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→
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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...Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
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...Continue reading→
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→
Birth, Pregnancy and Health – The Cranial Osteopathy Approach
Cranial Osteopathy is very much concerned about the balance of the body and this means attention to the spine, certainly, but also extends from the head to the pelvis, limbs and includes the internal organs. During pregnancy, the early surges of hormones can be very demanding on the new mum-to-be and may result in first...Continue reading→
How to give yourself a Spring Detox
If you ever wondered how to give yourself a natural Detox without any crazy tactics or expensive overhauls, check out our experts advice. Simple steps to give your body a new lease of life by Lloyd Gee our Resident Naturopathy at Shine, Stoke Newington Health Clinic.Continue reading→
