Helen Ritchie
Clinical Nutritional Therapist
Why tackling stress has to be your top priority at menopause
Tackling stress has to be your top priority at menopause because it makes every single symptom worse. Stress drives brain fog, hot flushes, night sweats, anxiety, mood swings, poor sleep and even weight gain. Why? Because at menopause when your ovaries stop producing oestrogen, your adrenal glands take over. So if they are busy pumping […]
Why Osteoarthritis isn’t about wear and tear!
Let’s say goodbye to the outdated notion that osteoarthritis is all about wear and tear on the joints. It isn’t! In some cases yes, it can be, but mostly it’s about inflammation [internal damage] caused by poor diet and lifestyle. Our joints are much more than mechanical parts. They are complex structures made up of […]
How to reverse osteoporosis & osteopenia
When I was diagnosed with osteoporosis and osteopenia in 2021 I started on a new programme of nutrition and lifestyle changes to reverse this scary reduction in my bone density, AND my most recent DEXA scan show it is working! 🎯 Step one is to ensure you're eating enough protein every day and at every […]
What do you want 80 to look like? Healthspan versus Lifespan
Did you know that the average lifespan of a woman in the UK is 81 years old? It’s an impressive figure when you consider the progress we’ve made in medicine, public health, and overall living conditions. But here's the worrying part: the average healthspan - the number of years lived in good health, free from […]