Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
I saw a great new term today which I thought I would share with you: the obesity syndemic, rather than epidemic. Here's the quote I saw: Over the past three decades we have witnessed an exponential increase in both the adverse metabolic impact of obesity and the exposure and accumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), …
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 …
How are you doing with your weight loss goals this new year so far? I hope well. If you need a step by step plan, check out my Weight Loss factsheet, which I have just updated for you with a few new tips and ideas. Hope it helps! https://purehealthclinic.co.uk/health-a-z/weight-loss/
Need to lose weight or to encourage your body to get itself into a better, less inflamed cellular and metabolic healing state? To do that, we want to encourage a metabolic process called autophagy. And to do that, we usually need to fast and go full-on ketogenic diet. No more! The New Body Re-Set Plan …
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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Quick tip for you today. As we start a new year, many of us think we need to improve our health and weight - lose or gain! So, here's a quick tip to help you with that. I've been using these and it is really helping. Purition make several vegan and non-vegan nutritional food/protein powders. …
It's Summer, and we're all considering how our waistlines have managed to grow again during the colder months! I am anyway - thanks new MCAS meds and peri-menopause fat fairy! I am being asked regularly what is my best diet for weight loss and I always point them to my Belly Fat book. This is …
A recent article from Biotics reminds us that high fructose corn syrup - endemic in the US, but in foodstuffs here too - is one of the key reasons for weight gain. HFCS is a mix actually between fructose and glucose and is also called isoglucose and glucose-fructose syrup. It's quite a technical piece, but …
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I was reminded this week of the importance of looking after your liver health if you are trying to lose (or not gain) belly fat. This is especially true once you get into middle age when hormones start messing about. I know this to be true as I woke up about 8 months ago and …
If you've started this year with the usual "must lose weight" resolution, then your luck is in! My most popular book in January - and most of the year, actually - is the Lose Your Belly Fat ebook. My 40 page missive will show you how to get that weight to shift off your middle …
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