Sometimes there are times in life when an opportunity arises and it is worth moving man and mountain to take it. Admittedly, my superpower has always been doing too much, rather than too little, but on this occasion, the action required me to slow to almost a complete halt, which was exactly what I needed. The Blue Zones are areas in the world where people live an exceptionally long and healthy life, with many individuals living to 100 or more years of age. As a Nutritional Therapy clinic...

Let's start with the basics - what does the thyroid actually do in our bodies? Why is it so important? The thyroid is a butterfly shaped organ at the base of the neck. Think of it as the accelerator pedal for the body: when underactive ('hypothyroidism'), everything slows down (temperature, energy production, cell growth, metabolism) and when overactive ('hyperthyroidism'), everything speeds up. You might have come across the idea of some people having a ‘fast’ or ‘slow’ metabolism, this is...

Migraines are complex- there isn’t one single cause, just like there is no one single type of person that suffers from them. At essence, migraines result from a loss of tolerance to our external environment, whether it’s too much heat, too much light, or they can also be triggered by our inner environment- a change in hormones, or an overload of inflammation produced in response to what we are experiencing. When we look to support individuals with migraines, the aim is always to increase that...