Tag: wellbeing
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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”…
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Histamine and histamine intolerance.
Histamine Histamine is an important immune molecule which certain foods trigger the immune system to release. As part of our immune response to bacteria, viruses or other pathogenic microorganisms it increases vascular permeability. This allows white blood cells and proteins access to pathogens through mechanisms such as runny eyes or nose, sneezing, coughing and itching,…
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Acid or Alkaline?
There are so many controversies in nutrition and one of these is the theory around the acid-alkaline balance of the diet. This blog explores the science and debate around this topic. If you want to calculate the acid/alkaline of your meal ‘The PRAL’ (Potential Renal Acid Load) scale calculates how acid or alkaline a food…
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Supporting immunity
I am receiving lots of enquiries about how to support their immune system and health through the winter season. I’ve put together some information on key nutrients to consider for support and why, together with some practical suggestions of what and how much to take. There is no substitute for eating a healthy nutritious diet…
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Breathing-pattern – could it be the missing link?
The way we breathe is intricately linked to the way our body functions on both a physical and psychological level. When we breathe correctly we oxygenate our organs to maximise their function. Between 50-80% of the general population have some level of breathing-pattern disorder The researcher and professor of physical therapy, Kiesel (2017), has found…
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Weight loss: What’s breath got to do with it?
Excess weight is often thought to be the result of an imbalance between energy from food consumed less energy spent throughout the day. However, well known researchers such as Zoe Harcombe, have pointed out that weight is not simply the end product of calories in less calories utilised for metabolism and exercise. Weight loss is…
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Enter ‘The zone’
An air of mystery surrounds ‘The Zone’, a near mythical state of mind-body alignment which athletes seek but few master. Rupert Sheldrake (author and biologist) suggests that sport may be one of the few remaining ways for people to experience an altered state of consciousness. Sport requires: total concentration on the ‘present’; dedication; discipline and…
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Connect to your heart to be your best self
There is a physical as well as a mental component to fear and anxiety. We know this: our hearts race, we sweat, our stomach churns, eyes dilate. Dr Bessel Van der Kolk, eminent psychiatrist and a world expert on traumatic stress, explains in his book ‘The body keeps the score’, how the body records and…