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When I get clients who have been told that they have IBS and think it's a diagnosis for life, it makes me sad.
Because it absolutely isn't!
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is exactly that - a syndrome. It's a collection of symptoms (diarrhoea, constipation, gas, bloating, abdominal pain), but it will always have a root cause.
Jill wanted to lose weight, get rid of her wheelchair and walk freely again, ease her joint pain, reverse her type-2 diabetes, and improve her chronically low energy.
Read on to see how she achieved her goals!
It can take women up to 2 years to replenish their bodies after having a baby, which tells us something of how resource-intensive it is to conceive, grow, birth, and nourish a baby. It’s recommended to prepare your body over 3-6 months to give the best chance of a healthy pregnancy. Here I share the steps I took to prepare my body.
For individuals grappling with chronic fatigue, finding answers and solutions can be a challenging journey. Thankfully, functional testing offers a window into the underlying imbalances that may contribute to this condition. By working with a Nutritional Therapist, like me, and delving deeper into our body's intricacies, we can uncover hidden clues and tailor targeted interventions.
What’s going wrong when we get PMS symptoms?
Primarily, it’s due to an imbalance in our key reproductive hormones: oestrogen & progesterone. Most commonly, we have a dominance of oestrogen to progesterone. There are many possible root causes as to why this is happening - finding out what's causing your personal imbalance is key.
If we’re not fully digesting and absorbing all of the food we eat, it can mean that some gets left behind in the gut to be fermented by our gut bacteria.
Ever had bloating and gas a couple of hours after eating? This is a common sign of food being fermented in parts of your gut where it shouldn’t be.
Coffee has been in the news lately with research highlighting its benefits, particularly for men. However, this obviously doesn’t apply to everyone, and so I wanted to shed some light on reasons why it might not be serving people so well…
Severe burnout can look and feel a lot like chronic fatigue; our doctor may tell us all the tests are normal, but we certainly don’t feel normal! I’m telling you, as is the WHO, that it’s a VERY REAL experience. And you CAN get help and you CAN feel better.
In 2017, after three years in a full on and stressful job, with large amounts of jet lag and extremely small amounts of self care, I experienced burnout. Not 'I need a holiday' burnout, but 'I can't do anything but sit in a chair and look at trees for six months' kind of burnout.