Pursuing Women's Holistic Health
Pursuing Women's Holistic Health
In a world where hand sanitisers, masks and gloves have become the order of the day not forgetting the influx of doomsday messages from the media, one can easily get overwhelmed by the media and forget to listen in on nature and doubt the resilience of our bodies. Now more than ever before has it become …
Where has Maca been all our lives?! This earthy flavoured superfood belongs to the cruciferous vegetables family, along with the likes of cabbage, broccoli, kale, turnips and brussel sprouts. Known to help balance hormones, heal the gut, detox the liver and prevent cancer! Maca is also an adaptogen that helps the body adapt to stress …
Building a strong immune system doesn’t always involve face-twisting, nose-pinching, eye-squinting bitter tonics! Thankfully nature has provided some very palatable and delicious ways for us to fortify our health. This vibrantly delicious recipe is made of ingredients that are rich in antioxidants and antimicrobials helping keep away all those bacteria and viruses. Pineapples, Oranges & …
Dynamite comes in small packages, in this case seeds. Seeds by nature are nutritionally dense foods. They are rich in minerals, vitamins, fibre, antioxidants and essential fatty acids needed to grow the next generation of food. Chia seeds are one of the best known plant-based sources of Omega-3 fatty acids. They are needed for healthy …
A delicious way to detox! Chlorella, Apples and citrus fruits aide detoxification processes while nourishing your body with essential vitamins and minerals for improved immunity and health. The liver is a key player in women’s hormonal health, it is responsible for metabolising hormones like oestrogen, excreting the metabolites and maintaining hormone balance. A sluggish liver often …
Who doesn’t love GUAC?! While on it’s own an already healthy dish, we couldn’t resist taking it up a notch and adding another superfood to it, broccoli. Broccoli is a cruciferous vegetable with a body of research that supports its medicinal properties making it a highly regarded functional food. It along with it’s other family members; …
When it comes to our hormones, it may seem like there are a lot of moving parts. It can certainly get overwhelming trying to understand which glands make which hormones, how many hormones do we have? What do these hormones do? How are they connected?etc. The endocrine system is complex, in this article we are …
Trying to conceive(TTC) can be stressful for any woman, so many questions race through her mind; ‘will I get pregnant?’ ‘can I get pregnant?’ ‘what if I can’t conceive?’ ‘what if I miscarry?’ ‘what if something goes wrong?’ ‘I know nothing about looking after a baby’ and queue a mini panic attack. Though some of …
Having talked with numerous women in my Wombman wellness consultations and in general conversations, it has become apparent to me that many women don’t know much about their hormones beyond high school biology. So it goes without saying that they are also not aware of the role hormones play in their overall health nor are …