Keeping you up to date with complementary health news, views, advice and support
Probiotics myths: Don’t take probiotics while on antibiotics
For a long time it was considered a waste of money to take probiotics while on antibiotics. Now that’s no longer the case: taking a good-quality probiotic alongside antibiotics can help reduce the risk of antibiotic side-effects Probiotics are bacteria (apart from S. boulardii), which means they’re susceptible to being killed by antibiotics. So it (…)
Naturopathic support for spring
Have you recently started struggling with migraines, sinus issues, eye pain, liver problems, painful or heavy periods, skin rashes or acne, muscle cramps or pains in your joints? Odds are you’re suffering from a seasonal imbalance – here’s our naturopathic nutritionist Rhi Hepple’s advice on the support your body needs at this time of year (…)
The Breath is life’s teacher
This is a beautiful, beautiful poem that Shelley Edwards, our yoga instructor and NLP practitioner, shared with us at her recent yoga retreat. It’s all about the way we should all cherish our breathing… Having a shallow-breathing stressy day? Never pause to take a deep breath in life? Then read on… The way you breathe (…)
Our wind down to the weekend Friday meditation
We have recently started a lovely guided meditation class here at The Hub – something we wanted right from our launch just over a year ago. Our polarity therapist Jane Seaman will facilitate this weekly meditation on Friday evenings to set you up for a calm, relaxed, grounded weekend. The intention of the meditation is (…)
Movement, relaxation and meditation
Activate and move stagnant energy in your body and mind to find balance and harmony within and without! A fun new class from our polarity therapist Jane Seaman As a polarity therapist and teacher, I help people find balance and health in their lives. As part of this therapy we use movement, relaxation and meditation (…)
Probiotic myths: you can get all the probiotics you need from your diet
Forget the advertising hype: probiotic yogurts and fermented food just aren’t the same as taking a probiotic supplement. And eating well is not alone guaranteed to deliver the same health benefits to your gut bacteria as a good probiotic supplement Your diet is the first place to start for many aspects of your health. To (…)
Homeopathy beats Prozac for menopausal depression
A study in Mexico has found that homeopathic treatment can be more effective than fluoxetine (Prozac) in the treatment of depression during menopause. Not only that… the homeopathic remedies were also proven to help reduce the women’s hot flushes and other menopausal symptoms The study compared individualised homeopathic treatment with the antidepressant for moderate to (…)
Finding non-drug solutions to pain
Whether it’s physical or mental and emotional pain, Jane Seaman describes how polarity therapy can help relieve and re-energise your mind and body so you can live pain-free In today’s world ‘pain’ has become such a generic word as there are so many forms of physical, mental and emotional distress we can go through. It can range (…)
Naturopathic nutrition turned my life around
Rhi Hepple describes how she went from being so ill with an autoimmune disorder that a specialist said nothing further could be done and she just had to learn to live with her symptoms, to living a full, symptom-free, happy life of fulfilment and positivity. She tells how naturopathic nutrition turned her health and whole (…)
Homeopathy for exam nerves
As the exam season draws nearer there are so many households up and down the country going through the mill as teenagers grow grumpy, sullen, weepy, silent, intense, panicky… As the parent of two, one academic who worked all hours and still felt it wasn’t enough, the other who really wasn’t completely onboard, I know (…)
Mindful steps to making yourself happier
Helping people live a happier, more fulfilled life is at the core of what we’re all about here at The Natural Health Hub. Achieving happiness is a matter of looking after yourself emotionally, physically and, we reckon, spiritually. Here are suggestions from Sue Leach, owner of The Hub, on steps you can take to think (…)
Physical steps to making yourself happier
Your happiness is in your hands – that’s what we firmly believe at The Natural Health Hub. But it takes work to stay happy… here are suggestions from Sue Leach, owner of The Hub, on steps you can take physically to bring more happiness into your life Feeling low at the moment? Life throwing all (…)
Spiritual steps to making yourself happier
Happiness is not only a matter of looking after yourself emotionally and physically. Research shows that true happiness lies also in a further dimension: nurturing yourself spiritually. For us spiritual is nothing to do with religion, or connecting with ‘spirits’… in our book it is about reaching deeper than the day-to-day, having elements in your life (…)
Probiotic myths: the best probiotics are kept in the fridge
The belief that the best probiotics are those that need to be refrigerated is now old hat. There are few reasons why refrigeration is necessary for a probiotic nowadays because freeze drying techniques have been improved, plus new more robust strains of probiotic have been discovered through the intensive R&D that has gone into the (…)
Reset your microbiome for spring
Rebalancing your microbiome (or gut flora) is, as TV doctor Dr Michael Mosely has widely reported in the press and media, the secret to good health – not only physically but also mentally and emotionally. Spring is the best time of year to give a gift to your microbiome: our 21-day Purify programme is a belt-and-braces (…)
Give your kidneys some TLC for spring
Polarity therapist Jane Seaman explains why the kidneys are so important for our overall health and recommends you give them some extra love for spring. Here’s why… Do you have an achy lower back? Are you feeling tired all the time? Do you find it hard to make clear judgements? Are you feeling the effects of (…)
Why I love my job. By owner of The Hub Sue Leach
The Natural Health Hub’s homeopath Sue Leach shares her passion for homeopathy and for complementary health I have been a homeopath for 15 years and I am still, at times, blown away by its power. Sometimes someone comes for an appointment visibly, palpably looking and feeling a whole new person. A fresh spring in their (…)
Getting to the heart of the matter
Doctors have just announced what complementary practitioners have long observed: that self-medicating with aspirin in the belief that it will help prevent heart disease is counterproductive. Aspirin may indeed benefit those with heart conditions or at high risk of stroke by thinning the blood, but these benefits are often outweighed by the fact that the (…)
Hay fever sufferers, beware: spring is coming early!
The coming weeks are predicted to be the mildest on record for this time of year. Which means gardens are going into bloom earlier. Seasonal flowers – including witch hazel, viburnums, shrubby honeysuckles, magnolia and Edgeworthia – will be flowering larger and more profusely as a result of last year’s hot, sunny summer and the (…)
Sleep loss is a pain – literally!
Poor sleep can heighten our sensitivity to pain, new research has confirmed. When scientists at the University of California subjected 25 volunteers to pain after sleep deprivation they reported feeling the pain sooner. The 25 young participants had uncomfortable levels of heat applied to their legs and, rating their pain on a scale of one (…)