Helen Ritchie
Clinical Nutritional Therapist
Here’s how menopause is an amazing opportunity to become the person you’ve always wanted to be
Anxiety, brain fog & mood swings are common symptoms experienced by menopausal women. I can testify that I struggled with all 3. In fact, I believe they contributed to me losing my confidence and ultimately my job in corporate marketing. When this happened out of the blue 6 years ago, I was overwhelmed with a […]
Why the idea of exercising to lose weight is wrong!
You need to exercise to lose weight right? Wrong! This outdated thinking is based on the calories in/calories out theory of weight loss, which assumes all calories are equal and that you need a calorie deficit to lose body fat. This takes no account of age, sex, weight, lifestage or any other condition, nor of […]
The magical effects of flax seeds
Flaxseeds are my favourite phytooestrogen, which although many hundreds of times weaker than human oestrogen have the seemingly magic ability to increase oestrogen levels when they're low and reduce them when they're too high. This can be helpful not only menopausal women in reducing symptoms like hot flushes, but may also help with pre-menstrual syndrome […]
Why cholesterol is essential for life
Cholesterol gets a lot of bad press and since October is national cholesterol month, it seems like a good time to be talking about it. The most important thing you need to know is that cholesterol is an essential building block for many hormones including vitamin D, oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone. You may […]