Health & Wellness blog

This morning I thought I had gone too far with the self-experimentation – as I woke up and thought I had gone blind. Now, the back story to this and the surprising eye-opener. As I have mentioned previously, throughout the whole COVID-19 situation, I have been watching, researching, trying to understand the stages of progression and the mechanisms of this

As I have mentioned previously, as a health practitioner I am lucky to be in a position to observe, research and think through what is going on in the world at present, so I have managed to remain reasonably calm whilst some seem to be prone to knee-jerking reactions and panic. How am I managing this with the continuously shifting

Thus far I have adhered to the mantra that has generally come to be associated with Brits in particular ‘KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON’, whilst the world has been swept by an invisible, treacherous common enemy labelled COVID-19 and governments have put various measures in place to manage the spread. All the while, I have listened to different perspectives on

In today’s competitive world that is globally connected where we are all under the microscope, appearances are often important as unfortunately they can determine peoples quality-of-life, well-being and often success. However, in the quest to optimise their appearances many people resort to accessible skincare and particularly those with skin problems are at the mercy of big, profit-orientated conglomerates. We have

The term ‘SUPERFOOD’ is often thrown around indiscriminately as it is not particularly well defined, so it often leads to confusion amongst the general public and even nutrition professionals like myself are often hard-pressed to give a precise definition. So, when asked in clinic whether someone should be focusing on superfoods, I am pretty specific about which foods I want

When I think back, running the London marathon has been on my bucket list for a couple of years and I have been preparing myself physically over a long period of time on-and-off, starting literally from the ‘bottom up’ last year by first going to the podiatrist at My Foot Dr to get my feet checked and taking their advice

As a Functional Medicine Practitioner and Nutritional Therapist I wholly believe in personalised nutrition and try to guide my clients towards a dietary approach that is appropriate for them as an individual, and naturally by extension, their family unit. Of course this does sometimes include adapting certain dietary protocols for therapeutic benefit and taking into consideration their personal preferences, financial

Amidst outbreaks of Measles and the persistence of other diseases such as Polio considered to be all but eradicated in the Western world due to preventative vaccination schedules, vaccination is a very divisive topic at present, particularly when it comes to parents’ right to choose whether or not, or otherwise when to have their children vaccinated. As a health practitioner

Most of the people who know me today will find it hard to believe that I was an early adopter of mobile technology. I had a mobile phone in the mid 90’s when they first became popular in Japan, albeit with VERY intermittent reception. I was working at one of the most globally recognized mobile communications companies when the early

When most of us are browsing aisles filled with a bedazzling array of luscious shampoos, body creams, luxurious shower gels and the like or we are floating past the enticing beauty counters of an upmarket department store, the image we have in our heads is likely somewhere along the lines of looking great for a special occasion or feeling confident