Helen Maxwell Nutrition

Tag: Functional medicine

  • Are you super sensitive to chemicals, food, light and life?

    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…

  • Staying alive in toxic times

    Staying alive in toxic times

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  • The role of cholesterol and fats in cardiovascular disease (CVD)

    The role of cholesterol and fats in cardiovascular disease (CVD)

    Cholesterol and fat receive a lot of attention in the health and wellness media especially in connection with cardiovascular disease (CVD).  Most of it is negative and places the blame for heart disease on high fats diets in general and more specifically the cholesterol molecule.  Of course there are numerous CVD risk factors such as…

  • Facts of rice

    Facts of rice

    A lot of my clients rely on white rice or pasta for quick meals. I thought I would write this blog about the benefits of brown rice and how to prepare it. Hoping to convince you all that brown rice is the way forward. Brown rice is a whole grain and a major source of…

  • How to Optimise Your Vitamin D Level

    How to Optimise Your Vitamin D Level

    There are two major forms of vitamin D from two different sources. In the UK our main dietary sources of vitamin D are food of animal origin, foods fortified with vitamin D and supplementation. Naturally rich food sources include egg yolk and oily fish such as salmon, mackerel, herring and sardines. Absorption We probably absorb…

  • Intermittent fasting and fasting for health

    Intermittent fasting is in the limelight at the moment but many traditions have been incorporating fasting for millennia.  Humans have historically fasted overnight, for religious reasons or during periods of food scarcity. Some monks have a precept called ‘no meals after noon’ and religions such as Taoism, Sikhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddhism all fast. Fasting…

  • All about the menopause

    All about the menopause

    Bullet point summary Peri menopause – the window of opportunity Lots of women dread the menopause.  It’s often viewed as a process of ageing and associated with uncomfortable symptoms ranging from heavy periods to weight gain, anxiety and night sweats. Lara Biden, author of the ‘hormone repair manual’, reframes this as a “window of opportunity”…

  • Acid reflux and the problem with PPI’s

    Acid reflux and the problem with PPI’s

    Acid reflux is a common and distressing complaint that my clients often need help with. As many as 20 percent of Europe’s population is estimated to suffer from acid reflux – that is 112 million people in Europe alone. In 2019 over 60 million doses of the two most common drugs known as proton pump…