One of the common complaints I hear when I ask patients why they have come to see me is, “my hormones are all out of whack”! Often they come to me after they’ve already tried dieting to lose weight, tried libido tonics to feel sexy again, taken a bit of St John’s Wort...

What Causes Bloating

Do you ever feel like you want to switch into stretchy pants after a meal because you bloat after eating? Digestive bloating may be caused by the build up of gases in your middle or lower gut, by overeating or due to food intolerance. This kind of b...

Are you sick of hearing about gut bacteria yet?! Sometimes it seems that you cannot turn on the TV or open a magazine without seeing something about these little critters. It certainly reflects their importance and the exploding amount of research focussing on their ro...

It is usually impossible to know if you have osteoporosis, or it’s precursor osteopaenia. Most people (usually women) have a bone density test done at some point after menopause, as prior to this, the naturally higher level of oestrogen acts as strong bone protection....

Until now, my favourite mental health book was titled “Healing Without Freud or Prozac: Natural Approaches to Curing Stress, Anxiety and Depression” by David Serban-Schrieber (2004). The author was a psychiatrist who had become frustrated by the two key mainstream appr...