Put another way, are GBHs causing you GBH? Are glyphosate-based herbicides causing you grievous bodily harm? Glyphosate is a herbicide which is widely used in arable farming across the world. It kills weeds, or plants that farmers don’t want in their crops. In the UK, its use has increased 1000% since 1990 (https://www.pan-uk.org/glyphosate-rise-in-the-uk/). It was originally patented to strip metals from pipes, because it’s a metal chelator. It “holds on” to metals. It w

I ran an online webinar recently, the title of which was “Homeopathy for Acutes: A Practical Guide”. It was well-attended and received (thank you folks), and I might repeat it next year. One of the ideas that I spoke about during the webinar was that many homeopaths consider homeopathy for acute situations to be the “highest form” of homeopathy. Could homeopathy offer sliding doors moments? I think this idea goes back to the late, great Dr Robin Murphy, MD, who died in Novemb

A post about Alzheimer’s, dementia, cognitive decline today. A subject close to a lot of peoples' hearts because there is so much of this disease out there. Close to my heart too …my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s a couple of years ago. To date there have been no real therapeutic advances in this field. None of the drugs trialled has had any significant impact. But now there is hope….Dr Dale Bredesen and Apollo Health have published the preliminary results of his ran

If you find yourself suffering from: Cold hands and feet General sensitivity to the cold Abnormal hair loss Losing the outer third of your eyebrows Low energy, feeling generally sluggish Gaining weight Constipation Dry skin, cracked heels, thickening skin and nails Rising cholesterol when you get your blood tested Feeling anxious …then your doctor may well suggest you get a thyroid blood test – they will be thinking that you may be suffering from hypothyroidism, or an und

I do love a gut test - here's a tale of one client which highlights why I love this test so much - it can flag up issues before they...

We hear about this “gut-brain” connection or axis all the time, but do we know what it actually means? We know that the brain and the gut...

Hey all Some news!! I kept this under wraps a bit (well, I had no choice, I signed a non-disclosure agreement!) but there has been a...

Copper…we think of a bright shiny orangey-brown metal, pipes under the sink, copper gone green on an old church spire. It conducts really...

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It's easier than you think. I am borrowing massively here from the title of a book written by Dr Ben Lynch back in 2018 - “Dirty Genes” -...

Hey all! Apologies I have not written in a while, it has been busy. I wanted to talk a little bit about that workhorse of an organ, the...

Such a little word, but used to cover such a huge range of human experience. We use it so often. It was first used outside of the world...

This blog is about fats: what to buy, eat, cook with, how to store them. It’s kind of hard to talk about fats without getting a bit...

Chronic fatigue has been in the news a lot recently - and with good reason. It comes with many names – chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia,...

It is way past the beginning of the year – it’s almost March! But let’s just go back a moment to January (“do we have to???” I hear you...

There has been quite an uptick this month in people signing up for homeopathy. Great! I just thought I’d take this opportunity to go over...

Healing, getting better, improving your energy. Call it what you will, how's it going for you? I have had a wonderful fortnight as a...

A bit of fun with a serious message underneath. Those who know me well will know I'm an avid reader. To celebrate this, I have this picture on a wall in my house made up of lots of front covers of Penguin paperbacks (thank you Gemma), and it occurred to me how many of them could feature in a piece on peri-menopause and menopause ....read the covers below as you would a comic strip before you read the text of this blog! On a more serious note, peri-menopause can be a really ch

When I first contracted parvovirus B19 (otherwise known as “slapped cheek”) from my kids, I was floored. The first part was the acute...

First off, a bit of news. Until very recently I was operating my practice out of my home in Southfields, SW London. 2 weeks ago we moved...