Category: All blog articles
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Fenugreek: The Menopause Herb You Don’t Want to Miss
For menopause, there are many popular Western herbs, such as wild yam, black cohosh and red clover. Plus, there are Eastern and Ayurvedic herbs for menopause – such as Ashwagandha and Shatavari. Honestly, the list of herbs suitable for use during menopause can go on and on. Throughout history, different herbs for menopause have been…
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Defining Menopause, A Moment in Time
One of the main issues I find with perimenopause and menopause is the general confusion around the definition of menopause. This might sound a little ridiculous, but so many terms are used interchangeably that it can get a little puzzling. As with most things with health, defining menopause and related terminology comes down to a…
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The Eight Best Calcium-Rich Foods for Menopause
No matter where you are on your hormone health journey, the best time to start working on your bone health is now. As you probably know, osteoporosis is one of the significant health concerns for women after menopause. The high oestrogen levels maintained while a woman is still menstruating have a protective effect on bone porosity. After…
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My Top Five Grains for a Gluten-Free Diet
Years ago, when the gluten-free diet was new on the scene in clinical practice, I would roll my eyes at the idea of the then seemingly way-off assumptions that so many people were gluten-sensitive. Fast forward nearly 20 years, and I’ve grown to understand that gluten can play an astonishing role in influencing several health…
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Honouring the Celebration of Menopause
Life begins with the union of the divine spirit and the infinitesimal physical. This union evolves as the Soul Being becomes whole, with astral, physical and mental bodies merging and combining to create the most fascinating creature to walk on this planet. The birth of this Life Being is celebrated and rejoiced, and as this…
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Four Ways to Store Your Green Leafy Vegetables without Plastic
Green leafy vegetables are one of the most nutrient-dense foods to include in a balanced, healthy diet. They are rich in minerals – calcium, magnesium and vitamin K and folic acid, and they are a great source of fibre. I always suggest having a wide variety of green leafy vegetables – eating some raw –…
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Eating for a Sustainable Future: Seven Tips to Reduce Your Food Footprint
While many of us environmentally frugal types focus on ensuring that our printing paper is made from sustainable resources and our light globes are energy efficient, we often overlook the important role of what we put in our mouths and its impact on the environment. We are all consumers of food, and many of us…
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Seven Tips to Stretch Your Grocery Budget (While still eating healthy)
A common misconception among Western societies is that for a person to eat well, they need to be flush with funds. However, when you consider the costs involved in producing foods out of season and in the incorrect soil, with chemical pesticides and fertilizers, you begin to understand the true price of eating the unnatural…
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What are phytoestrogens and how do they affect hormones during menopause?
Phytoestrogens in food aren’t really new, but they seem to be getting a lot more attention these days. Although we’ve been eating phytoestrogen foods for a very, very long time, it wasn’t until the 1920s that phytoestrogens were discovered, and they became a ‘thing’. If we break the word phytoestrogen into its components, ‘phyto’ means…
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My Five Best Herbs for Menopause
It goes without saying that herbal medicines are one of the most effective ways to alleviate discomfort associated with hormone imbalances. In this article, I discuss My Five Best Herbs for Menopause. There are so many herbs nowadays, and as a herbalist practitioner, I have access to many more than you would if you were…
