Is it possible to have polycystic ovaries and not have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)? And conversely, is it possible to have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, but no sign of polycystic ovaries? As you may have guessed, (as there needs to be a point to writing this blog post), the answer to both these questions is [...]
Injury, trauma and surgery leave their mark. Scars. It’s inevitable – scars are a normal part of the healing process. Healing needs nutrients. Nutrients for scars. This goes for all scars, including Caesarean scars or the abdominal scar after a hysterectomy. These are easy to see (which doesn’t always make us happy! Scars that [...]
It’s sad but true. While we’d like to think we can get all our essential nutrients from food, it’s not easy. Last post I talked about how are diets are never as good as we’d like to think. Most of us know this intuitively, and research confirms we’re not meeting our nutrient requirements. For example, [...]
What you might be doing to rob yourself of essential nutrients might surprise you! We all know that getting enough nutrients is important for general health and normal functioning of the body. But it’s not just about eating a healthy diet (as nutrients in food may be lower than you think). Even if you are [...]
A Simple Method to Quantify the Effects of Your Stress We all know that stress is bad for our health. Sometimes the pressure to squeeze “de-stressing” in to our already chaotic lives is a source of stress in itself! But how do you know when the stress is so significant that it is a major [...]
Gluten-free, Paleo, grain-free, low-FODMAPs, Specific Carbohydrate Diet, GAPs, raw, liver detox, low-salicylate/amine/glutamates, high-fibre, high-protein, low-carbohydrate, anti-Candida, low-oxalate, alkalising, Weston A Price, vegetarian…how do you sift your way through? Some of these diets can be questionable, especially the way they are described or interpreted on some websites or by less experienced practitioners. But most of these [...]
If you are keen to get back into exercise after having a baby, congratulations! The motivation to exercise after having a baby is a great thing. If you can be keen to exercise amidst a life turned upside down by a wee new arrival, that’s a great start! Returning to exercise after baby has [...]
Ever felt that everything you eat makes you bloat? Have your symptoms been dismissed as irritable bowel syndrome? You could have SIBO. SIBO - that is, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Research is slowly growing on this common cause of abdominal bloating and pain. However, as with all early research, it won’t necessarily have found [...]
You’ve heard about carbohydrates and diabetes and obesity, but carbs and colon cancer? It’s not a link that usually comes to mind.Even so, a study just out shows that high-carbohydrate diets can worsen prognosis after a diagnosis of bowel cancer. People with colon cancer who ate a high-carb diet after their diagnosis were more likely [...]
We’ve all heard of ‘’anaemia’’, or more specifically, ‘’iron-deficiency anaemia’’. ‘’Anaemic’’ brings to mind an image of a pale, wan, drawn person, so fatigued a gust of wind could them blow over. Then there’s the description ‘’a little bit anaemic’’, as in: ‘’I always get a little bit anaemic during my period…’’. It may not [...]
