THYROID SERIES 101 Part 1 “Foundation & Functionality”
In this weeks article I wanted to start writing the first part in a series on the thyroid & go on in future parts to explain the connection to other [...]
THE SCIENCE OF STRESS IN FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE 101 “Symptom suppression vs underlying cause”
Every second of every day there are thousands of metabolic functions that occur within systems-biology, all playing an important part in keeping the body in a state of good health [...]
HISTAMINE 101 ”The scientific link between histamine, oestrogen, progesterone & cortisol from a Functional Medicine Clinicians perspective”
Headaches, itching, hives, swelling, flushing, racing heart, nasal congestion, digestion problems, irritability... do any of these sound familiar to you? If you’ve been living inside your irritating, allergic, itchy little [...]
TAURINE 101 “Definitely not a load of Bull”
In this weeks article I wanted to write a piece on a nutraceutical that I use a fair bit in clinical practice and that’s the amino acid ‘Taurine’. While it [...]
VITAMIN D & ITS ROLE IN IMMUNE HEALTH FROM A FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE CLINICIANS PERSPECTIVE “The Sunshine Vitamin”
So in light of vitamin D being in the spotlight quite a bit recently as a suggested supportive therapy for the immune system towards COVID-19 (even though there’s years of peer [...]
GUT/BRAIN AXIS 101 “The body’s second brain”
Before we were born, we didn’t have to worry about anything. All the building blocks to form the cells in our growing body were provided to us, in utero, by [...]
MY 10 FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING IMMUNE HEALTH IN FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE “Laying the foundations for functional wellness”
Over the last decade working in functional medicine (FM), I’ve worked on over 2000 cases with no 2 single cases being identical. All have had their own unique identity, and [...]
FIGHT OR FLIGHT 101 “The origins of our stress response system”
This weeks article is one of a number of articles that I’m in middle of writing, as part of “the science of stress” series, that I’ll be publishing over the [...]
THE ROLE OF THE GI TRACT IN IMMUNE FUNCTION 101 “If your name’s not down, you’re not coming in”
In this weeks article I wanted to delve into the science behind some of the systems-biology in Functional Medicine (FM), and talk about the integrative relationship between the digestive tract [...]
PHYSIOLOGICAL RESILIENCY 101 “Using science to leverage better health through the power of lifestyle medicine”
After of a decade learning from some of the best minds in Naturopathic & Functional Medicine (FM), the way I summarise our health is a complex relationship between our genetics [...]