Helen Ritchie
Clinical Nutritional Therapist
5 practical tips for a healthy & happy new year
At this time of year, there’s mountains of food and booze around us and it's so easy to lapse into the 'New Year Resolution' mindset. You know what I'm talking about, the 'I'll start my new eating | exercise | de-lete as appropriate | regime on January 1st" mindset. After all what difference will 2 […]
“I can’t believe it, my hot flushes have gone, I don’t need to pee in the night, my mood swings are vastly improved, my restless legs have disappeared AND I’ve lost weight!”
Meet Chris, whose symptoms, after 6 weeks inside The Menopause Method, have either gone or vastly improved. When we met, her perimenopausal symptoms were getting her down. She was put-ting on weight; suffering hot flushes with nausea; having to get up at night to pee; feeling like an emo-tional wreck; and had muscle cramps and […]
Why you should embrace your [menopause] moody bitch!
Mood swings are a classic menopausal symptom and caused by fluctuating hormone levels as your body tries to cope with peaks in oestrogen & dips in progesterone. They’re a scaled-up version of premenstrual syndrome [PMS]. So if you find yourself more easily triggered [especially at this time of year]and one moment deliriously happy to the […]
Why I love cold water swimming
Today is the 6th anniversary of my youngest sister Rachel’s suicide and I thought it appropriate to share some of the benefits of cold water swimming and why I do it. Firstly because it most definitely improves your mental wellbeing. A study has shown it can lead to an ‘immediate improvement in mood following each […]