Eczema is an inflammatory skin condition characterised by red itchy, scaly thickened skin which can also weep and ooze. It is a chronic condition which starts in childhood with intermittent flares and spontaneous remissions. Backs of knees, crooks of elbows are the most commonly affected areas – but it can be anywhere. It’s made worse…
What Is Morning Sickness?
A few weeks into pregnancy everything you ever thought you’d want to eat to keep your baby healthy goes out the window. You find yourself wandering around supermarkets not knowing what to put in your trolley. Kitchens become battlefields. Opening the bin. Cooking smells. Opening the fridge. Leftovers. Perfectly innocent, recently opened jars scream out…
How to Turn Your Teen Into A Lean Mean Eating Machine
Having a teen is a bit like trying to feed a tantrumming toddler. Suddenly they turn their noses up at their favourite go-to foods and start making their own choices. Instead of spitting out their food and spreading it all over the walls they have their own teenage version of refusal. They avoid calls to…
Painful Bladder Syndrome And How To Help
Painful Bladder Syndrome (PBS) or Interstitial Cystitis is a chronic inflammatory condition of the bladder. As a result of repeated irritation, and damage to the epithelial lining, the protective layer of mucous and its soup of ‘good’ bacteria is stripped away leaving the nerves irritated and bladder wall increasingly exposed, red raw and eventually ulcerated…
BABY MAKING
Preparing for pregnancy means eating better for a few months before trying to conceive. An egg takes 150 days to fully mature – which gives you a four month window to make a difference. Even if you only have a few weeks to prepare the sooner you start the better. And it should include both of you….
Making Good Sperm
Unlike a woman’s eggs, which we are born with: sperm are constantly made in a cycle which takes about 80 days. That’s good news because it means the quality of a man’s sperm is constantly shifting and changing and can be improved with good nutrition and other lifestyle changes. How a man eats, exercises, what…
