Phil and Lisa Soames are a husband and wife duo located in Lagos offering Personal Training and Group classes. They will train you at your home, in a studio or at a location of your choice. No need to worry about equipment as they will bring it with them.
Everyone seems to be talking about a 'new' digestive condition called SIBO, or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
This difficult disorder is now thought to be the underlying cause of up to 75% of cases of irritable bowel syndrome, (IBS) which affects up to one in five people in the UK.
This article will explain exactly what SIBO is, how to test for it and how herbalists treat it using diet, herbs and supplements.
If you’re one of those people with IBS who’ve “tried everything” with no luck, read on...
Before reading this article, close your eyes and take a few slow, deep breaths. Feel a little calmer? You’ve just tapped into your Vagus nerve.
The Vagus or ‘wandering’ nerve starts in the brainstem, just behind the ears, and travels down the neck and all through the chest and abdomen, connecting the brain with the lungs, heart, spleen, gut, kidneys and reproductive organs.
As you may know, Doctors of Chiropractic diagnose and treat many different spinal disorders that cause musculoskeletal or nerve pain.
When you make that first appointment, your chiropractor will perform a physical and neurological examination as part of the process of making an accurate diagnosis.
Physical Therapist David Murphy has just set up a Physical Therapy clinic in Mexilhoeira Grande, Portimao.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about stomach acid. And chances are, if you deal with heartburn, indigestion or other digestive issues, you have too.
Heartburn or ‘acid reflux’ – the burning sensation in the chest caused by stomach acid leaking into the oesophagus – can in fact be a sign of low rather than high acid production.
Our aim is not to spoil your fun nor to over dramatise the dangers but to be honest about alcohol and the short and long term effects.
In a commercially driven world we are surrounded by adverts encouraging drinking. There has been an increased number of different brands of Gin and Vodka in the shops recently with attractive shaped bottles with eye-catching labels and images of happy couples enjoying a drink. They never show a picture of someone vomiting in the gutter or legless by the pool because the reality is that there is a down side which goes beyond the morning hangover.
If you want to continue to enjoy those sundowners you may be interested in reading this article rather than dismissing it as yet another sermon on the evils of drink. Trust me it’s not about that. It’s about a realistic view on drinking alcohol in it’s many guises.
Depression is more than simply feeling unhappy or fed up for a few days. Most people go through periods of feeling down, that Monday morning feeling, but when you are depressed you feel persistently sad for weeks or months. Unfortunately, some people think depression is trivial and not a genuine health problem – it is a real illness with real symptoms and left untreated can lead to premature death.
According to Dr Tim Cantopher, a Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK, in his very readable book “Depressive illness – The Curse of the Strong”, says “depressive illness is not a psychological or emotional state, and it is not a mental illness. It is not a form of madness. It is a physical illness. It is a deficiency of two chemicals that are normally present in the brain – serotonin and noradrenaline. The chemical dopamine and the hormone melatonin are also thought to be involved.”
