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What upsets me is when women start gaining weight – perhaps after having children, during busy periods, or approaching menopause/perimenopause – and doctors run basic tests, find “nothing wrong,” and simply say, “Eat less and exercise more. You’ve had babies. You’re getting older. There’s nothing wrong with you.” That’s not the answer. When these women return
Our medical system has trained us to focus on a “break-fix” approach. We’ve stopped thinking about what is happening within us, focusing instead on what is happening TO us. This mindset extends to supplementation and nutrition too.We take supplements for the sake of supplementing, but is it what our body needs?We eat less and exercise
Jane got really sick with the first wave of CV-19 in 2020 after a holiday in LA just before the lockdowns started. She was told she had post viral fatigue and was taking supplements and herbs from the local acupuncturist, just to get enough energy to make it through her work day. After several months
Menstrual dysfunction is something we see regularly in the clinic and is unfortunately very misunderstood. Menstrual conditions are all very different.Not all of them include pain; however, each one is highly connected to something in the immune system. PCOS is not painful, but presents with ovarian cysts, irregular periods, weight gain, and light periods in the
One of the most common things we hear in the clinic from our patients is the journey from one doctor to another for multiple health challenges. Many don’t get a diagnosis, or, may have one or two things come up in their blood work, but go on to still feel mediocre… They see a gynaecologist
She was chubbier than the other girls in high school. She couldn’t lose weight after having her girls. And as soon as she hit menopause, she was eating like a bird, exercising, doing everything right, and gaining weight. She was bigger than ever. Two years prior to coming to us, Sadie decided to have the
Yesterday, we had a woman come to us saying her doctor told her that her hives were a menopause symptom. Last week we spoke to a woman that was having trouble with her asthma.But, now two years after menopause, she is covered in hives that the doctor’s want to treat with steroid cream. It’s amazing
Currently, bacteria overgrowth is in the hypothesis stages of development for gastrointestinal medicine. SIBO, small intestinal bacteria overgrowth, has been in the hypothesis stage since 1987. Whilst there hasn’t been much progress in the treatment of bacteria impairment, at least we know that the medical community is studying what is happening. Gut dysbiosis, leaky gut,