With so much contradictory nutrition advice available on social media, read our guide to debunking nutrition myths.

Repurposed diabetes drugs are the latest "miracle cure" for weight loss. But what are the pitfalls and how can you avoid them?

Find out how diet and lifestyle can help you to grow a better beard.

Is menopause just about hormones, or is there another secret that the body is keeping?

A closer look at the real impact of alcohol on your health and how good nutrition can support your body to recover and offer some protection from the damaging effects of alcohol.

Sunshine carries both health benefits and health risks but balance between them is the key to good health.

Understand the difference between an allergy, an intolerance and a sensitivity and how to manage the symptoms.

If you've been suffering with debilitating digestive problems, you've probably been told it's IBS. Let's get to the bottom of it.

As we settle in for the winter ahead, taking care of our immune health and keeping our defences strong and able to protect us against those persistent seasonal illnesses becomes a priority. While we can't completely avoid exposure to all of those coughs and sneezes, we can certainly become Winter Warriors by supporting our body's natural defences with good nutrition. In this blog, we're going to explore how eating the right foods will help you to stay well as the temperatur

Ongoing research is finding that men with “higher male gender expressivity” a.k.a “manliness” are more likely to be in denial about their health concerns and less likely to seek treatment.* In other words being “manly” about your symptoms, thinking “I’m fine” and ignoring them could be a threat to your health.  So let’s have a look at some of these health concerns, their signs and symptoms and how you can take action. Prostate health. Prostate cancer is the most common cance

1 in 4 adults in the UK suffer from persistent heartburn so if you or someone you know are one of them please read on. What exactly is heartburn? Heartburn, or acid reflux, occurs when the stomach contents flows back and into the oesophagus, the tube that connects the throat and the stomach. As the contents of the stomach is acidic, this is what creates the burning sensation in the chest and throat. Why does this happen? It happens when the ring of muscle at the point where

This is a very good question and the answer lies within your nervous system. "My nervous system?" we hear you ask "how is my nervous system responsible for giving me heartburn?" More specifically, the answer lies within your autonomic nervous system, the evolutionary "fight or flight" and "rest and digest" responses that kick in when we sense danger and cool off once that danger has passed. From an evolutionary point of view, our fight or flight response kept our ancestors e

Supplements are big business. You see them advertised on television, on the back of buses, and in pretty much every magazine. Sales of supplements are forecast to reach £559m by 2025 according to Mintel research, with statista.com claiming that in 2024, the average spend on supplements per person in the UK will be just over £9. The claims that brands make are enticing: better sleep, stronger nails, shinier hair, improved energy, or even a catch-all solution to your health

Enjoy a refreshing burst of flavour that's packed with all of the nutrients you need to make a great start to your day.

There is no getting away from them – environmental toxins are everywhere. Toxic and hazardous substances are in the air we breathe, the water we drink, in our food, our homes and offices. Many of these have been linked to a variety of health conditions - reproductive, developmental, and behavioural disorders, disrupted thyroid function, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma and some cancers. That's pretty grim reading and so in this blog we are going to introduce

April is IBS Awareness month and it’s time to shine a light on one of the most perplexing digestive issues that we see in clinic. It is the most commonly diagnosed condition by gastroenterologists worldwide and affects 1 in 3 people in the UK, with numbers on the increase. So let’s take a look at the symptoms, how it is diagnosed, the potential causes, and most importantly what can be done to help.   What is IBS and how is it diagnosed? IBS is most commonly considered to be

When we think about our overall health, how many of us consider what is going on in our mouths beyond just having a bright smile?  The mouth is the gateway to the rest of our body and not taking care of it can pave the way for a variety of health issues as well as affecting the way in which the body use our food. For a start, the process of digestion begins in the mouth by breaking down our food, both mechanically by chewing and enzymatically, with the release of digestive en

First and foremost, a functional test is different to a blood test that you may have had in the past from a GP.  For us and our clients, functional testing is really useful tool that we can use to establish how various aspects of your body are functioning, providing us with a comprehensive set of health markers that can help determine the root cause of your symptoms. Because functional testing can identify patterns and imbalances, it is useful when we are trying to unpick mor

Christmas is all about enjoyment, tucking in to all of that seasonal food and drink and we are right there with you! But we also know how over-indulgence can leave us feeling more than a bit "meh" once the turkey has been turned into sandwiches, soup and a curry, the tree has shed the last of its tinsel and Santa has hung up his hat, sworn off the mince pies for another year and Rudolf and his mates have left the North Pole for a month in the Caribbean! So as we hurtle toward

Most of us know vitamin D as the "sunshine vitamin" and that it takes care of our bones, but we explore some of it's other super powers.