7 Reasons your Peri-Menopausal Symptoms could be your Thyroid
Natural medicine doctor and hormone guru, Lara Briden says the thyroid is our canary in the coal mine. If your thyroid is struggling—other tissues are struggling too. So, it’s worthwhile having a conversation about your thyroid especially if weight gain has been troubling you and you have low mood, constipation or high cholesterol – all signs … Read more
Thyroid foods – Brown Rice Sushi Recipe
Ingredients Brown rice sushi 1 cup (200 grams) brown short-grain rice 2 cups (500 millilitres) water 1 tbsp rice vinegar 3 sheets toasted nori (yaki-nori) 1 lebanese cucumber, seeded, cut into matchsticks ½ avocado Extras Sushi vinegar 2 tbsp Tamari soy sauce Wasabi Chicken 120 g chicken breast fillet, sliced thinly 1 tbsp Tamari … Read more
Thyroid and Weight and General Health
The Thyroid Dilemma What’s our thyroid really telling us? In the film “What the Bleep do we Know?” it is described in exquisite detail how our thoughts influence our body and how our hormones are the messengers of our thoughts. So the question isn’t “Could my weight/fertility/mood/cholesterol problem be caused by my hormones?” but actually, … Read more
What’s your blood say about you (2)
Live Blood Microscopy Looking at your live blood under the microscope is AMAZING! Your blood cells and other elements in the blood are a reflection of your physical health and your emotional health. Changes to the morphology (shape, size, structure) of your red blood cells indicates stress or burden on your body, particularly oxidative … Read more
More barriers to weight loss
Stress and poor sleep Our adrenal glands make the hormone cortisol in response to stress. Excess levels of cortisol can cause fluid retention, bloating and weight gain around the neck, trunk and abdomen. If stress is severe or prolonged, it can cause chronic elevation of the hormones cortisol and adrenaline and this can result in … Read more
Could it be your thyroid?
A new client came to me yesterday. She’d been diagnosed at 16 with an under active thyroid and she’d been on Thyroxine ever since. She’s now 40, obese and miserable. Many people believe their weight problem is caused by their thyroid being under active, but is it really? My experience tells me an under active … Read more
What can your temperature tell you?
Temperature testing is an important tool for more than just knowing your basal metabolic rate. Let’s have a look at what you can learn from your temperature. Metabolic rate (BMR) Your normal body temperature is said to be around 36.9 degrees but, in fact, normal BMR is between 36 and 37 degrees. Menstruating women in … Read more
The truth about weight loss!
The truth is that being overweight is the symptom, not the cause; it’s the consequence, not the action or, to use a familiar quote, it’s the horse that has bolted, not the gate that someone left open! Trying to “fix” consequences never works. So what are some of the possible causes? Stress The biochemical result … Read more
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