Health and Wellbeing Archives • Alison Mitchell Naturopath

The Connection Between Your Gut and Hormonal Health

6th December 2024

Have you ever wondered why so many seemingly unrelated health issues—like hormonal acne, period pain, fatigue, and digestive troubles—often appear together? The answer lies in the intricate relationship between your…

Be In Balance This Spring

18th October 2024

Spring into Health: Supporting Your Liver with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda When asked about their favorite season, many people enthusiastically choose Spring. With flowers in bloom, trees budding with…

PCOS and Oestrogen: The Hidden Hormonal Imbalance You Need to Know About

15th October 2024

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is often thought of as a testosterone-related condition, but did you know that oestrogen plays a significant role too? In women with PCOS, the extended follicular phase leads to prolonged exposure to oestrogen, contributing to common symptoms like heavy periods, breast tenderness, and mood swings. In this blog post, we explore how hormonal imbalances—including low progesterone, aromatisation of testosterone to oestrogen, and increased sensitivity to oestrogen—affect those with PCOS. Plus, we look at how endocrine disruptors like BPA can worsen these symptoms.

The intricacies of Iron Deficiency

31st July 2024

Iron deficiency is a common issue amongst women, with many struggling to understand how to get their iron stores to rise despite taking high dose supplements. Some will see a…

A Naturopath’s Deep Dive Into Acne

26th June 2024

Acne is such a common issue that people ask a naturopath to help with. It can really affect your self esteem, and in some instances can be painful and uncomfortable.…

The Many Faces of Food Intolerance

28th March 2024

It’s becoming more common nowadays for people to be intolerant or allergic to certain foods, and while some may disregard this concept as a fad, a cry for attention or…

The Importance of Gut Health

20th March 2024

Gut Health All disease begins in the gut – Hippocrates. Your digestive system is more important for your overall health than you probably realise. It’s so much more than whether…

Gut Health Explained – an interview

15th March 2024

A few years ago I was interviewed by Carly Taber for Casa de Karma. It was a very well received podcast at the time but the website is no longer…

Endometriosis and the Microbiome

3rd March 2023

Endometriosis is a complex condition and one of the drivers of the inflammation and immune dysfunction at it's core, is the imbalance of bacteria (dysbiosis) within the vagina, the digestive system and the peritoneal fluid.

In it for the long haul… recovering from post viral illness

5th July 2022

It's been a rampant time for viral infections lately, and not everyone bounces back that smoothly. While the most notable viral infection in recent years has been COVID, it is…

Essential Oil Safety & Sustainability

31st July 2021

Guts and Girl Bits Episode 52 with The Alternative Mumma In this podcast I’ve asked a clinical aromatherapist to join me to chat about essential oils. But it might not…

The foundations for a healthy immune system

25th July 2021

Supporting immune health can help to reduce the severity of infection, likelihood of post-viral syndrome and improve vaccine efficacy.

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