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Could toxic load be driving your menopause symptoms?

This is an area not widely discussed in the media, however if you’ve been feeling extra hot and bothered lately, or mood swings, night sweats, fatigue, or stubborn weight gain are getting you down. It could be your toxic load. 🚫🧪 Our bodies and livers in particular are designed to detoxify the many substances we […]

Intermittent fasting and menopause: why timing matters

One of the common questions I hear from women navigating menopause is: Can intermittent fasting (IF) help with managing weight, energy, and symptoms? Firstly, let’s define what we mean by IF – one of the most common routines is 16:8, which is fasting for 16 hours including the overnight period when you’re asleep and eating […]

How Tina reduced her blood pressure and cholesterol naturally, lost weight and discovered a new found energy for life

Meet Tina, who came to see me to work on reducing her blood pressure and cholesterol naturally to avoid having to take prescription medication. New clients always fill out a detailed health questionnaire and from this and the information gathered during our first session I could see that Tina had three different autoimmune conditions and […]

Are these five habits making your menopause mood swings worse?

Mood swings are a classic menopausal symptom and caused by fluctuating hormone levels, as your body tries to cope with peaks in oestrogen and dips in progesterone. They’re a scaled-up version of premenstrual syndrome [PMS]. However, if you find your mood plunging for no apparent reason from feeling good to a deep sense of despair […]

Helen Ritchie

Windsor, UK

Registered Nutritional Therapy Practitioner

BA (Hons), DipION, mBANT, CNHC

E: helen@ritchnutrition.com

M: 07884 117768

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Helen Ritchie

Clinical Nutritional Therapist