Health Hub

At our last Q&A we mentioned coffee and you put in the chat: “Please don’t take away my coffee!” 😀😅 And I get it. Truly. Because for me, coffee is a real love and hate relationship 😅 I love the taste, the smell, the ritual of it… It feels comforting, grounding,...

Today I want to share a story that might resonate with many of you. A little while ago, Swantje joined my programme who already knew so much but something was missing. She had a strong science and medical background, she followed all the big menopause accounts, she’d...

When I visited my wonderful friend of 20 years in Arizona, our plans almost changed. Instead of mountain hiking, it sounded like we might be visiting her mum. A 99-year-old, soon-to-be-100 woman. And I’ll be honest. How many of us would carry an image of what that...

I wanted to share a story that has stayed with me. One that quietly changed the way I practise medicine. I remember the moment she said, “Doctor, the tablets aren’t working anymore.” My heart failed a little. She wasn’t dramatic, just tired. She had done everything...

I was recently speaking at a webinar for the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine on “Menopause Beyond HRT.” At the end of the session, someone asked a really important question: “Is it worth starting HRT even if I don’t have symptoms - just to prevent osteoporosis?”...

I’ll be honest. I'm not into gadgets. And I’ve been sitting on the fence about continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) for a long time. They’re not new. They’ve been around for years, and for a while they felt like another health trend that promised insight but risked...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a flurry of questions from women in my community about creatine supplements, especially whether they can help with that frustrating midlife brain fog.  So, what's the scoop with creatine?  Let's take a closer look. But before we dive...

This week the BBC ran an article about cooking oils. They claimed that: 👉 vegetable oils are “absolutely fine” to cook with 👉 margarine is a safe fat to use daily and may even help reduce “bad” cholesterol 👉 olive oil isn’t suitable for deep frying And honestly? I...

You and I both know that the right nutrition has the power to nourish your hormones. But let’s be honest, nutrition advice around menopause can feel like a minefield. So much noise. So many contradictions.   One of my clients, Suzanne, felt so overwhelmed by all...

"Maybe it didn’t work because it wasn’t organic?" She said it just as she stood up to leave. We had just talked through her symptoms. Waking drenched in sweat. Tightness in her chest that came and went. Feeling short-tempered with the people she loved most. And a...