In the past decade, I’ve witnessed an increasing number of clients taking PPIs and then having difficulty in stopping them. They were originally intended for short term use only, but now I have clients who have been on these drugs for years. Therefore, any natural remedy which can support the process of coming off PPIs with the least amount of symptoms and rebound acid reflux episodes is very welcome. Not just in the UK but in many countries, interest in appropriate proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use...

Is the Heart More Than Just a Physical Pump? The heart is one of the hardest working organs in the body, roughly the size of our fist and beats around 100,00 times each day. Its main function is to continuously pump around 8 pints of blood around the body via our vast network of blood vessels. It delivers nutrients and vital oxygen to the whole body whilst carrying away carbon dioxide and waste products (www.bhf.org.uk).  Looking after our heart health through a nourishing diet, good hydration...

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome or POTS as it is known is a syndrome (not a disease) involving the autonomic nervous system. Most of us stand up without thinking about it, our nervous system quietly adjusts our blood vessels, heart rate and blood pressure to ensure blood reaches the brain. But, for someone with POTS this simple change of posture can trigger a whole cascade of symptoms.  POTS is a form of dysautonomia, meaning there is a dysfunction within the autonomic nervous system...