One of the key components in understanding chronic fatigue syndrome/ME is to understand the role of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and how an altered or dysfunctional ANS may be creating and/or exacerbating the symptoms associated with...
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As we head into winter, the urge to hibernate is real. For many of us the shorter, colder days make it harder to stay alert so we need all the help we can get. A great place to start is to look at what you’re eating.
The food we eat has a big...
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Tiredness
November is National Diabetes Month 2019. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death, and is the leading cause of;
blindness lower limb amputations heart disease kidney failure early death
You have a higher risk of diabetes if;
you...
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Diabetes
With shorter days and longer nights; as the wind bites and the duvet is sorely missed while you battle for a seat on public transport; it is time to think about arming yourself for the colder season. Winter may well be a time that we find ourselves...
Sleep is something we could all do with a bit more of. When I decided to have one early night a week - trying to turn the light out at 10 pm - the result I had from simply having a bit more sleep was remarkable. I had more consistent energy so I...
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Stress
What is stress? By definition, stress can be physical or emotional and may have some environmental components too. It is characterised by a feeling of being overwhelmed by a situation that's hard to manage - also referred to as the 'allostatic...
Like many other children born in the '70s, I have a mouth full of a vast array of different metals. Over the years, some have been replaced with different materials such as composite and porcelain (when I could afford it), and some teeth have needed...
Firstly, you may be asking what is a microbiome? Let us start by removing the jargon. Simply put, our gut microbiome refers to all the bacteria and microorganisms that exist within our small and large intestines. We have microbiomes (collections of...
Can gut bacteria make you gain weight? Can you really blame your bacteria for your weight? The simple answer to that is YES! The balance of your gut bacteria is very strongly linked with obesity and metabolic disturbances. People visiting a...
Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by various species of Borrelia. These are all spirochaetes (spiral-shaped bacteria), that can in certain circumstances change into a cyst-like form that is very hard to detect. The disease is in most...
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