Yesterday the Guardian released a piece on protein markers in the blood which may provide an early predictor for dementia. It goes on to say how this could create potential for drug use sooner. However, it doesn’t talk about what we can do without drugs to reduce our risk before these markers are even discovered..

My study on the Metabolic Approach to Cancer has got me thinking about the need to understand our metabolic health, potential risks and, most importantly, what we can do to prevent disease before it takes hold.

Metabolic health is a term for how well the systems in our body function and it influences our risk for chronic disease. Symptoms are our warning lights for a broken system. What warning lights have you got going off?

You may know blood sugar plays an influential role in diabetes and obesity but how much do you know about how blood sugar impacts our health and why it’s important to keep it in balance?

Following what felt like a cold, I really struggled to bounce back. I was experiencing overwhelming tiredness and a myriad of other symptoms, including poor exercise recovery and I came to a dead end with my usual immune protocols. Functional testing helped me understand why.

With just 1% of the UK population achieving the baseline NHS Eatwell guidelines and just 1 in 4 adults reaching their 5 veg & fruit a day, it got me thinking why? Why are we so undernourished? Here’s my thoughts on what I consider could be possible contributing factors.

Winter often brings bugs and viruses. We can feel run down and lethargic. However there’s lots of things you can do now which can help prep your mind and body for the months ahead, helping you to feel fitter and brighter and put you in a strong position to ward off those nasty bugs that come along.

I was asked recently if I work with people on medications. This is an important question since many people are on medications, self or doctor prescribed. Here I run through my approach and the key considerations I take into account.

I was reading a great book this week about Health Coaching and came across a great tale which demonstrates nicely how preventative health practice such as nutritional therapy and health coaching works.

It involves a Waterfall….

Look around at your team or colleagues, do you know what’s on their mind when it comes to their health and wellbeing? Even more importantly, would you know how to support them? Whilst stress management should be a core pillar of any wellbeing plan it shouldn’t be all we focus on to promote health and wellbeing. Here’s 7 things to get you thinking more broadly.

Heard of a team coach, a business coach and a sports coach but wondering what on earth does a health coach do? It’s kinda the same thing but for health, based in positive psychology and draws on various other psychology frameworks.

When people think about nutrition, they think diet plans, eating salads, strict regimes of what to eat and what to avoid. So when I tell people I’m a nutritional therapist, I’m often faced with puzzled looks of “I think I know what that is but I’m not sure”. If that’s you, or you have completely no idea and want to know more, then this blog should help you. You might even decide to give it a try!

I’ve often wonder why people chose the toughest month of the year to make multiple big changes in their lifestyle?! January is HARD. We’re in the deepest depths of winter, so don’t make it harder for yourself by setting yourself multiple changes or unrealistic goals. Here’s a few things to think about before you embark on your resolutions.