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Health Hub | Diet and Nutrition

Skin condition causes - why do you get dry or inflammatory skin?
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Skin condition causes - why do you get dry or inflammatory skin?

To make sure we have healthy skin, it’s really important that we have healthy blood sugar levels. If they are balanced then our system is easily able to sort the fluids in to “nutritious” or “clear out”. What is happening when you have dry or inflammatory skin? Everything you put onto your skin and into your body has a biochemical and hormone reaction. When your skin is inflamed, it is usually because your body is trying to get something out – some hormone reaction in the blood that it’s trying to get it out of the system. As a Kinesiologist, when a client comes to me with skin issues, the first thing I check in the health is the food strategies - what you are putting on to and into the body. If you’re eating really well and have hardly any food intolerances, then my next consideration is the stressors in your environment – are you out in the sun, are you in an air-conditioned office, your work responsibilities, emotions, people in your life and the impact on your environment. It could even be the type of workout you are doing. Perhaps your job is very stressful and you work long hours but then also like to be active so you go from your long day and you’re hitting the gym, cycling, riding, whatever, really hard, for a tough physical workout. This is putting more stress on your body, potentially releasing high levels of cortisol in the blood. Our systems can only process so much information before they go into overload or overwhelm and then something has to give. When our body systems are in balance then your skin should be able to clear out additional toxins and adapt to your environment. If you have had inflammation for too long, then I always suggest you seek medical advice, but I will also look at the fundamentals of your health – are the basics in place? Food, sleep, exercise - when are we eating, when are we resting, when are we allowing the body down time cycles. Are you allowing any time for your parasympathetic nervous system to kick in? If not, it will show up in the skin. The National Eczema Society has further information on its site about the impact of stress on your skin - check it out https://eczema.org/information-and-advice/triggers-for-eczema/stress-and-eczema/ #skinconditions #skinconditionshelp #skincondition #skinandhormones #eczema #eczematriggers #acne #wellbeing #takingcontrolofmyhealth #integratedhealth #integratedhealthcare #functionalkinesiology #kinesiology #healthknowledge #alternativehealthandwellness #alternativehealthcare #selfcarehealthcare #bodyhealthdetective #healtheducation4everyone #healtheducator #healtheducation #learnsomethingnew #UnderstandingYourBody #movebetterfeelfree #wells #somerton
Food intolerance - how would i know
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Food intolerance - how would i know

How do you know if you have a food intolerance? For me, if I have a reaction in my throat – it feels like the food can’t go down, it’s difficult to swallow, or it becomes sore or irritable. You may have similar, or maybe you've experienced: bloating in the tummy, an irregularity in your sinuses, even pain in your thumbs! All of this very much connected with an imbalance in our biochemistry, and our blood sugar levels which shouldn’t be confused with “Eating sweet things”. Your body needs energy and will take onboard proteins, carbohydrates and fats, breaking them down into smaller elements to be able to use them on a variety of different bodily functions and to generate energy. And if you have got any sensitivities to any food, it changes this blood chemistry. Listen to my video to learn more….. Remember if your body's not getting the nutrients or it's not able to uptake those nutrients for whatever reason, that that can have quite an impact on your health. #digestivehealth #digestivedisorders #digestiveissues #guthealth #digestivepainrelief #foodintolerance #foodsensitivity #allergyorintolerance #allergiesbegone #foodallergies #bodyhealthdetective #healtheducation #selfcarehealthcare #takingcontrolofyourhealth #integrativehealth #integratedhealth #integratedhealing #integratedhealthcoach #functionalkinesiology #kinesiology #kinesiologytraining #healthandwellbeingcoach #movebetterfeelfree #letsgetmoving #gettingyoumovingkeepingyoumoving
Integrated health - It's all connected
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Integrated health - It's all connected

INTEGRATED HEALTH – IT’S ALL CONNECTED In this short video I try to give you a whistle stop tour into Kinesiology and integrated health. To demonstrate it, I’m going to look in particular at our pectoral muscles (which is connected to our sternum and also our rhomboids - at the back deep between the shoulder blades. At times you may find movement restricted as you reach press or pull either by tension or pain. And the really interesting thing about those two muscles is they're actually connected to the liver….. Our liver’s job is to clear out all the toxins. So that pain or restriction in your pecs or rhomboids could be coming from an imbalance in your liver meridian. And when you apply Chinese Medicine knowledge (which we do in Kinesiology), we learn that the liver is active between 1 and 3 am, so if you’re constantly waking between those hours, I would be interested and curious to find out what’s going on with your Liver Meridian. Further, applying TCM knowledge of elemental connections - that's wood, water, earth, fire, metal - we can learn more about the emotions and energies that the liver (and by extension the pain in your pecs or rhomboids) might be connected to….. Intrigued? Check out my Functional Foundation Kinesiology Course www.4upilateswellbeing.co.uk/kinesiology-course or follow me on social to learn more. #mindmusclebodyconnections #bodyhealthdetective #healtheducation #selfcarehealthcare #kinesiologycourse #takingcontrolofyourhealth #integrativehealth #integratedhealth #integratedhealing #integratedhealthcoach #functionalkinesiology #kinesiology #healthandwellbeingcoach #movebetterfeelfree #letsgetmoving #gettingyoumovingkeepingyoumoving
Your big toe's connected to..... well quite a lot of 'you' really.....
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Your big toe's connected to..... well quite a lot of 'you' really.....

Your toe bone's connected to your.... foot bone, and your foot bone's connected to your heel bone.... and your heal bone's connect to your... ankle bone..... Do you remember that song from your early school days? If you do you're probably signing it now and I apologise for getting that one stuck in your head! But today's video blog is about our Big Toe. Why? Well the big toe really does connect into your ankle, but it is also connected to other conditions - such as gout - and also our bodily functions. For example, our spleen, liver and stomach meridians are connected to your big toe, so this is what you eat, and your bodies ability to digest, redistribute and detox. Interesting hey? So big toes are really important to how we function - from a mechanical point of view, we have the windlass mechanism, so as you roll the feet, it lifts the arch and then pumps the blood back up the calf. But how do you help your big toe? Well, we can use the MELT Method and the small and large MELT balls to help maintain the alignment of the foot to get more fluid flow and calm the nervous system. But we can also use our Kinesiology knowledge, looking at all the different connected muscles to the big toe and the meridians. Helping us to 're-balance' structurally, biochemically, electrically and emotionally. Want to know more? I can help you understand more about MELT and Functional Kinesiology through my 121 coaching sessions, my July "Take Control of your Health" Workshop or **coming soon** my Functional Kinesiology Foundation Course. Oh, and if you're still singing and agonising over the lyrics - you want to google "Dem Bones" #integratedmedicine #integrativehealth #integratedhealth #integratedhealthcare #integratedhealing #integratedhealthcoach #integrativehealing #integrativehealthcare #integrativehealthcoach #integrativehealthcoaching #integrativehealthpractioner #integrativehealthandwellness #holistichealth #holistichealthcare #complementaryhealthcare #complementarymedicine #functionalkinesiology #kinesiology #touchforhealthkinesiology #healtheducation #selfcarehealthcare #healthandwellbeingcoach #movebetterfeelfree #letsgetmoving #gettingyoumovingkeepingyoumoving
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