Category: Blog
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What does a ‘Nutritional therapist’ do?
What Does a Nutritional Therapist Do? Have you been dealing with ongoing symptoms and feel like no one’s joining the dots? Maybe you’ve tried diets, supplements, or read endless articles online, yet nothing seems to stick. If this sounds familiar, you might be wondering if a nutritional therapist what could help. With growing public interest…
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What to do if you have been told your blood ‘fat’ ratios are too high.
This blog is version 2 if you like following on from my ‘Know your numbers’ blog. If your numbers reveal that blood fats are too high what can you do? There is a lot you can do with diet, lifestyle and exercise as well as supplements. I highly recommend working with a health practitioner but…
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Know your numbers
This blog was inspired by an article written by a lady who had a heart attack at the super young age of 42. She did have high cholesterol and some significant family history but it really highlighted to me that ‘knowing your numbers’ is a good thing. I am generally a cautious tester for various…
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Vitamin D – test don’t guess.
Picture source https://www.anhinternational.org/campaigns/test-take-vitamin-d/ Forms of vitamin D There are two major forms of vitamin D from two different sources. A whole host of factors affect how much vitamin D our bodies can make including: Sources of Vitamin D in the diet In the UK our main dietary sources of vitamin D are food of animal…
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The 56 names of sugar
Trying to cut out sugar? This blog is just for your info if you are trying to cut out sugar. Sugar has so many names. This graphic contains 56 names which are basically all sugar. There are probably more by now but this picture might be useful for you to help remember.
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Silent reflux – what is this?
Over 112 million people in Europe, about 20% of the population, are estimated to suffer with acid reflux. Acid reflux occurs when acid from the stomach flows back up into the tube running from the throat to the stomach (the oesophagus). This causes a burning sensation known as acid reflux or heart burn. Silent reflux…
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What fats can I cook with?
This blog is a reminder of which fats to use for cooking and which ones are best used cold in salad dressings. It also covers which ones to avoid. Fatty acids are classified according to the presence and number of double bonds in their carbon chain. Saturated fatty acids (SAFA) contain no double bonds, monounsaturated…
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Essential fatty acids explained
Image source: https://www.eufic.org/en/whats-in-food/article/the-importance-of-omega-3-and-omega-6-fatty-acids What they are and how to make sure you eat enough. There are two fats that humans have to eat as the body cannot make them and they are required for specific functions. They are called omega-3 (ω-3) and omega-6 (ω-6) and known as essential fatty acids (EFA’s) for this reason. They…
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Are you super sensitive to chemicals, food, light and life?
Maybe you feel like you are allergic or reactive to everything and can’t understand why? There can be lots of different reasons for this but before we go removing this and that and trying to identify multiple triggers I like to ask the question “are your cell membranes working right?” Our cell membranes act as…
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Do your cells need an oil change?
Today’s modern diets can often mean we eat too much or too little fat, or frequently just the wrong type. Our cell membranes consist of lots of oil aka. fat. For optimal performance they require quite a specific ratio of different types of fats, especially with regard to the essential fatty acids (EFA’s), omega 3…