ME and Nutrition
Why good nutrition is important for ME/CFS (and fibromyalgia) sufferers, with tips on what to eat and things to avoid.
ME & Stress: Limbic Kindling
Stress may cause ME/CFS, sometimes many years later. Stress may also explain why ME/CFS lasts for years. A look at the ‘Limbic Kindling’ theory and the role of the unconscious amygdala.
Menopause: breaking the taboo
Let’s talk about the menopause…what are the symptoms to look out for and natural ways you can alleviate them.
Stress: Part 2
The second post in my stress series. I discuss how chronic stress causes symptoms/disease.
Antibiotics: the longer term effects
Antibiotics are valuable and life-saving; but what happens after you have taken them. The importance of a rich and balanced gut microbiome together with a healthy and intact gut lining.
Dirty Dozen
Which fruits and vegetables should we prioritise buying organic, based on the US EWG’s annual ‘Dirty 12 - Clean 15’ lists
Hygiene Hypothesis
Looking at how changes in our diets, lifestyle and environment have led to the rise in asthma, allergies and autoimmune disease, especially in children.
Autoimmunity
Autoimmune diseases are typically explained individually; but what is autoimmunity and what are the common factors that may cause them?
Fibromyalgia
What is fibromyalgia, what causes it and what non-pharmacological therapies may improve its symptoms?