Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
A slightly lighter post for you today, all about one of my most favourite essential oils. A little goes a REALLY long way with this as it is so potent and a tiny drop smells gorgeous. I have been using a couple of drops of neroli absolute in my face cream, or a blend of …
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 …
Deficiency states of certain B vitamins (B12 in particular) increase in frequency with age but can occur at any age depending on many modifiable factors[13]. The use of oral supplementation of B vitamins provides a clinically relevant input, where sub-clinical and clinical deficiency exists[14],[15].There are multiple interactions between the eight B vitamin forms, and collective ingestion via supplementation or enhanced …
I think I said right at the start of this in my Covid factsheet that I would be tempted to make sure there was no blood brain barrier (BBB) breach or neuroinflammation (NI) ongoing after Covid infections. I was worried that some people were having hallucinations etc. Ongoing NI can cause all sorts of problems …
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That's the number one question I have been asked - only about 20 times a day for the last 10 years, ha! So, I thought a kind of cheat-sheet based on my experience might help. What tests should you do - for an MOT (40s and 50s take note!), for preventing illness (20s and 30s), …
When I show people the list of symptoms for histamine 'intolerance', there's always that look of doubt as it does seem you could literally get symptoms anywhere in the body. People distrust that unsurprisingly - a bit snake-oily, isn't it?! The reason is because histamine plays so many roles in the body and there are …
Continue reading "Histamine Intolerance – Why Do We Get Symptoms Everywhere? Part 2"
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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Interesting debate piece in WDDTY this morning on the causes of depression. In essence, the debate is that some experts don't agree with the current thinking that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance, most commonly thought to be a lack of serotonin hence the zillions of us on SSRIs. Depression: An Inflammatory Disorder? Some …