcases. A little touch of luxury, silk is a wonderfully cool material for summer and is great for those with skin complaints, especially for those suffering with any kind of itching. Silk helps the skin retain more moisture and is less abrasive than other materials. …
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Losing weight as we age gets harder and harder, doesn't it? And the approach we maybe used in our 20s and 30s will no longer work so well now. Why? I came across a video discussing this very subject and thought I would share it with you. From JJ Virgin, who is talking a lot …
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Great article for you from Nutri Advanced today explaining how hormone change can affect mood because of the effect they have on our neurotransmitters . It also goes over how the balance shifts through the stages of female hormone change ie. when is oestrogen likely to be high, low, progesterone changes etc - and some …
I am often asked how you can protect yourself from any deleterious effects if you're on hormone replacement therapy. So, here are my top 3 HRT-protective supplements for you. First: methylation multi. We need plenty of methylated B vitamins to ensure that we are metabolising oestrogens and other hormones down effectively. Many people have lower-than-optimal …
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I am always asked to test oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone when women (and men) suspect they are entering a period of hormone change - read perimenopause and menopause for women and andropause for men. Yes, that does exist - and I'm seeing it a lot. But hormones are not the whole story. Did you know …
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