Helen Ritchie
Registered Nutritional Therapist
Hormone testing: why you should test & not guess!
Hormones are complex and can be erratic at menopause and blood testing may not give you the full picture of what’s happening in your body. Hormone levels may be fine at 2pm at the time the blood is taken, but at 2am it could be a whole different story. Plus, there are many more hormones […]
3 ways to reclaim your lost libido in menopause
Low libido is common in menopause and affects more than 51% women ac-cording to a British Menopause Society survey. Lower oestrogen levels are to blame, not helped by stress, weight gain and poor sleep. However, your libido is an indicator of your vitality and a source of great crea-tivity – so is definitely worth fighting […]
How to stop menopausal anxiety at work
When the brain’s hormone centre (the hypothalamus) sees lower oestrogen levels in menopause, particularly receptors on the amygdala (the brain’s fear and panic centre), it seems to panic, decreasing production of the feel good hormones serotonin and dopamine and ramping up noradrenaline. The end result is anxiety. It can be really debilitating - so what […]
Meet Suzanne – who now has the rest of her life to look forward to
We’ve worked together on greatly improving her energy levels, reducing her mood swings and her brain fog. When I first met Suzanne, she felt like a broken person. She was finding it hard to see to the end of the day. She was struggling with extreme mood swings, zero energy and brain fog that left […]