How well do you know L-theanine? In this podcast Dr Lise Alschuler takes us through some "outside the box" uses for L-theanine supported by evidence and her own clinical experiences.
Dietician, and mother-of-two, Belinda Reynolds takes us through postpartum nourishment for a healthy mind, body and baby.
People who suffer from anxiety are four times more likely to develop ulcers compared to those who don’t, according to results from a ten year prospective study.
Review the stress response and the evidence-based approaches to the natural treatment of stress and anxiety.
Our ability to cope with stress depends largely on the complex interactions between components of our hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis). The adrenal cortex figures prominently in the manifestation of adrenal fatigue due to disregulation of the production of cortisol. Adrenal fatigue is not widely medically recognised, and lies somewhere between the underactivity of Addison’s disease and the overactivity of Cushing’s Disease, where cortisol levels lie at the extremes.
Recognising, diagnosing and effectively treating anxiety with an evidence-based integrative medicine approach.
With the growing focus on the human microbiome there has been a profound shift in our understanding of the role of the gut in health and disease.
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is widely distributed throughout the central nervous system (CNS) and is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. Reduced GABA levels, or impaired GABA function, in the brain has been linked to psychiatric and neurological disorders including anxiety, depression, insomnia and epilepsy.