I've been brushing up on my neurotransmitters and mental health conditions knowledge the last week or so, rather enjoying myself a little too much watching training videos etc! It really is fascinating stuff. The main test I do is the Labrix NeuroBasic. It's a goodie because it measures the key neurotransmitters (NTs). It used to …
Mental Health Guru Deborah Joins Us
Phew, hot on the heels of Julie (clinical hypno) and Anne (nutrition: genetics), let me introduce you to Deborah (nutrition: mental health) who joins us now too on the clinical referral team. Oh, and there’s me – I keep leaving myself out! Micki (director, chronic disease, gluten and ACE disorders). You can see everyone here so …
Mental Health Guru Deborah Joins Us
Phew, hot on the heels of Julie (clinical hypno), Victoria (nutrition: metabolic, gut and hormones) and Anne (nutrition: genetics), let me introduce you to Deborah (nutrition: mental health) who joins us now too on the clinical referral team. Oh, and there's me - I keep leaving myself out! Micki (director, chronic disease, gluten and ACE disorders). …
Healing Series: The Reintegration Phase & Bouncing Boundaries!
I have been far too busy actually doing this stage in my healing to have time to tell you about it before now! I take that as a good sign 🙂 Reintegration? What the heck am I on about now? Let's recap before I dive in, just so you can keep up. Do read the …
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Healing Series: Take Action – The 4 Steps To Healing (So Far!)
Welcome to the next in the Healing Series of blog posts. These posts are basically to explore non meds/supplement ways of healing for those of us with sensitivities, but actually have turned out to be far more than that and today we will be looking more closely at the emotional side of chronic illness. I …
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Healing Series: Getting More Connected
The next in the Healing Series from the TGF blog for you is out now, if you are following that. How to feel more connected and get a deep sense of support beneath you if you feel alone with your illness or just generally. Do the free meditation I've linked to; it's very powerful! Enjoy …
Anxiety, Pain, Intolerance? Try This Free Meditation Programme, Starts Today!
Do you need to calm down? Is your anxiety or pain level too high, or your body reacting to stuff all over the place? Then, one of the techniques I recommend, and am using myself for food hyper-sensitivity, is meditation. You can read a much larger blog post about the steps I am taking to …
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Vit D Deficiency = Higher Risk Of Dementia & Alzheimer’s
Research published in ‘Neurology’ journal recently found people moderately deficient in vitamin D had a 53% higher risk of dementia. There was a 125% increased risk in people severely deficient in vitamin D, who also had a 122% increased risk of Alzheimer's. Older people's skin can be less efficient at converting sunlight into Vitamin D, …
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Is Food Affecting Your Brain? Part 3
Here is part 3 of the brain and food series which, this time, considers the link between gluten and mood disorders. Parts 1 and 2 are here if you want to catch up with them. Part 3 offers a comment from Patrick Holford about studies done on hospitalised psychiatric patients to see if removing gluten …
Is Food Affecting Your Brain? Part 2
For those of you following this three-part series, Part 2 is now out. Here is part one if you missed it, makes fascinating reading. You can visit Dr O's blog to get the second part - just use the search box if it's not on the first page any more. This time I note the …