Posts by Caren Wigmore
What is premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)?
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a much more severe form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). It is a cyclical hormonal disorder – meaning it comes in cycles and is linked to your menstrual cycle. It can be a severe and chronic medical condition that needs attention and support for mental and physical wellbeing. By Caren Wigmore,…
Read MoreThings You Wish You Always Knew – 6 Ways To Influence Cancer Risk
We all know that our diet and lifestyle have a day-to-day influence on our health and wellbeing. But you may not realise that epidemiological studies have confirmed a 31-47% reduction of certain cancer risks over 7 years by adopting some simple but effective changes. There are a number of cancer-related events in February, including World…
Read MoreTips For Better Sleep
“Sleep dispenses a multitude of health-ensuring benefit, yours to pick up in repeat prescription every 24 hrs should you choose” – Matthew Walker This is my new favourite topic – a patient of mine put me onto a book called: Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker: what a cracker of a book it is! By…
Read MoreWhat Are Essential Fatty Acids?
Essential fatty acids or EFAs are polyunsaturated fatty acids that cannot be made in the body which is why it is essential that we ingest them through the diet or supplementation. There are two families of EFA’s omega-3 and omega-6. Incidentally Omega 9 fatty acids can be produced by the body so dietary ingestion is…
Read MoreThe High’s and Low’s of Stomach Acid
High Stomach Acid/ Reflux/ Indigestion/ discomfort or burning pain in your sternum – we’ve all experienced that nasty symptom at some point but are you sure it was due to high stomach acid? Did you know that low stomach acid can cause similar symptoms? By Caren Wigmore ND. Patients are often really surprised when I…
Read MoreHow to protect your gut this festive season
Food is a wonderful way to connect and engage and share and spend time together over – but for all the goodness of connection depending on WHAT we are eating it can tip the scales of health in the wrong direction. So how do you protect your gut health this festive season? By Caren Wigmore ND.…
Read MoreWhat do throat clearing, repeated eye blinking, sniffing and a reflexive head movement have in common?
Individually each of these symptoms have many possible causes and each needs to be assess and identified as discussed in the lists below; but collectively, in the same child they present a very different picture. So when should you be concerned about childhood tics and is there any natural treatments that may help? By Caren…
Read MoreNavigating Perimenopause
Author: Caren Wigmore ND Not much is said about Perimenopause – the gradual change (or not so gradual for some) from a regular cycle to cessation of them. The symptoms might be mild or significant – on the mild side it often starts off like this: a patient will tell me: “I’m just not losing…
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