Helen Ritchie
Clinical Nutritional Therapist
What does D stand for? December? Darkness? Depression? Vitamin D?
Ah December! A month filled with bright lights, festive cheer, and… for some a difficult time of year. These cold, dark, short days of winter and lack of light can really affect your mental wellbeing - especially menopause. Today is the 7th anniversary of my youngest sister Rachel’s suicide aged 45 [almost 50% of menopausal […]
Why you can’t out-supplement a poor diet – especially at menopause!
When troublesome menopause symptoms hit us, our pill for an ill healthcare system makes it likely you’ll think first about what supplements will help magically fix your symptoms. Forgetting that the groundwork in good nutrition and lifestyle practices are an essential foundation and starting point to managing your symptoms naturally. I see so many questions […]
Meet Cathy who found a solution to her longstanding constipation in just 2 weeks AND lost her first 2KG
Meet Cathy who had been constipated for as long as she could remember. She had also been struggling to lose the 1.5 stone she’d put on in the past year, which is the rea-son she came to see me. Cathy had tried everything from cutting calories, to Slimming World, Weight Watchers, Slim-Fast and intermittent fasting. […]
My take on the new draft NICE Guidelines on the identification and management of the menopause
There’s been so much polarising media coverage of the new draft NICE guidelines for identification and management of menopause in the last week, that if you believed everything you read, you’d be right to be angry! Word of warning, consider any inherent bias of the writer! Mine being towards the natural management of 'troublesome symptoms' […]