Are you feel up of feeling tired all the time? Could you do with an extra 3 hours in the day to get stuff done with maybe even a little...

If you answered A this may be due to one of the following: · High cortisol levels. Cortisol is one of our stress hormones and...

Perimenopause hits just when you are at the top of your game. A successful career, a family, a home. You have it all and then all of a sudden you can’t remember people’s names, in work meetings you go blank, you start crying in meeting, in front of your work mates. You have no idea what’s going on but you feel like you are losing your mind. It can have a devastating effect on your self-confidence. On top of that, perimenopause is like an acknowledgement that you are getting o

If you are a woman who has at some point been unhappy with her weight, the chances are you have at some point counted calories as a way...

Why is it that even though you want to more energy, feel happier and calmer and to lose weight, you just can’t seem to do what it takes...

The aim of seed cycling is to support oestrogen during the first half of the cycle (the follicular phase) and progesterone during the...

The trouble with perimenopause is that it sneaks up on you unawares. It's only several months or even years down the line that you...

The short answer is yes you can but as is often the way, it may not be that simple. During perimenopause it does become harder to maintain your happy weight. This happens because you become less sensitive to insulin and more likely develop insulin resistance and also you start to lose muscle mass (muscle is a metabolically active tissue). This leads to a decrease in your metabolic rate by upto 15% (your metabolic rate is the rate at which calories are burned whilst you are at

The change in hormone levels during perimenopause can impact your memory as the brain recalibrates itself to the new normal. However, there are also other factors that also impact memory.

Let’s face it, you could do with a little extra sleep, more energy and a buffer against the stress that life throws at you. Good news,...

Books, magazines, and, yes, even your trusted nutritional therapist always have some handy, easy-to-follow advice to keep you healthy....

There is an argument that all foods are OK in moderation, and this is largely based on not having ‘being healthy’ become something that...

As a nutritionist, of course, I would say that what you eat really matters. As science into this area explodes, what we are becoming...

Being vegan is really fashionable right now, and those in favour of this way of eating will tell you that it’s the absolutely healthiest...

Even though winter has a lot going for it – woolly hats, hot chocolate, curling up with a book, thick socks, a log fire and other things...

Flu Fighter Vitamin C If there’s one vitamin most people have heard of, it’s vitamin C. Whose mum didn’t urge them to eat fruit –...

When hit our 40’s our hormones start to go awry and not just the ones associated with menopause, namely oestrogen and progesterone. If...

The peri-menopause can be one of the trickiest times for women to get their head around. One minute you’re 30, full of energy to do all...

1. Get a good night’s sleep Sleep is an important immune modulator (1). Lack of sleep is known to compromise our ability to respond to...