Have you noticed wrinkles appearing? Maybe you’ve noticed your skin doesn’t have the elasticity and spring it once did? Or have you...

When it comes to gaining weight, it turns out that where you store your fat maybe more important than how much fat you have stored. There are two very different patterns of fat storage that have very different metabolic effects and excess body fat becomes an issue when it is stored in the wrong place. The gynecoid pattern (typified as the pear shape figure) stores fat on the hips and thighs. This type of fat is stored below the skin in our subcutaneous tissue. It is found al

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

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...

When perimenopause hits one of the first things you may notice is that your memory is not as good as it once was. Do you find yourself...

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

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...