Author: Kate Arnold

  • How to Change Behaviour Patterns

    How to Change Behaviour Patterns

    A very warm hello to everyone. I hope this article finds you keeping well. Winter seems to have gone on forever which makes it so hard to make any long term health changes. However, as we’ve seen with the sunny days of the last week or so, spring is inching its way here and even…

  • Overwhelmed with health conditions?

    Overwhelmed with health conditions?

    THE SIX WEEK CHALLENGE Have you recently been diagnosed with one of the following health conditions, and feel overwhelmed? High cholesterol High blood pressure Anxiety Headaches Fatigue If so, and you’re nervous about taking medication or don’t know where to start, join Kate’s Six Week Challenge. For six weeks Kate will address one of the…

  • 22 Questions with Kate Arnold, Nutrition Consultant

    22 Questions with Kate Arnold, Nutrition Consultant

    1. What kinds of health issues come through your door? Wow, well that would be a long list – pretty much everything you can think of. The only two health issues I steer well away from are kidney disease and anorexia, as these are outside my remit. I’ve seen people with allergies, migraines, ‘tired all…

  • Food Intolerances Exposed

    Food Intolerances Exposed

    Our Resident Nutrition Consultant, Kate Arnold gets to grips with food allergies and exposes the issues surrounding food intolerances and how they are tested. So firstly, what exactly is a food allergy? Food allergies occur when a food triggers a reaction in the immune system. The body mistakenly makes an antibody (IgE) to fight off the perceived…

  • The Benefits of the Menopause

    The Benefits of the Menopause

    The what, I can hear you all saying?! Surely there are no benefits to the menopause? Isn’t this the time when women of a certain age, dry up, lose their looks, gain weight and become essentially useless in society? Isn’t this transition something to dread, that spells the beginning of the end for millions of…

  • The Future’s Bright, The Future’s Green

    The Future’s Bright, The Future’s Green

    As a child, the phrase “Eat your greens” sounded as though I was doing some kind of penance for being naughty. My “greens” which were hardly green in colour, more grey if I’m brutally honest were something that I pushed around the plate and tried to hide under various bits of cutlery. Although growing up…

  • How to get a good nights sleep/The rhythm of life

    How to get a good nights sleep/The rhythm of life

    Long term sleep deprivation can be one of the most destructive health issues in which our bodies have to cope. Our 24/7 lifestyle is now more “plugged in” than ever, so it’s becoming more difficult to fully commit to rest. Even an hours less sleep a night will leave us cognitively impaired. Add that on…

  • Dementia – The Missing Link

    Dementia – The Missing Link

    Dementia and alzheimer’s shocking statistics There are at present approximately 850,000 cases of dementia in the UK and this looks set to rise to over a million by 2025. Nearly 40,000 of those suffering are under the age of 65 yrs old which by today’s standards is considered young. Additionally almost two thirds of the…