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Menopause Awareness Month
It’s Menopause Awareness Month, celebrated every October, and as a passionate advocate for supporting women’s health and a voice for taking a more natural approach to the transition of menopause I wanted to speak this week about some evidence based effective complementary or alternatives to conventional treatments.
The Silent Epidemic of Chronic Pain
The Silent Epidemic of Chronic Pain Pain is the most common reason that people attend their GP and affects 1 in 4 people - approximately 28 million people in the UK. By definition chronic pain is a persistent condition which lasts more than three months. It can be...
Optimum Health in Later Life
Optimum Health in Later Life ‘We experienced a lot of inter-generational learning and teaching, a really unique experience’ ‘Very relevant as we’ll be treating older patients in the future’ ‘There may be other ways of treating people in addition to the traditional...
Nature Connection: Better than Medication
In light of the need for a new wellness model that underpins healthcare and connects people to activities rather than pharmaceuticals it was great to see this report in the guardian about the outcomes from an NHS test pilot for Green Social Prescriptions
The Glucose Goddess
Using my continuous glucose monitor I have been looking at softening my glucose spikes with all the hacks that the Glucose Goddess offers including a salad and vinaigrette to start a meal and exercising after a meal, but there is so much more that I can make use of to help with metabolic syndrome.
Saffron the Super Spice
In recent years, saffron has garnered more attention for its potential benefits in managing menopausal symptoms. Research has suggested that saffron may help alleviate mood swings, depression, and anxiety, which are common during menopause.
Highlights of the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Conference
What a superb few days at the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress 2024. Highlights included talks from Dr William Li, Dr Uma Naidoo, Professor Kerry Bone, Simon Mills, Professor Robert Thomas & Dr Alex Wilber.
The Magic of Medicinal Mushrooms
Medicinal mushrooms offer a host of health benefits, making them a valuable addition to anyone’s wellness routine.
Chelsea Flower Show 2024: One Health
Our beautiful little garden at Chelsea Flower Show represents the balance between the health of the personal, social and ecological and how they work together for the ultimate ‘One Health’ experience. It is also about finding ways to encourage all our health systems to work together and take a ‘one health’ approach.
Alzheimer’s Prevention
It’s estimated that around 1 in 100 cases of Alzheimer’s is genetic, meaning 99% of Alzheimer’s cases are caused by lifestyle factors which can include diet, exercise, substance use, vitamin D deficiency, exposure to pollution, stress management and others. This is not to lay blame at the door of those that get the disease – but to emphasise the need for education on these serious illnesses and ways you can try and lower your own risk.
Personalised Fasting
Something I’ve learnt in my recent study is that genetics are determining around 20% of what we might develop in our lives but those epigenetics – how the genes are switched on – can be influenced by lifestyle. When we fast we activate Sirtuins, a type of protein involved in regulating cellular processes. If you remember we also mentioned the colourful polyphenols found in berries, so although I’m not encouraging you to cheat on your five day fast, if you’re struggling during fasting a few raspberries or blueberries might not only help you psychologically but encouraged those healthy pathways to activate.
Taking Care of Cholesterol Through Fasting
Another piece of feedback from my fasting blog is that I’m still communicating like a doctor using words that not everyone might understand like metabolic health and lipid profile. Many of you may have seen your lipid profile on a readout from a doctor which includes the cholesterol, the triglycerides, low density (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and their ratio plus non-HDL lipoproteins which is a measure of everything that isn’t the good type of cholesterol! So out of this complex array of measures let’s focus on HDL because we want more of that.