Blog — mental health

When you think of comfort foods, what comes to mind? Which foods are nostalgic and have a sentimental value? You know those ones that soothe your soul and make everything feel good again….  You would be forgiven for thinking of sweets and artificial foods. Everything that is likely to provide complete and utter DIS-comfort. We live in a world today where comfort foods have changed.   With winter well under way we crave foods with a comfort factor, whether for indulgence, nostalgia or to cater for boredom! Comfort food used to be traditional home cooked foods that brought on a...

I need to admit something - I have felt like a fraud. I speak and write all about gut health, the benefits of bone broth, and share as much research on the microbiome as I can…. all while mine is a complete mess. It is at times embarrassing. Who am I to talk of the benefits of bone broth while I look the way I do? While I struggle with anxiety, panic attacks, food intolerances, bloating, toxicity, obesity, autoimmune disease in the form of hashimoto's hypothyroid, fibromyalgia, lupus and chronic fatigue syndrome…. How can I claim to know what is good for healing when...

Written by ELG.  Conventional medicine views the body in terms of distinct systems, and therefore often sees the mind as independent from the rest of the body. As a consequence, those who struggle with mood imbalances assume that treating their body will have no effect on their mental health. Common mood imbalances that I see are mood swings, anxiety, depression, irritability, difficulty concentrating, poor memory, lack of focus, and brain fog. If you suffer from any of these, your symptoms may be attributable to one underlying infection: Candida overgrowth. Candida is a yeast, which is a form of fungus, a very small amount of...