Helen Ritchie
Clinical Nutritional Therapist
“I’ve lost over a stone, reduced all my menopause symptoms and am loving the recipes..”
Meet Alison, who joined my last live group programme because she had put on weight, was not sleeping properly, and her energy levels were flagging. During the 4-weeks, Alison learnt the key pillars of how to use food as medicine at medicine to lose weight healthily and sustainably and reduce her menopause symptoms. The 7-day […]
Know what the most important hormone to keep balanced at menopause is? Clue – it’s not oestrogen!
The answer is insulin - are you surprised? Insulin is one of THE most important hormones affecting how you feel and what symptoms you’ll experience at menopause. When insulin is out of balance, usually due to blood sugar levels being all over the place, there are several knock-on effects on your sex hormones [oestrogen, progesterone, […]
What everyone who’s concerned about menopause weight gain needs to know…. counting calories & doing more exercise doesn’t work!
How to lose weight at menopause is a question I’m asked a lot. For too long we’ve been told that we just need to cut our calories do more exercise. But if that was good advice, why is it not working? The answer is that it doesn’t take into account what the food you’re eating […]
Myth: HRT is the only way to fix your menopause symptoms
If you believed everything you heard in the media, you’d be forgiven for thinking that HRT is the only way to fix your menopause symptoms. This makes me really angry for many reasons, not least because it’s doing a complete disservice to all women. ? Menopause is not a medical problem that needs to be […]