Natures Aid

My daughter is 14, and I keep expressing my surprise that she is still a delight to spend time with! I remember all too vividly from my own teenage years the angst, the mood swings, the anxiety and the skin problems – so, in the next few blogs, I am going to have a look at various aspects of teenage health and the natural products which could be helpful. One thing which many people associate with the teenage years is skin problems. Acne is a problem for many and can... Read More

As a Nutritional Therapist one of the things I am asked about a lot by my clients is how to improve their quality and quantity of sleep. For this reason, I watched with great interest the program presented by Dr Michael Mosely on the BBC – ‘The Truth About Sleep’. INSOMNIA IS A GROWING ISSUE: I was not surprised by the revelation that over the last 60 years the amount of sleep we are getting as a nation has decreased by an average of 1-2 hours, with very few adults... Read More

The office Christmas party.  The get together with friends.  The family gatherings. Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve!  There can be no doubt that this time of year can be, for many, a time of over-indulgence.  Too much food, and – sometimes – too much drink!   In this blog, I’m sharing my favourite products to stock up on – to help prevent the after effects of that over-indulgence – Digestive Enzymes & Milk Thistle. WHY DO DIGESTIVE ENZYMES HELP? For those of us who often end up eating more... Read More

March 11-15 is Brain Awareness Week. So, I thought I would take this opportunity to look at natural ways to support brain health – starting with Omega 3 for children. Childhood is a major period of brain growth and development: The period from birth to two years is a primary growth phase, with additional spurts of development at around two years, between seven and nine years, and then again during mid-adolescence.  WHY OMEGA 3 IS NEEDED: There has been much publicity about the potential benefits of omega 3 for this... Read More

It seems we are well and truly heading towards winter again! The clocks have changed, the nights are definitely drawing in and – confession time – my heating has gone on. The office I work in also has heating and air-conditioning, and – like many others I’m sure – I find that this combination of factors leads to dry skin and chapped lips. The good news though, is that there is no need to suffer! There are plenty of lovely natural products which can help with dry, wintery skin. 1.... Read More

As the summer holidays approach, there are many people talking about a summer detox. What exactly does this mean? Well, a summer detox has two main purposes: 1. To help shift those final few pounds before you hit the beach 2. To support a natural process that occurs in our body In this blog I’ll be talking about the benefits of a summer detox, and sharing my top tips to help make your summer detox a success. WHAT IS A DETOX? Our body is constantly going through a process of... Read More

I am often asked whether there is anything that will help people sleep better. The problem is, like so many things in life, whilst there are natural remedies which can help people to sleep better there is not a simple one size fits all solution. We are all individual, and the reasons why we may be having problems with sleep are many and varied. For example, I had one gentleman come to see me a few years ago – the reason he was struggling to get to sleep at night... Read More