April 3rd - Cork 103 FM Health Slot

Anneliese talks natural health matters with Patricia Messenger on Cork 103FM on April 3rd.

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  1. Menopause: Natural HRT with plant-based hormones can help prop up fluctuating oestrogen levels during perimenopause. Plants like shatavari, red clover, dong quai, soya, lignans, black cohosh provide isoflavones that have natural oestrogenic effects. Good for all of the symptoms: hot flushes, sore joints, anxiety, sleeplessness, low libido, irritability, low mood, brain fog, headaches, vaginal dryness. More specifically, Vitamin B6 is great for tender breasts and anxiety; sage is fantastic for hot flushes, damiana, maca and wild yam for low libido, saffron for low mood. Go for a combination product that will address multiple symptoms. Our customers get great results with NutriAdvanced MegaMag Perimenopause Support. Also very good is Revive Menoactive, Terranova Dong Quai, Natures Plus Menopause Support.
  2. Low kidney function: Follow a low salt diet to take stress off the kidneys. The DASH diet is very effective. Foods that support the kidneys are celery, nettle, foods such as berries, apples, cranberries, dark green leafy vegetables, cauliflower, and cucumber. Drink lots of water. Herbs that can help are nettle, cornsilk, buchu, marshmallow, birch, uva ursi, solidago, juniper. We recommend Dr Clare Cystone and a probiotic like Quest Cranbiotix.
  3. Food intolerance: Unlike food allergies, food intolerances or food sensitivities are a low grade immune response and can be hard to pin down. Symptoms can be IBS, eczema, headaches, rashes, inflammation. Doing a test can help to pinpoint the exact foods causing problems and often removing them from the diet for a period can help resolve symptoms. The Health Hub do lots of food intolerance tests for customers and often the main culprits are egg white and dairy. Other types of food intolerance can be caused by an inability to digest the food itself. For example, gallbladder problem will cause an intolerance to foods high in fat, a deficiency of lactase enzyme will mean that you will be lactose intolerance. Generally, taking a digestive enzyme that contains the correct balance of specific enzymes that you need will help resolve those symptoms.
  4. High cholesterol: The ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) is important. Divide your HDL by your total cholesterol and multiply by 100. That percentage should ideally be above 24%. An even better predictor of heart disease is the triglyceride (TG) to HDL ratio. Divide your TG by HDL. Ideal percentage should be below 3 for men and below 2 for women. Best for reducing cholesterol is Red Rice Yeast and plant sterols. Our customers love Higher Nature Red Sterol Complex, Cardio K, Terranova Red Rice Yeast, and Zerochol plant sterols.
  5. Psoriasis: The immune system causes skin cells to divide and multiply far faster than usual and the result is a build-up of scaly, inflamed patches. Drivers of the immune system dysfunction can be food intolerance, environmental, gut dysbiosis, diet and lifestyle so figuring this out is important to treat at the root level. Supplements that can help are high strength DHA fish oils, oregon grape root capsule and also using oregon grape root balm. Avoid chemical personal hygiene products.