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Skin, Hair & Nails: Beauty From Within
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Skin, Hair & Nails: Beauty From Within

Glowing skin, strong, healthy hair and resilient nails are often seen as cosmetic goals, something to be fixed externally. Yet these tissues are among the fastest renewing in the body, making them especially sensitive to nutrition, digestion, hormone balance, stress and sleep.   Hair follicles and nail-forming cells require a constant supply of nutrients, oxygen and hydration. When internal systems are under strain, changes in hair texture, shedding or brittle nails often appear alongside...
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Nutritional strategies to support seasonal allergy symptoms
Immune Health Lifestyle Medicine Allergies

Nutritional strategies to support seasonal allergy symptoms

Seasonal allergies are no longer a minor inconvenience for a small subset of the population. Allergic rhinitis, more commonly known as hay fever, now affects a substantial proportion of adults and children in the UK, with prevalence continuing to rise year on year. In recent research around 49% of people reported suffering with hay fever symptoms.[i] Beyond the familiar sneezing, itchy eyes and nasal congestion, hay fever is associated with poor sleep, daytime fatigue, reduced concentration and impaired...
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Endometriosis and functional medicine: Evidence‑informed insights for clinical practice
Detoxification Fertility & Pregnancy Women's Health

Endometriosis and functional medicine: Evidence‑informed insights for clinical practice

Endometriosis affects approximately 10–15% of women of reproductive age and remains one of the most challenging chronic inflammatory conditions encountered in women’s health practice. Characterised by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterine cavity, it is an oestrogen-dependent, immune-modulated and inflammatory disorder associated with chronic pelvic pain, infertility and significant quality-of-life burden.  Although conventional management, including...
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A Healthy Gut is…
Immune Health Digestive Health Phytonutrients

A Healthy Gut is…

For those involved in functional medicine, the significance of the human gut in the onset, persistence, and exacerbation of various health disorders is well established. A comprehensive care package often includes strategies for healing a dysfunctional gut, focusing on restoring the community of microorganisms and their connections both locally and systemically. While there are numerous safe and effective interventions available, the definition of a "healthy gut" can vary significantly among practitioners...
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Pathogens and Humanity – what next?
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Pathogens and Humanity – what next?

For centuries humans have experienced a shortening of their life’s potential due to infection and trauma – in most cases the end being brutal and fast. In the Western world through various changes to public health, medicine and diplomacy, these risks have significantly reduced – and until recently, were viewed with complacency. Rather, the wealthier and developing countries have extended lifespan and morbidity time frames, by leading lifestyles that kill us less dramatically, but erode capability...
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