Propping up the bar at the IPM Conference
I recently attended an Integrative Personalised Medicine conference in London. A What? I hear you say. Well, this brings together those who work in conventional medicine with Functional Medicine practitioners and a wide range of holistic practitioners like myself. However we are all focused on evidence – based medicine which treats the whole person in…
Stress and why you shouldn’t ignore it
There are two aspects to the body’s central nervous system: the Sympathetic and Parasympathetic systems. The Sympathetic system is what we often call “Fight or Flight”. We find ourselves in a stressful situation and immediately our bodies start pumping adrenaline. This has a cascade of effects in the body but basically when we are adrenalized…