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What’s my gut got to do with my menopausal mood swings?

For years we’ve known that anxiety and depression contribute to gut problems like IBS, but stud-ies show that your gut could also be influencing your mood. I’m sure you’ve been advised at some point to trust your gut’. This is because you have a ‘hidden’ brain in there. This gut [brain] has 500 million nerve […]

Did you know that almost 50% of menopausal women say they feel depressed?

It’s Mental Health Awareness week and I’ve been reflecting on my struggles with depression over the past 40 years. I know what it’s like to not be able to get out of bed in the morning and feeling that life is just meaningless. I’m not a fan of anti-depressants because they do not work for […]

Did I mention that I was one of the 9% of women who have disciplinary action taken against them?

I posted recently about why I made the move from marketing director to menopause nutritionist. But I forgot to mention one key fact - that 6 years ago I was fired from my corporate job and be-came one of the 9% of women that have disciplinary action taken against them. A further 49% women consider […]

Why you don’t need to panic if you can’t [or don’t want to] take HRT

With the current [very welcome] media discussions about menopause you would be forgiven for thinking that there was only 1 solution to managing symptoms and that is by taking HRT. This annoys me for so many reasons!? 1. It treats menopause as a medical problem that needs to be solved. 2. It considers menopause as […]

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