Wellbeing is true wealth – Epigenetics is your good news for the 21st century
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How to Deal with Stress, Anxiety and Burnout
Burnout is a state of emotional, mental, physical and spiritual exhaustion brought about by chronic stress. Most often it is caused by problems at work, but can also appear in other areas of life e.g., parenting, caregiving, relationships. It is particularly noticeable that life in the world right now has caused huge stress and burnout […]
Common Nutrient Deficiencies and How to Avoid Them
Dietary nutrient deficiencies are very common in today’s world often due to the types and quality of food we are eating. They are also sometimes hard to avoid if you follow a specific diet e.g. vegan/vegetarian, paleo, Atkins, ketogenic etc. Often if you are deficient in certain nutrients, you will show the common deficiency symptoms. […]
Your Thyroid and the Importance of Iodine
I clearly remember my father chastising me for saying “seaweed”. It’s a “sea vegetable” he would insist, as I rolled my eyes and crunched my favourite snack; a toasted nori sheet covered with Umeboshi (a sour fermented plum paste from Japan). It wasn’t until I was an adult that I came to appreciate the significance […]
Top Tips to Enhance Immunity: Part Two
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Top Tips to Enhance Immunity: Part One
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text] The body’s immune system is a complex system within the body comprised of different organs, cells and lines of […]
How do we deal with stress when our lives are so busy? – House of Hormones part 3
If you haven’t read the other parts to this blog series, click the link to find part 1 and part 2. The first step is to take an inventory of all of the potential sources of “stress” in your life. Questions I’ll ask clients include some of the following: Do you have chronic sinusitis which […]
The biochemistry of stress – House of Hormones part 2
If you’ve read my previous blog, you’ll understand that my approach to addressing hormone imbalance stems from a bottom-up approach. Through supporting the body’s core functions, reducing stress and addressing detoxification and gut concerns first, we often don’t have to directly “fix” sex hormone function per se. Let’s talk a bit more about the core […]
House of Hormones part 1
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Shedding kilos with underactive thyroid is possible
You’ve been eating less and exercising more but the scales haven’t budged. Your thyroid blood test is normal, but you are not. Getting an underactive thyroid diagnosis can be a long and tedious journey. Often symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain and mood swings are overlooked or dismissed as hormonal imbalances, menopause, anxiety or depression. […]