Did you know that the weather can affect your posture?As we head into the colder season, it is worth thinking about the subtle changes we all tend to make to our posture as the temperature drops. These changes may be subtle but they make a profound impact on many areas of our lives. Being aware...
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The 9 secrets of a healthy, long life
With the right lifestyle, the experts tell us, the chances are that you could live up to a decade longer. But what’s the best prescription for long health? Is there a stand-out combination of diet and supplements that enhances lifespan and quality of life?In 2004, Dan Buettner teamed up with National Geographic and hired the...Continue reading→
The healing power of herbal medicine and naturopathy
Natural health treatments offer powerful solutions to many of the problems that confront us as we age. They can help women through the menopause, replenish your increasingly dehydrated skin, soothe the negative effects of stress or anger and help to prevent osteoporosis by regulating the minerals and vitamins in your body.Treatments can vary from herbal...Continue reading→
Understanding Fertility Acupuncture
Fertility Acupuncture at Shine, with Marian Fixler and Valeria Frank. The fertile ground of acupuncture: For many couples the process of trying to conceive can be a long, complex and emotional one. The reasons that many struggle with fertility issues are many and varied. In recent years, many women have been delaying conception until their...Continue reading→
The benefits of eating ‘good’ meat
Many people don’t eat meat for ethical or environmental reasons, but the ‘right’ kind of meat can be an excellent source of nutrition, supplying vitamins B3, B6, B12, iron, zinc and selenium.However, the nutritional value varies depending on how the animal was reared and how the meat is then processed and cooked. Meat from grass-fed...
A naturopathic approach to stress, anxiety and depression
A well-balanced emotional state is vital to good health, but symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression commonly feature in health problems or illness.Continue reading→
Postnatal support
Pregnancy and childbirth is a time of huge physical and emotional change, an amazing journey which can never the less be quite challenging. Most women look after themselves really well during their pregnancies, eat healthily, practice yoga or exercise regularly, have massage/shiatsu/acupuncture sessions to help their bodies adjust to the pregnancy … but in general...Continue reading→
Seven natural ways to a healthy heart
Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer in the UK, the effects of poor diet, lack of exercise and stress impacting terribly on the nation’s arteries, causing them to thicken and harden. The good news is that the disease is preventable, being largely dependent on your lifestyle choices.In Chinese medicine, the heart is known to...
Acupuncture & Menopause
The menopause is a natural physiological event and marks a time of transition from one stage of life to another. Typical symptoms associated with the menopause include hot flushes, vaginal dryness, sleep disturbance and weight gain. These are all a response of the body to dropping levels of oestrogen and most women experience one or...
Acupuncture for pregnancy
Even though pregnancy is a normal physiological condition, women can find their daily lives hampered by a range of symptoms including nausea & vomiting, back and pelvic pain, heartburn and anxiety. If the baby is in breech position or lying posterior (back to back to the mother) this can also affect the outcome of labour....Continue reading→
