Helen Ritchie
Clinical Nutritional Therapist
Get rid of menopause joint pain once and for all!
Many of the women I work with complain of sore joints and a multitude of other aches and pains at menopause. The reason for this is that oestrogen is anti-inflammatory, so when levels are lower at menopause, you’re likely to be more inflamed. Think of inflammation as being damage inside the body. But there are […]
Introducing The Menopause Intensive
Menopause is an opportunity to become the person you’ve always wanted to be – a positive new life stage to be enjoyed to the full. It certainly shouldn’t be something to dread, suffer or struggle through, nor viewed as a problem that needs to be solved. After all, post menopause you could have another 30-40 […]
Myth: There’s nothing you can do about your menopause anxiety
There’s this crazy idea that once you start suffering with anxiety during menopause that you have to put up with it! ? Someone even once told me that my anxiety would last for 10 years … go figure! But, this just isn’t true! There’s lots you can do. Firstly, it's really important that you are […]
“I’ve lost weight, got more energy and have had to reduce my HRT… this really is the best thing I’ve done!”
Meet Kate. When I first met Kate she'd been struggling to lose the 1.5 stone she’d put on in the past year. Kate had tried everything. Cutting calories, Weight Watchers, Slimming World, Slimfast and fasting! BUT nothing she tried helped shift the weight. Here's how we worked together to lose that weight, increase her energy […]