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The DUTCH® test is a state of the art test from the US lab Precision Analytical Inc. that provides a clear and comprehensive look at our hormones, stress levels, oxidative stress (disease) markers and mood issues. Who should be tested: Hormones dictate your mood, weight, energy and sleep and when they are dysregulated, women will often experience: stubborn weight gain bloating and indigestion or food intolerances periods with pain, heavy flow, irregularity mood issues that range from irritability to turning into a ‘monster’ that is impossible to be around with depression and anxiety that can last for up to 2 weeks of the month frequent waking at night or insomnia sugar and/or salt food cravings that are impossible to control hair loss fatigue that creates dependency on
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Ketogenic diets have become popular and are actually the choice diet for many functional health practitioners. They have many documented benefits for neurological conditions such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's and can be used successfully to address weight issues in some people. I am sure there are people out there who have improved their glucose tolerance and lost weight by significantly reducing carb intake and increasing fat intake to 60-70% of their diet. However this has not been my personal experience or that of my clients.
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How do we address complex health conditions? what if there is a mental health issue AND a hormonal issue AND gut problems and you also want to get pregnant? Read about one of my client's journey's to health and to a healthy baby
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Gut health problems are rampant today and many people suffer from gut dysfunction symptoms such as: food sensitivities/intolerances, bloating and constipation, loose stools and diarrhoea, IBS, Crohn's and Celiac disease. Addressing gut health step by step and finding out your specific gut dysfunction is fundamental in addressing these.
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Do you feel like you are a slave to your hormones? Many women I see in clinic suffer from hormonal dysregulation and the effects of this are far reaching. Hormones dictate your mood, weight, energy and sleep and when they are dysregulated, women will often experience: stubborn weight gain bloating and indigestion or food intolerances periods with pain, heavy flow, irregularity mood issues that range from irritability to turning into a 'monster' that is impossible to be around with depression and anxiety that can last for up to 2 weeks of the month frequent waking at night or insomnia sugar and/or salt food cravings that are impossible to control hair loss fatigue that creates dependency on caffeine and alcohol low libido memory and attention problems frequent stress
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Do your parents or grandparents have heart disease? Diabetes? Alzheimer’s? Parkinson’s? MS? Cancer? Depression? Alcoholism? These conditions and many others have been shown to ‘run in families’. However, science is increasingly showing that it is not just the inherited genetics that predispose us to these and other ailments, but their interaction with the environment.
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Headaches and migraines in particular can have extremely debilitating effects on our lives and those who suffer from them say that they will do anything to stop the pain. Pain in itself is a big stress on the body and creates a vicious cycle of dependancy on over the counter and prescription pain medications.
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There is no doubt that our emotional health has a massive impact on our physical well being. The two are intimately connected. Despite modern medicine's strong insistence on separating the head from the body and viewing it as a separate entity, we are all one organism and emotions manifest physically as dis-ease and blockages in the physical body.
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Copper is an extremely under-estimated mineral in terms of its impact on our health and having it in proper balance can have dramatic consequences. Treatment of copper excess in children can be quite fast, however in adults there is no quick fix and clearing excess copper to restore optimal health requires diligence, commitment and a firm desire for wellness. I will go as far as to say that this is one of the trickiest imbalances facing our health today, and one with the biggest health benefits once rectified.
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The 'canaries in the goldmine'- our children have become the signal that something is very wrong with our microbiome, our brain, our immune systems and toxification of our environment
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