This article explores how testosterone, lifestyle, diet, and natural remedies contribute to maintaining prostate and heart health for ageing men.
Also available is a podcast where naturopath & director Leisa Blanch chats men’s health with Daryl Mitchell and how to maintain wellbeing. Listen below.
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When it comes to gut health, fibre is a crucial yet often underestimated part of your diet. It plays a key role in supporting digestion, helping to regulate bowel movements, and maintaining a healthy balance of gut bacteria.
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Missed our perimenopause and menopause talk at the community center earlier this year? No worries! Check out our podcast episode for a recap of what we covered.
Perimenopause and menopause can be complex topics, and it’s okay if you need to listen more than once to take it all in. Just like puberty, this phase of life is unique to each individual.
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A diet rich in wholefoods, antioxidants and good fats is shown to support overall health and fertility for both females and males. But what do these foods actually look like?
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Here are three recipes that can support new and varied experiences in the kitchen for the man that wants a good dose of balanced testosterone from specific nutritional foods.
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The fertility diet is a way of eating that is designed to support reproductive health and increase the chances of conception. It emphasises whole, nutrient-dense foods that are rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and minimises processed and sugary foods that can disrupt hormone balance and fertility.
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Perimenopause is the transitional period leading up to menopause when a woman’s hormone centre (the hypothalamus) begins to decrease certain activity triggering a cascade effect that ultimately leads to a reduction in oestrogen. This can cause a range of symptoms, including hot flushes, night sweats, mood changes including anxiety, sleep issues and vaginal dryness.
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Summer is vivacious, she is bold, she is on fire. Autumn is wilting, she is transitioning, she craves.
Sound familiar?
Just as the seasons do, our hormones change throughout our cycle, influencing our mood, energy, skin, sleep, and metabolism. Tuning in to our menstrual cycle and adapting our food, exercise, and social commitments to match the ‘season’ of our cycle equals hormonal harmony. Wouldn’t you want an umbrella if you went outside during a storm?
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You may have heard of the MTHFR gene (one of many methylation genes) and it’s consequences to fertility and health.
Put as simply as possible, methylation is a biochemical process whereby a methyl group, is transferred to a substrate such as DNA, RNA, neurotransmitters, hormones, immune cells or nerve cells to make new compounds. These new compounds can then complete their tasks in the body which includes detoxification, DNA and RNA synthesis and repair, gene regulation, neurotransmitter production, hormone regulation, energy production, cell membrane repair, fat metabolism, myelination, and immune function. What a list!
So, your blood test came back normal, but you don’t feel ‘well’…? This is a common occurrence that we see regularly.
Functional testing is a great tool that can help us to delve a little deeper into your health concerns to measure how your body’s biological and biochemical processes are working as a whole, and to help to uncover any metabolic, hormonal, or nutritional imbalances that may be impacting your wellbeing. These tests are a great way of identifying the root cause of your symptoms and can assist greatly with developing a more effective and individualised treatment plan for your specific health concerns. Detailed below are a few of my favourite examples of functional testing. If you are interested to find out more about testing that’s available – as well as how I can support you by interpreting previous pathology reports – I’d be very happy to explain more!
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